Nokia Lumia 1020, Yellow 32GB (AT&T)

I received the phone a few days ago. I have always been an Android user with my last phone being the Samsung Galaxy S3. Because of a Bogus charge sprint was imposing on my account I decided to go to AT&T because this phone looked awesome and the reviews were good. I mean a 41 mp camera, WOW. I can honestly say I am so glad that I did this. I love this phone. It's just so fluid in the operating system compared to my Galaxy. It's fast and responsive, I like the live tiles. So far it seems simpler to use. I know that a lot of people complain about the lack of apps in the store compared to android but so far I haven't been disappointed. Yes, there are not as many apps but there are still more than enough. So, I may not find exactly what I was using on my android but I have been able to find comparable one to use on this phone. I'm sure more are added all the time. Really, how many apps do you need?The call quality has been extremely clear. Syncing it to my computer has been great. Being able to see the screen in the sunlight has been a nice feature also. Of course there's the camera, enough said. With all the raves about the camera out there I'm not going to repeat them here. Lets just say that's it AWESOME!!!. I had wanted to purchase a new camera but with this camera on the phone it works out great. No need to get a new camera here.Battery life. There are always comments about battery life on all the smart phones. They do use quite a bit of juice, this phone is no exception but as I read and have done. Adjust your settings in the battery saver and it's great. Better than my Samsung. All the people that complain about battery life just need to put their phones down once in a while. Understandably people use their phones to stay in touch with work and the world, but remember, using ANYTHING THAT RUNS ON A BATTERY will drain, and drain faster with more use. A laptop is exactly the same way. So tired of hearing about hearing people complain about battery life in today's smart phones. They have come a long way in the last few years and yes, i'm sure they will get even better.Accessories. I will agree with the comments from people that finding accessories out there for this phone are hard. To be honest I haven't found a one in any store yet. Let's face it Samsung Galaxy line and Apple Iphone are dominating the market. But, Amazon has a GREAT SELECTION of accessories for this phone, as well as searching the web, I will jus have to order online for my accessories and I'm quite fine with that.I'm just an average smart phone user and am very happy with this phone. Give it a try and I'm sure you will be happy with it to.

DON'T BUY TILL BLACK FRIDAY!!! Bought 2 of these phones from Amazon on 11/10/13 for 149.99 each and the price has already come down 50.00 each. When I contacted Amazon Customer Service today, I was told that they would not refund the difference. Wireless agent said the price would drop again for Black Friday. No problem, I'm sending them back. Camera is great. Takes beautiful pictures. The phone itself, not so much. No independent volume control for alarms, I need my phone turned up during the day to hear it over normal noises, but don't need the alarm that loud to wake me, so I had to remember to turn the volume down at night and up in the morning. That's a pita. Not having the ability to retain or delete only certain calls or txt's either incoming or outgoing is a problem. Only option was to delete all. In fairness, maybe you can but after a week of trying to find out how, I just gave up. The only good thing about giving up is that Amazon made it very easy to do so. I just wish I could give Amazon one star for not refunding the price difference.

It's a fantastic phone. Let's be real. I use my smartphone primarily to:1) Text2) Take pictures3) Look up infoThis has one of the best cameras I've ever used on a smartphone. It does have a learning curve, as the automatic settings are often too "yellow", but you have control over all the camera settings you can wish for and can compensate by changing the white balance, though there is the minor nagging issue that the camera won't save your manual settings, except whatever settings you had set the flash to, in between uses, so I'd still love to see Nokia (I suppose it's Microsoft now) fix the overzealous automatic white balance issue, so when taking quick "auto" shots, I don't have to quickly swipe the WB to a non-auto setting first.Now, I'd love to give the phone 5 stars, but what drags this excellent phone down is the Windows Phone operating system. While it's easy to install the "developer's preview" of Windows Phone 8.1, which drastically reduces the gap in functionality between the Windows Phone OS and iOS/Android, it still lags behind a little in terms of polish and features.Messaging is basic SMS like yesteryear, which will be a stark contrast to iMessenger or Hangouts if you're moving from one of the other two platforms. The native email client is pretty basic and retro as well, and you'll likely yearn for a more modern/competent one that can easily be found on iOS/Android. The third party email clients on WP are largely pretty horrible and/or slow. If you are heavily invested in a calendar, such as google's, the good news is you can sync them to the native calendar. The bad news is the native calendar can't deal with all day events correctly (it's a timezone issue), and unless you live in 0 GMT, all your all day events will span two days. The further bad news is that all the third party calendar apps apparently are just skins of the native app, as they all exhibit the same behavior (and many were so lazy even in the skinning process that they simply open the native app when you actually try to edit/change an event). This is actually a pretty major negative that I'm somehow managing to live around and largely become numb to.LiveTiles are a great concept, but only if an app developer actually takes advantage of it. Only about half the apps I have pinned to the home screen actually have LiveTile functionality.The app store. Well, I always roll my eyes when Apple and Google make some statement concerning the # of apps in their app stores. After all, the vast majority of those apps are likely rarely used. Unfortunately, what is important is whether or not an app store has the apps you actually want to use, and the Windows Phone app store is sorely lacking in that critical area. Also, if you're a google user, you're in for a very rude awakening if you move to the Windows Phone platform. It's very obvious that Google has intentionally not supported the platform, and even actively tries to suppress workarounds by Microsoft. It's rather bratty behavior from a company I mostly admire (only children use the "but they did X" excuse).Still, I've slowly adjusted to the app selections/limitations, and the barebones messenging client. I love the camera. Love it. Considering the bulge that is the lens, I imagine the camera has to be the main reason anyone would buy this phone. It's just a question of whether the sacrifices-through no fault of the actual phone, but of the operating system that resides on it-are worth it. It's taken a few months for me to adjust enough where I'm at peace with those sacrifices. It could have easily gone the other way.Let me finish this review by mentioning a few things I love about Windows Phone:1) Glance screen - The phone has an AMOLED screen, which allows it to display pictures while sleeping/locked. They're pixelated, but still cool. The notification aspect of the Glance screen could use some beefing up (think what the Moto X displays, as an example), but it's more native support for this type of thing than most Android phones (there are third party apps that can emulate the types of display that the Moto X gives you).2) Tap to wake. Holy crud. This one feature is the type of feature that makes using any other device I own difficult. Who'd of thought it? Being able to tap the screen to wake the phone is brilliant. I am constantly, by reflex, attempting to tap the screen of my ipad and Nexus 7 to wake them, and grousing to myself when I then reach for a button. Such a seemingly small thing, but it is-hands down-the single largest interface decision that I've seen on these platforms that actually makes my life easier.3) I've already said it, but the camera. It's fantastic. In the end, the vast majority of my time on my phone is texting and pictures. I think I average about 11 minutes of my unlimited voice a month. :/Oh, yes, AT&T's plans are absolutely ridiculous in terms of pricing. But, T-Mobile's incredibly poor coverage (for my needs) have always sort of forced me to use AT&T. I love T-Mobile's pricing. Always have. But, I can't help but wonder if there's a direct correlation between their shoddy coverage and low pricing. If so, I suppose I can't begrudge AT&T (and Verizon, for that matter, but this is a GSM phone, so not terribly relevant) for their prices. If not, then what the hell, T-Mobile. Expand your coverage and save us from AT&T. :D