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Amazon has had this phone for $0.01 for sometime now.

Personally, I don't think NFC is widely distributed for everyone to use (CVS is the only place near me that uses it).

Yes, its a great value - not everyone needs all the bells and whistles.

I would get one if I could unlock it, but its currently near impossible.

I have one and think it's the best smart phone out there with all the apps I need (and I suspect the vast majority of users).
Apparently, the media didn't get that memo and instead are talking about how the sky falling on Nokia.

50 bucks is a steal! 2 years later you could get a new Nokia phone with 41 Megapixels on it!

AnnePeltier, on 16 July 2012 - 05:03 AM, said:

Obviously, you have a huge bias because you own the phone. Are you aware of the other smartphones on the market? They have faster processors, better service, more RAM, and much more features. In fact, the Lumia 900, with a 4.2" screen, is still larger than the 4.8" Samsung Galaxy SIII!
And don't get me started on your ignorant abuse of statistics. The vast majority of users?! Try 1.3%. Yep. That's the market share of Windows Phone. By the way, Android is over 51% and iPhone is over 34%. And yes, the sky is (figuratively) falling on Nokia. In 2000, their stock was priced at around $60. In 2007-2008, it was at $40. It is now at $1.83 and is constantly decreasing. So, yes, the media is correct this time.
I don't want to be that harsh, but it frustrates me how many people base their statements on bias and opinion. Try to check your facts first.

Why bother with Dropbox when Skydrive works so well?

ThomasW, on 16 July 2012 - 06:33 AM, said:

The beginning of the end was February 11, 2011. With their stock below $2, we're approaching the end of the end.

hawaiiinsomniac, on 16 July 2012 - 04:26 AM, said:

You can easily get it unlocked. Go to http://fastgsm.com

Justin429, on 16 July 2012 - 06:33 AM, said:

Dropbox has features that SkyDrive can't match (yet). I use SD because of its generous free storage space. But SD lacks differential backup. Every time I change a file (even just a little bit), the entire file must be re-uploaded to SD. Dropbox will only upload the difference -- meaning much shorter upload time for large files. As well, SD lacks versioning, which can be important to many users.

no...that simple

NickanFayyazi, on 16 July 2012 - 06:27 AM, said:

Well if Fandroid has over 51% of the market you wont mind this lady singing the Lumia 900's praises now will you? Um, oh, wait, yes you do minmd so it seems, Fandroid alert! Who cares if the fire catching S3 has a dual core (in the USA and quad core in Europe). The plain and simple fact is it's Andoid which is a BLATANT rip off of iOS (may Apple litigate Google to the poor house and they probably will). Also, you forget that there are over 16,000 virus's for Fandoid now and is lollingly the only playform that needs a quality AV on it and that Fandroid users ARE NOT the customer, the Advertisers ARE! So, why would any self respecting phone user want one of those?

This post has been edited by coastie65: 16 July 2012 - 08:56 AM

I would say this is an excellent deal. Not having the newest OS update isn't that big of a deal, plenty of Android phones don't get updates for a while, or when they do they still can't completely utilize all the features because they effect hardware issues. The same is true of the Lumia. This is an amazing phone and worth the price for sure. I don't understand everyone's obsession with constantly upgrading when every six months new phones come out anyway.

Zarniw0Op, on 16 July 2012 - 07:55 AM, said:

I would think most Fandroid's would be quite happy to see MS/Nokia and even BB thrive. The more competition is best for us all what ever platform each of us decide to use. As it is now with iOS and Android releasing every year gives us all new and better systems to enjoy. MS may be able to survive with 1.3% market share given their other products but Nokia is in a really bad place right now. They can not survive with that kind of market share. The same is true of BB and that is a real shame. And btw the fire catching S3 was a hoax; the 16K virus did you actually mean the current Botnet scare by mistake? I believe most security experts now agree it was based on Yahoo servers. Do you believe that iOS and MS systems are secure enough without any protection? As for advertiser's, yes sure I almost always go for the advertisor supported version of an App to test it out and play with it to see if it's what I like and if I'm gonna keep an App I will eventually buy it to get rid of the Ads - hard to see what is wrong with that tactic? As for who ripped off what maybe we can all go back to Palm? I had one of the originals and it was a great product for its time. I believe you can go back even further in time shall we? Sorry Steve, RIP, but you did not invent the smart phone or the mobile phone for that matter.

It's game over for Nokia.

Firstly, it's not a $50 phone, there is 2 years of contract payments to get it at that price ontop.

The Lumia is dated in 2012, it's going to be REALLY dated in 2014.

THAT'S THE REAL PROBLEM. A rubbish phone running a rubbish OS, that's got no future in 2012, is going to be a laughing stock by 2013, let alone 2014.

AnnePeltier, on 16 July 2012 - 05:03 AM, said:

Maybe it is because indeed "the sky is falling on Nokia"!

JacobRoggero, on 16 July 2012 - 08:14 AM, said:

Although I agree with you that not having the newest OS for a couple of years is not a big deal, the real issue is that the platform has become obsolete. That means that nobody will be developing anything new for it, and therefore no new apps. Since cell phone contracts in the US are typically 2 years, you will have to be taking a sucker bet that there will be nothing new in tech in the next 2 years that you will want on your cell. I cannot make this call for the next 2 months, never mind 2 years. A year ago, I never thought I would want to run web meetings (Gotomeeting) from my cell phone, now I do it almost daily, and I can get my business done without it. I have tons of similar examples, and there will be many other examples in the future, I am sure.

gthia, on 16 July 2012 - 05:55 AM, said:

You are assuming Nokia will still be around making handsets in 2 years. This is no longer a given. They are in a very steep tailspin.

This is a shame, really. I have never seen a company in such a dominant position self destruct so rapidly. 18 months ago, sold 4 times more smartphones than Samsung, and twice as much as Apple. A dumb strategy coupled with a stupid unnecessary memo and 18 months later, and they now sell 4 times less than Samsung and about 3 times less than Apple.
I have never seen a more destructive behavior by an established company - am I the only one shocked nobody in their executives and board has lost their job for this?

djjstew, on 16 July 2012 - 09:25 AM, said:

Palm didnt either, I think you'll find it's Microsoft that did as the Palm Pilot was not a phone, just a PDA. 1.3% is US market, I realise most US folks think that US market is world market, it aint, in fact SUSA market is small in comparison to say EU, India, China rest of Asia. I know Windows Phone is only faring slightly better there but it is slight improvement. Anyway, who cares who's smartphone ships the most, I don't, I leave that to the Fandroid and iPhan Gestapo to argue the toss about that!

This post has been edited by Zarniw0Op: 16 July 2012 - 11:43 AM

I don't think he was minding the lady singing the Lumia praises. He was objecting to her misuse of statistics, and her blind misunderstanding of how dire the situation at Nokia has become.
As for your going on that ignorant tangent, if you don't see a difference in the way Android and iOS work, you are beyond rational debate. And, please, there are 16,000 reasons for you to stop pulling numbers out of your behind!
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Better to pull them from my behind than like you to speak it. Ratioal debate, you only know how to insult! Enjoy your iOS rip off.

This post has been edited by Zarniw0Op: 16 July 2012 - 11:57 AM

Microsoft finally gets a clue. I now want this new phone that will have the Windows Phone 8 operating system and made by Nokia. All of the Nokia phones are high quality but Windows Phone 8 truly will make this phone rock. The Lumia 900 will be getting an upgrade to Windows Phone 7.5 that will make it 8-ish. I hear that the new Windows Phone 8 phone will have NFC, HSPA+, 4G LTE, and a dual-core processor, along with customizable tiles.