Nokia Lumia Icon, Black 32GB (Verizon Wireless)

Absolutely love this phone. Just wish there was a little more support for Windows phones. I have an Apple phone for work and the Icon runs circles around it. Apple and Android look and feel pretty much the same (wallpaper, icons on the screen, scrolls sideways, etc.) No two Windows phone looks the same because of the customization feature i.e. live tiles, ability to choose the size of each tile, colors, wallpaper in the background, etc. Cortana is absolutely the best mobile assistant and is extremely accurate at picking up your voice commands. Great screen size and the OS just gets better and better. Plus the ability to look at, edit and create documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint is awesome. In PowerPoint you also have the ability to view and edit your slides and notes from the phone and with the Icon the text is big enough that you can see it if your phone is on a podium. The camera is unbelievable. Great low light capabilities and takes much better photos than my wife's Galaxy S5. Very easy to learn how to use if you are new to the Windows mobile OS. My previous phone and first smartphone was an Android which was hard to get used to, especially with a horrible owners manual which didn't tell you how to use it and the tutorials on the phone wouldn't boot up from day one. The Window's OS is user friendly and extremely easy to use.

Many different phones and smartphones have beed in my pocket, from old 7 segment display phone to todays andriod top of the line. recently I started getting annoyed by the andriod Scene, rom burning is not that much fun as it used to be and the android UI is not efficient as at used to be as it is widget depended and spread out on multiple screens which I usually never scrolled to I was looking for UI that would give me the freedom I want to customize (what I always and still do love about android) and the ability to get all the info in one glance. This is why I made the switch to WP8. I also wanted a device that packs great power lots of space great battery and top of the line camera. The NOKIA Lumia Icon meets all the demands: Pros: Best camera I have used on a smartphone Battery last more than I ever expected Great performance Display Talk quality WP8.1 is just around the corner Cons: The device is more fragile that it looks or feels Would only work with US LTE bands If you are an app junky then WP8 is not for you P.S I am using this phone outside the US (in Israel, Orange carrier) after paying the full retail price and it works perfectly here. No need to unlock and pay any extras.

By far my most favorite phone. I have had many androids and own a 5th gen iTouch for my music files. This is my second Windows 8 phone and it's great. My previous phone was Nokia Lumia 822 I had bought used. I loved everything about it. Never had a problem. Windows is so fast. NO LAGS! Everything between touching and scrolling is so smooth. I upgraded to the Lumia Icon. The 20 megapixel camera is great! From Manual focus to shutter speed. I find myself taking photos of just random things all the time using the manual focus option. The screen is really good image quality, great for video streaming. I highly recommend a YESOO case. They are identical to INCIPIO but are only a quarter of the price and they come in 5 different colors. I use my Windows phone %50 of the time for work. Great accessory for my work emails, contacts, calendar, and Microsoft Office. Allows you to migrate your social networks into one stream under People. I highly recommend this phone to anyone!

Very disappointing. So, I have used Android phones for many years and this past January decided to give Windows Phone a chance. Well, first of all, when I started out using it, I thought, It's not THAT bad. Sure, there are a few apps here and there that aren't available but no big deal. Then I went to Chicago for a first time visit and not having the Uber app? Actually it was a big deal. (I actually had to send that phone back for a replacement because of a weird bluish spot in the screen.) 7 months later my frustration came to a head and I switched back to Android. Here's the takeaway, IMHO, about Windows Phones, particularly the Nokia Icon... If you decide to use a Windows Phone get used to seeing these messages: Something went wrong. Sorry, cannot post to Facebook at this time. Wi-Fi unavailable You exited the Facebook app so picture cannot be posted. Cannot load data at this time. Refreshing. Loading. And etc, etc. The biggest pro is that the camera on this phone is FANTASTIC. I mean, I will REALLY miss the quality of the photos this phone takes. But it's sad that a flagship phone can't even do something simple like posting directly to a friend's wall on Facebook. Or if the screen goes into sleep while you are waiting for the 5 minutes for it to upload a photo, the process will be canceled. Or the constant over-heating that happened with both of the phones. Or the incredibly bad wi-fi connection issues both phones had. Did I mention the battery? Bla....charge at work, home and on the road because that battery won't make it very far. I loved Nokia back in the pre-smart phone days and I guess I was hoping that allure of the brand would guarantee a great experience but unfortunately it hasn't. So, in comparison, I'm back on Android. Within the first few days of having my new Android phone I've noticed that when I go to share a photo to Facebook, I click "Share" and then choose Facebook and write whatever about the photo and press upload and....it's done. No, "loading" no "refreshing" no nothing. IT JUST WORKS. The connectivity to our wi-fi? Perfect and never drops it. All those apps, including Uber? Downloaded. Battery? Amazing! (of course that depends on what size battery your phone comes with but still.) And of course, there's the welcoming arms of Google. And frankly for someone who uses gmail it's really a no-brainer to have an Android phone because of all the integration with Google Drive, calendars, etc. Some things I have actually found in the market from Microsoft that I really liked, such as OneNote and OneDrive (which has all the awesome photos I took on the Icon). So I was glad to be able to port over a few Windows Phone features that I enjoyed. So here's the deal. For myself, I found that in the end there just isn't any reason big enough for an Android/Google user to switch to a Windows Phone. It wasn't a HORRIBLE phone by any stretch of the imagination, but it was certainly a frustrating platform that felt very buggy, lots of issues and frankly not worth the frustration for a "flagship" phone. I think for a first-time user a Windows Phone would be an ok one to start out with. But for most of us, there just aren't enough reasons to switch. I hope for the best for MicroSoft and I really miss the old days of Nokia. But looks like I'm gonna be in the Android camp (and very happily so) for the conceivable future.