I would like to start this review with a disclaimer, all of my previous phones have been blackberry bolds. That is where the bar is set. At first I was VERY disappointed in the phone's 16GB of space but then I realized I only had a 2GB SD card. On top of that you can transfer files "to the cloud" using sky drive. What this means is I can use the internet as an external hard drive and transfer files to and from my phone.
My phone is set up to wirelessly sync with my windows 7 computer whenever I walk into my house, which is also pretty nifty. At first I was concerned about the battery life because my blackberry lasts almost a week and I don't always have a plug with me but the salesperson showed me a portable battery you plug into the phone. It's about the size of a large zippo lighter and it's enough to charge the phone 2x so that's enough to last 3 days or 24 hours of talking. More than enough time.
I miss having a physical keyboard but you can get a nice bluetooth keyboard that's even better. Surprisingly though I've been using voice-to-text more than anything else. The voice commands on this phone are great, I just wish it searched google instead of bing. 4G LTE is lightning fast, occasionally faster than my home internet.
Another thing I worried about was how fast the phone is. This phone is a computer first and a phone second. With the blackberry all I had to do was push the answer key and the phone "app" popped up. I liked that, a lot. With the Lumia I can either push the voice command button which is extremely accurate once you get used to it, or I can tap 2 buttons, both options are nearly as fast as dialing on the blackberry.
The phone has yet to give me any errors, it has yet to show any "lag" like most phones do. So far, I'm glad I traded it in. It's a bit more of a hassle to text compared to the blackberry, and it can't hold an SD card. But I can get a full size bluetooth keyboard if I need to, and with access to the cloud for $50.00 a year I can upgrade my storage space to 107 GB. Yeah, it's a yearly payment but SD cards are around $40 for a GOOD 32 GB card so it'll be over 2 years before it would be cheaper to own 3 SD cards and by then I'll have a newer phone so the point is moot.
The glass is extremely tough. The guy at the store dropped his phone on the concrete, the glass was fine, the sides were messed up. He said the glass will probably last longer than the phone case will. With all my friends having their phones shatter, it's nice to have that reassurance.
I like not having to worry about losing my memory card and photos automatically being backed up to the internet for safe-keeping. I like buying a song on my phone and having it show up on my computer before I reach the study. I like having a radio so I can listen to music and being able to buy songs that I hear over the radio. I like having netflix on my phone and a connection fast enough to view it. I like how everything is smooth, fluid, and the phone doesn't have any hang-ups. I like the 8MP camera, it takes amazing pictures compared to my blackberry and the white balance actually works. I like how it automatically added all my contacts from all of my social media accounts and when I look up my contacts on my phone it shows their latest facebook/twitter feeds and I can choose to send a message to them using any of my social media accounts.
Before, I used to carry a music player, a camera, a phone, a laptop, because I didn't have a device that could do all those things in one. Now I do. I'm still upset about the SD card issue though so I'm giving this phone a 9/10. It's not perfect (SD Card) but I give it an A.
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