WELCOME NOKIA LUMIA!
WOW!
First I must take a moment to sincerely thank both crowdtap and Verizon for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I was 1 of 90 selected to have a Nokia Lumia party.
My party kit? It consisted of a brand spanking new Nokia lumia 928, JBL wireless charging speakers and swag bags for my guests.
First I must take a moment to sincerely thank both crowdtap and Verizon for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I was 1 of 90 selected to have a Nokia Lumia party.
My party kit? It consisted of a brand spanking new Nokia lumia 928, JBL wireless charging speakers and swag bags for my guests.
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| swag bags |
Now my husband and I gave ourselves some time to play with the phone before the party. It was actually quite funny. We were hit with a rather nasty thunderstorm when we were out driving. So I was able to take a few pictures to compare and contrast between the Lumia and my Galaxy Sll.
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| samsung galaxy Sll |
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| Nokia Lumia 928 Just playing with the phone I could tell I really do like the camera more. The GPS is excellent. I don't know what it is about the Sll, but it's GPS just flat out SUCKS. I haven't had any issues with the Lumia's, aside from the fact I cannot get Waze for it. We LOVE the Cinema photo feature. For those who don't know what that is, it allows you to animate a portion of a photo. So, for example we were stopped at a light, I took a picture of the car turning in front of us. And then I animated his blinker. So cool! And, lets face it. The JBL Wireless charging speaker just flat out ROCKS. It can also be made to work with other phones as well. My husband for example used it with his Iphone 4, it won't charge, but can use the speakers. What I/we did not like. Email. I found it a 'necessary' thing to log out of my email prior to having the party. If people were going to be playing with the phone, I just didn't want them all having unlimited access to my personal stuff. Well to accomplish this you have to reset the phone completely. MAJOR suckage! Facebook: The actual app I found it impossible to upload images via messaging. Not a deal breaker, but annoying. App Store: This was such a bummer. I couldn't get even half the apps I use on a daily basis in the window's app store. PARTY TIME! We kept our gathering to family. Invited my parents and Aunt/Uncle/cousins over for a bbq. The below images were taken with the Galaxy Sll |
Of course when people arrived we had some tunes blaring from the JBL speaker.
For the most part everyone seemed quite thrilled with the phone. Some people flat out don't have smart phones, so in that regard we couldn't go wrong.
The below images were taken of people using the Lumia, with an Iphone4
The below images were taken of people using the Lumia, with an Iphone4
Unfortunately, we had dinner early enough we had to wait for the light to go down somewhat, and....well being my family there was some adult beverages involved. So getting people motivated to put real effort in taking pictures was hard, even with offering up the speaker as a prize. And the Pictures themselves didn't turn out as well as I had hoped.
Lesson? No open bar.
Below taken with an older model Black berry
Lesson? No open bar.
Below taken with an older model Black berry
Lumia 928 on the left VS. Samsung SGH-T40 4G
The above photo was the winner of the JBL speaker. I'm not entirely sure how fair this was. this was the winner by default. Simply because they were the only individual to actually follow the directions. Which was to take a picture with your current phone. And then duplicate the picture (For compare/contrast) with the Lumia 928.
Again, next time -- no adult beverages.
Winner was actually my father with the Samsung SGHT40 I guess he didn't think I was serious about the speaker being the prize, as it's still in my possession.....for...now.
Again, next time -- no adult beverages.
Winner was actually my father with the Samsung SGHT40 I guess he didn't think I was serious about the speaker being the prize, as it's still in my possession.....for...now.
Overall the party was a success. The guests loved getting together and 'playing,' and free food is always good too. (We grilled hamburgers and brauts)
Overall the lumia was very well received. No one had any previous experience with a windows phone prior to the party. So people were skeptical on wanting to 'change' platforms. Admittedly so, I was too. The biggest phone feature hit hands down was the Cinema photo feature. My cousin even commented that it is 'Just like Tumbler!' (I.....am old and have no idea what that is)...
THANK YOU To both Verizon Mobile, And Crowdtap for this opportunity.
