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[Linus X.]

Nice to see everyone happy with their new W1s!

PaulMilbank, on 20 March 2013 - 07:54 PM, said:

Huawei NZ have confirmed the NZ delivered one does not have NFC.

That's bad news, but no deal breaker for me.
Still looking for a confirmed way to unlock before I order one from O2 UK through a friend. Here in Italy it's apparently unlocked, but costs 50 Eur more...
Cheers,
Linus X.

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hecatae, on 08 March 2013 - 09:00 AM, said:

• ROM: 4GB, 1650MiB user-accessible

If you were looking at purchasing a Windows Phone 8 device on a budget, and to play games or download a lot of apps, the Lumia 620 is only £159.99 and has 8GB of internal storage space.

to anyone who's bought the W1: does the 4GB ceiling hamper this phone? Its my understanding that people are saying that is not enough, and that you can't use the external storage for apps (like you can with Android)? Where as the Nokia 620 has double the space.

Edited by Colossae3.23, 25 March 2013 - 11:39 AM.

[PaulMilbank]

I have not found it to be a problem. I have all the apps I normally use and I still have 600mb free.I don't have any really big games though.

I have noticed xbox games can be 100+mb in the store, if you are going to use this phone as a portable console for xbox games and plan to have lots installed at the same time, you are not going to be happy with it. Can the 620/8S/W1 play those games well? That is another question I have yet to find out. I'm guessing you want Nokia 820+ level hardware (1gb ram, better gpu) to make the most of those games.

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PaulMilbank, on 25 March 2013 - 06:46 PM, said:

I have not found it to be a problem. I have all the apps I normally use and I still have 600mb free.I don't have any really big games though.

I have noticed xbox games can be 100+mb in the store, if you are going to use this phone as a portable console for xbox games and plan to have lots installed at the same time, you are not going to be happy with it. Can the 620/8S/W1 play those games well? That is another question I have yet to find out. I'm guessing you want Nokia 820+ level hardware (1gb ram, better gpu) to make the most of those games.

thanks for this. One thing that takes up a bit of space on my G300 is Copilot maps/nav. I have both the UK and US maps downloaded for offline use. Which I'm guessing you wouldn't need with a Nokia, at least, because Nokia maps is so highly rated. So is Nokia Maps part of the WP8 footprint, or is it in addition? And I'm wondering do all WP8 phones (including the W1) get Nokia maps also (or whatever they call it now)? Thanks.

[PaulMilbank]

All phones with WP8 can get drive off the store, but it is currently region locked. The US and Europe have it I think, but down here in NZ, it is not available yet. We have to get a Nokia phone currently with it preinstalled if we want it. Hopefully they get this sorted soon.

[Linus X.]

PaulMilbank, on 26 March 2013 - 12:10 AM, said:

All phones with WP8 can get drive off the store

Which in my understanding means that Drive is not "part of the WP8 footprint" in terms of storage. So on the W1 offline maps will be as much a problem as big games are.
Still looking for confirmed unlocking options...
Linus X.