[Zaptruder]

Just wondering how much brand cachet these guys have left. It's my belief that if they were to release an Android platform phone of the same build and design quality as the rest of their Lumia line - it would absolutely revitalize their flagging brand and make the world perk up in interest at their releases again.

So for me - android equivalent of a Lumia 920 - and I would jump ship from Samsung back to Nokia.

Or I might even go so far as to say - if Windows market place is proven to be at least as viable and successful as Google Marketplace - as in, it'll have as wide a variety of programs with a relative guarantee that support will continue at a good clip - then I'd be seriously interested in switching over.

[kurtrussell]

Android or no sale. Simple as that really.

[LyleLanley]

It would need to have an Apple logo on it.

[Rm88~]

I bought one last week. To replace a Nokia. I even owned (and enjoyed) an N-Gage.

*Fully realizes this topic isn't aimed at him*

[foodtaster]

look at HTC and Sony. That's what Nokia would be if they went Android. As for the circumstances: Windows Phone 8 needs to be good. Really good.

[Zaptruder]

It would need to have an Apple logo on it.

So you would buy a Lumia 920 if it were iOS and had an Apple logo? Would you buy such a device over the iPhone 5?

[Volimar]

Some added functionality.

[kurtrussell]

look at HTC and Sony. That's what Nokia would be if they went Android. As for the circumstances: Windows Phone 8 needs to be good. Really good.

I disagree. This new Lumia has some seriously cool hardware and some really unique features - enough to differentiate in the Android marketplace.

[LyleLanley]

So you would buy a Lumia 920 if it were iOS and had an Apple logo? Would you buy such a device over the iPhone 5?

I was just joking, but to be honest the 920 looks like a pretty solid phone. The main problem I'd have with switching from an iPhone to a Nokia phone or even an Android phone is that I'm pretty heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem.

[metalslimer]

Not windows phone.

[Newline]

Not windows.

[Zaptruder]

I was just joking, but to be honest the 920 looks like a pretty solid phone. The main problem I'd have with switching from an iPhone to a Nokia phone or even an Android phone is that I'm pretty heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem.

Well I figured you were kinda kidding... so I ceded the iOS point. As an Apple fan... do you guys look at other phones and go - I wish the iPhone was a bit more like this?

[NMan]

If it ran Android.

[Sickboy007]

I bought one last week. To replace a Nokia. I even owned (and enjoyed) an N-Gage. *Fully realizes this topic isn't aimed at him*

ditto. proud owner of a 49 bucks phone.

[SRG01]

If my favorite apps were there, then why not?

[Divvy]

They just need to give me a reason to own two phones and I would get the 920.

Also,

Phone-gaf should really get its own section. It's getting out of hand.

[LyleLanley]

Well I figured you were kinda kidding... so I ceded the iOS point. As an Apple fan... do you guys look at other phones and go - I wish the iPhone was a bit more like this?

I have a Galaxy Nexus as my backup phone and the only thing that I like about it a lot more than my iPhone is the bigger screen.

[Zaptruder]

Android or no sale. Simple as that really.

If it ran Android.

So when you guys say this - do you mean this is all it would take for you to switch back to Nokia?

Or are you saying this is the absolute minimum prerequisite?

In the case of the latter, you could also specify other things like - 4.5" screen, excellent screen, better UI than default android, etc...

[kurtrussell]

So when you guys say this - do you mean this is all it would take for you to switch back to Nokia? Or are you saying this is the absolute minimum prerequisite?

The more I think about it, the more I realise that the overriding reason that would prevent me moving to windows phone is the fact that it's closed.

I've been spoilt tweaking my phone software *exactly* the way I want it - pulling in htc beats add-ons, sony bravia add-ons, recompiling the kernel with the bfs scheduler, overclocking the phone processor, getting jellybean a week after announcement etc etc - I just couldn't go back to a closed ecosystem that doesn't allow me to do whatever *I* want to do with the hardware that *I* purchased.

[Zaptruder]

I have a Galaxy Nexus as my backup phone and the only thing that I like about it a lot more than my iPhone is the bigger screen.

What do you think about widgets on the home page over the solely icon based implementation on the iPhone?

A non-factor? As in something you don't care or need?

[Curtisaur]

It would have to be an iPhone 5.

[foodtaster]

i don't understand these responses:

The HTC One X for example has much better hardware (and software) than the Lumia 900, yet both of them were trampled in sales. If design and features were what people wanted then it was already there. People went with the S3 rather than the One X. Likewise I think people would go with the S3 rather than the 920 (or 900). I doubt anyone would buy Nokia if it was Android. The lure of Nokia is that it is not on Android. And that Microsoft is funding them with a billion a year. That's nice too.

[Futureman]

So when you guys say this - do you mean this is all it would take for you to switch back to Nokia?

I don't think many people have much brand loyalty over the Nokia name, but maybe I'm wrong. People switch over OS or carrier, not hardware manufacturer IMO. Even if Nokia made a great Android phone they'd be competing against some amazing stuff from Samsung, Google Nexus line, HTC, etc.

[LyleLanley]

What do you think about widgets on the home page over the solely icon based implementation on the iPhone? A non-factor? As in something you don't care or need?

I didn't find widgets particularly useful nor did I find any of them saved me much more time than opening a similar app on my iPhone, except for the widget that let me turn of wifi, bluetooth, etc. similar to SBsettings on a jailbroken iPhone.

[scsa]

If they activate Bluetooth file sharing again, and make the lumia a plug and play device instead of going through zune (the apple route), and be like they once were, I'll snap up one any day. I currently use the Sony arc and I feel Android is an incredibly non optimized OS, symbian was way better with the resources. This phone , packs 512 mb ram and 1 ghz processor, runs ICS and lags like its 5 years old.

Nokia phones were the must pro user at one point of time, they need to be back onto that path.

[njean777]

Android or iOS (never would happen, but would be cool). WP8 just doesnt have the app support.

[CiSTM]

I don't like the OS and long as they are keeping it I won't touch one.

[Stet]

I'd consider it if the year was 1998.

[Sullen]

I didn't even know that Nokia was still around. Holy shit.

[CurlySaysX]

If it came bundled with a free high spec android phone.
Then I would do one of those YouTube videos showing how to destroy a Nokia using a mullet.

[Silphonica]

I can't stand Android, the lumia 920 pretty much does it for me. The windows app library won't be as extensive at the minute, but since it is being backed by microsoft, it will grow, rapidly. Even though when I browse iOS library 80% of it just seems like pointless bullshit, the apps I need and want will most likely be provided by the windows library and more and more games will be developed alongside iOS and Android anyway.

Nokia have always built great phones, I feel sad I even strayed from them in the first place. Nokie lumia 920 day 1.

[akachan ningen]

I'd buy a Nokia if it had a top of the line processor like the S3 and it wasn't overpriced.

[AlteredBeast]

I would buy a Nokia Lumia-esque phone if there were one on Virgin (or the equivalent cheap prepaid option)

I enjoy not being sodomized by my phone company every month, thank you very much. People who are more than happy to hand over $100+ for a phone every month are absolutely deluded into thinking that a brand somehow adds value.

Unless it is the only thing that works in a certain area, because if not, just makes me shake my head.

If it came bundled with a free high spec android phone. Then I would do one of those YouTube videos showing how to destroy a Nokia using a mullet.

Damn, what kind of hair gel are you using?

And why the hate for Nokia/Windows Phone in here?

[Laekon]

I'm interested in a Windows 8 phone and so far Nokia makes the only Windows phones I like. The only thing holding me back is having to go back to a contract.

[lilbaby Jesus]

Under the circumstances that it would be my only choice. So financially fucked up.

[Rez]

competitive app marketplace

[Shalashaska161]

My first 3 phones were all Nokia phones, and they all were pretty awesome phones for their time. I haven't been exposed to Windows Phone 8 yet but I'm hearing good things and when my contracts up in a year I might be tempted. I'll have to see what the app situation is like, because I'm confident Nokia will make good hardware.

[StudioTan]

In June Windows Phone passed the 100k apps threshold after 20 months, it took Android 24 months to reach that number. Apps are coming and it's likely that you'll find most of the apps you want unless you're a heavy phone gamer. There are a few big ones still missing but it's not a wasteland like it used to be.

Finances permitting the 920 will be my next phone.

[secretanchitman]

if it came to sprint, had the proper LTE bands as well as gsm support (ala iphone 4S/5), had bluetooth 4.0, had a 64GB option, have decent software on osx (i think windows phone connector or whatever is decent now?), and it was $350 off contract, i may be tempted to switch.

i honestly love getting black devices because its my favorite color and the 920 is no exception, but for some reason, i really want the obnoxious yellow model of it. looks so wild and crazy that i like it a lot.

[thezerofire]

if there's a good one when my contract expires I'd get one. I like the designs and I like WP7 (8 by that point probably)

[Fusebox]

Like, maybe if I was in some country that didn't sell iPhones and I had lost my iPhone.

[Duane Cunningham]

I'd have to wake up tomorrow to discover that it's still 2005.

[Goldrush]

Still waiting for the next Nexus to be unveil, but the camera is definitely a killer feature. Paired with the prettiest hardware and OS, I'm seriously consider picking one up. Biggest concern, though, is the lack of Google Apps.

[Izick]

I'm considering getting the 920, GS3 or the iPhone 5. It'd be my first smart-phone, so it's hard coming in blind trying to find out what you like best about each OS and what not.

[BocoDragon]

If it had app support at the level of iOS, I would strongly consider it. I already prefer Windows Phone to Android.

[jbueno]

I find myself caring less and less about apps, I just want a nice UI, so if a nice WP8 Nokia phone comes out I´ll get that next.

[Balphon]

If I wake up and it's 2003 again.

[Cloudy]

It's not just about brands. The problem with being so late with a phone people might actually want is that most folks are so entrenched (financially or otherwise) into the iOS or Android ecosystems and they don't want to change (iOS especially).

Microsoft really dropped the ball with Windows mobile and Apple/Google will really have to screw up for them to gain any ground

[SeriousApes]

If I wake up and it's 2003 again.

Yeah, I was mostly thinking for nostalgia reasons. I hated my first hand-me-down cell phone.
I had one like this:

[WoodenLung]

I still got a nokia phone from the mid 2000's, it's fucking awesome.