I'll take the bait. Point by point. The Lumia phones are cased in a very durable composite material that is closer to plastic than aluminum and nearly indestructible. Think airplanes for aluminium and space rockets for composites. I think they started this with the N9 in 2010. You might find similar materials in your iPhone case protecting it's fragility. Speaking of fragile, if your legs are getting bruised by the sharp corners consider using the rubberized form fitting case that came in the box as a free bonus. Battery life is better. It's always nice to qualify what apps you were wanting to use that are missing. Instagram is indeed missing. It's a shame you picked the older Windows Phone 7 OS rather than the current version 8, but I'll see if I can address some of your software issues. It's important to understand the three different buttons you have available. From left to right: Back, Start, Search. because your only used to one button I can see the confusion. The Back button is used to move back to previous pages in an app, or if you are are the first page, it will close the app. You may have been closing apps unintentionally. If you have app A running on page 3 and you use the Start button to launch app B and then hir the start button again to re-launch app A chances are app A will activate with page 3 active. this behavior is programmable by the app author so that app could launch fresh, but this is not the guided behavior. IE10 is indeed more standards complaint than IE9 and might even support the experimental @font-face CSS element you mentioned. My experience is that IE in general has a harder time on mobile. I suspect most mobile site assume webkit because that's the 99.99%. When you changes phones most carriers require some sort of network reset. I've seen this on android commonly. I think the carriers like to know what phone you are using so they can charge you 'smart-phone' data rates. The 800 was never really released in the US and the developer one I had did not register as a smart phone on AT&T so I could use a ' dumb phone' plan. OK, I think that covers it. Better to stuck with your iPhone. It's the safest choice.
This is a very incomplete and slightly biased article.
1) He compares the highest end latest greatest product of Apple, to the Lumia 800, when the Lumia 920 is the high end phone for that.
2) The article talks only about minor UI quibbles, when that is something you just have to get used to. Lumia has better mapping and directions, and a host of other core apps.
3) The hardware design of the Lumia series rivals any other smartphone (the HTC 8x comes close), simply because of its simplicity and warmth. It looks like an organic device.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 14.7 ms ] thread1) He compares the highest end latest greatest product of Apple, to the Lumia 800, when the Lumia 920 is the high end phone for that. 2) The article talks only about minor UI quibbles, when that is something you just have to get used to. Lumia has better mapping and directions, and a host of other core apps. 3) The hardware design of the Lumia series rivals any other smartphone (the HTC 8x comes close), simply because of its simplicity and warmth. It looks like an organic device.