Nokia Lumia 620 Sim Free Windows Smartphone - Cyan

What I can I say about my Lumia 620 other than after 5 days of ownership I am still unable to put it down. Getting a Windows phone was a fairly big leap for me as a long term Android user but I am very happy at this point that I did. Review Delivery was fast and efficient as usual from Amazon: In the box was the phone ,a manual, earphones(throw these away they are rubbish), charger and cable Setup: This phone requires a micro sim card to work. I purchased a sim card cutter from Amazon at the same time for about £4 There was something slightly worrying about putting your sim in this machine but all was fine and my sim was transformed in seconds.Inserting the sim and 32Gb SD card was simple and quick. Once switched on the phone booted quite quickly. There was the usual questions about network providers and accounts that you wanted to link to the phone. The whole process was simple and over in less than 5 minutes. Hardware I have not been a big fan of Nokia over the years but the quality of this device has changed my perception of that completely. In the hand this feels like a robust sturdy phone that does not require you to treat it with kids gloves. The removable case slotted easily into position. The phone came with the black one which has a soft matt feel. The screen is simply stunning, vivid bold colors that look great with games and video alike once you have turned off the annoying auto brightness control! I am not a big fan of larger screens and the form factor of this phone is hitting the mark so far. Not too big to fit comfortably in my jeans pocket and not too small so that everything is difficult to read. The battery has proven to easily last a day of what I would describe as moderate to heavy use. Windows Phone 8 This has been the biggest surprise to me. The overall experience is brilliant, there are a few minor niggles but the good far outweighs any negatives. Good,points The speed of this device is great, there has not been a single stutter or wait in the 5 days of usage. Considering its hardware specs are not exactly headline making in terms of cpu this is a fantastic result. Windows just zips along nicely. The screen transitions and the overall flow and just nice and give the you the feeling that they have actually thought about the user experience; It all feels very slick/ The people hub is brilliant, all of my updates in one place, simple and easy to use, I have found myself using this instead of the individual apps. Nokia's apps that come with the device and are available mainly for free in the store are fantastic. The Nokia drive app is a significant selling point on its own. It is so much better than the google Navigation app on my android. The city lens and maps function are also great additions. XBox integration is seamless and intuitive. Smartglass works well and I like the consolidation of gaming into the one hub. Office comes for free and appears functional for reading documents and presentations. One note integration is excellent. Surprisingly Skydrive wasn't pre-installed and I had to download it, this just works really well. Kids corner is a great addition to the OS, I dont have to worry about my 6 year old being able to get into things he shouldn't whilst playing games on the phone. I had something similar on Android but that was a bit clunky. This works a treat and is simple to configure. One feature i love is the ability to decline an incoming call with a text message from a standard list of responses. Bad points: My one major annoyance so far is the lack of independent volume controls for ringtones and media. If I have had music up quite loud then when the phone rings it is also very loud. I have not found a way yet of setting these independently other than remembering to turn it down. Windows phone 8 has an app called datasense that tracks you phone and data usage on your mobile network, This unfortunately has to be enabled by your carrier and vodafone have not yet done so. I miss the "my vodafone" app that I had on android. No native Sonos app! I have found an alternative called Phonos that works well but would have been nice to have the real thing available. My one fear with Windows phone before purchase was the app availability,but this has not really turned out to be a significant issue. everything I want is there apart from the couple mentioned above. Summary All in all I love the Lumia 620 . the wonderful Nokia's hardware and apps, Windows 8 just zips along and is simple and intuitive. Live tiles works as a concept and the platform feels surprisingly mature. So far it has been bullet proof with no crashes or issues at all. This is a great phone at this price point and comes whole heatedly reccomended

After doing some lengthy internet research on budget smartphones, I came up with a final few candidates for my new smartphone (I am updating from a very old Blackberry which puts shame to the name "smartphone"..). Basically, I was looking for a non-Apple smartphone for under £200 which had been given good reviews - and eventually, I decided to get the Nokia Lumia 620. The product arrived in good time and was exactly as described. Upon opening the box, the phone looked beautifully designed and the size was not too cumbersome for my abnormally tiny hands. I charged it up, put in my SIM card and turned it on. I was prompted to go through several stages of setting up, which all went smoothly. Finally it was all up and running and I was pleased with how it looked - the WP8 tile layout was attractive and customisable. I rushed to the App store to download Facebook and Twitter, which I did without any problems. Both applications looked great and were easy to use. I then went back to the App store to download some games, starting by searching my favourite Temple Run which I had played on my brother's phone and become addicted to. Disappointment number one: Temple Run does not exist for the Windows Phone platform. Call me petty, but I was quite disappointed about that. I managed to download a couple of other games, such as Windows' version of Fruit Ninja (Fruit Slash) and some generic bubble game. They also ran smoothly, but I was still disappointed about not being able to download Temple Run or, as I discovered not long afterwards, Snap Chat. Disappointment number two: In the meantime, I noticed that I wasn't receiving any notifications from Facebook or Twitter, despite receiving them on my laptop and on my old Blackberry which I still had activated. Upon consulting Google, I uninstalled and reinstalled both apps and was careful to ensure that I activated the "push notifications". I turned my phone off and on again. And off. And on again. Still no luck. I was losing my patience - this phone was BRAND NEW yet my three-year-old Blackberry was performing better. I was receiving text, email and WhatsApp notifications but nothing from Facebook or Twitter, and later, nothing from Skype either. I consulted Google again to discover that there is an abundance of similar problems with Windows phones. On one of the forums, someone suggested that Microsoft were too busy fixing "big scale" problems to worry about faults with phone applications. This seems highly plausible to me. Yes, there are loads of applications available to download - including BBC iPlayer (which ran great!), Youtube, radio, music, every social networking app you can think of... But the most popular apps amongst 95% of smartphone users - Facebook, Twitter and Skype - did not work properly. Another one of my Google searches led me to a forum where someone had said that they consistently got Facebook/Twitter notifications through a week late. I had paid £180 for this phone. I am a university student - even as a budget phone, that's a lot of money! But it just kept disappointing me. I do not have anything against Nokia - but against the platform they decided to put on their phone. Windows Phone 8 is an utter disappointment. To be honest, I should have also researched Apple vs Android vs WP8, but the thought didn't even cross my mind that a Microsoft product may not perform as well as its competitors. I have already packaged up my Nokia Lumia 620 for return and refund. Instead, I'm going to order a Samsung or a Sony - anything which ISN'T on the Windows platform. If you have any common sense, stick to Android or Apple, instead of Windows' shoddy mobile phone technology which certainly does not live up to my expectations of Microsoft.

This phone will give you a great design and build quality as well as the smooth and simple Windows 8.1 software for a budget pricetag. After researching the phone market extensively I couldn't find a phone that suited my needs better than this one. First of all I wanted a normal size phone, and with a 4 inch screen this phone isn't too big, I can watch films on it no problem and it is much brighter and nicer to look at than my old HTC Desire S. The resolution won't blow you away and you can still see individual pixels if you look closely, but personally I don't think an HD screen on a phone is that useful or necessary. The camera is decent for 5mp, it works as you would expect and isn't great in low light, you can use some funky filters that produce convincingly arty snaps, good enough for fb. The software is so much smoother than the equivalent android software you would get on a phone this price, it is the same as you would get on a top of the range Lumia and runs very well. Windows phone 8.1 is much simpler than android, there is some degree of customisation available but no where near as much as android. The only problems I've had so far have been problems answering calls/ screen not switching off when holding phone to ear/ having to lock and unlock manually to get this working properly, however this problem has since disappeared. I'm not that bothered by apps, and the market has most of the important stuff like Skype, viber, bank apps etc. The maps are good, especially drive, but I prefer some things about google maps, which you can install if you want. It doesn't have a radio, but Nokia music is a great streaming app. It's a great smartphone for doing everything a good smartphone should, music, video, web, pics, maps, just not sooo great with apps. But if you are getting sucked in to apps that much, you need something more constructive to do on the train.

I bought this phone as I wanted a change from my Samsung Galxey Mini, and I wish I never changed my phone. The Nokia Lumia is a very nice phone, I like the Windows look but I hate that I can't have the apps I use to have on my old phone, can't have phone charms, and I can't have any kind of notifications. It's a pain. Also the volume quality isn't great. I wouldn't of brought it for £150. It's worse than my old phone that I bought for £80 new. So if your the kind of person that likes your apps, phone charms and notifications then this phone isn't for you. But if you like a simple phone with just Facebook and xbox games, then this is good a good phone.

I bought the Lumia 620 to replace my HTC Radar Windows 7 Phone, not because it was dead, but because I wanted to upgrade to WP8. So of course many of my comments will compare the two handsets, I was already familiar with the WP user interface. I found the HTC an excellent phone, especially considering it's price bracket of <£200. Most new smart phones, whatever the brand, are getting bigger and bigger, are not 'pocket friendly' and have heftier price tags than I wish to entertain. A new phone for me had to fit in my jeans pocket, without making me out of pocket. The 620 is again around the £200 mark, and near enough the same size as the Radar and quite a bit lighter, so good on that front. One might argue that it doesn't have the same premium feel about it, but that is not an issue to me. Functionality comes before style for me, so here we go. As an O2 user in the UK, I can say the essential factor of phone reception is excellent. The Lumia gets a good signal anywhere in my house, whereas the HTC would drop calls in certain rooms. The call quality is generally very good with adequate volume available. The speakerphone function is also loud and clear. WiFi reception is also superior to the HTC. I get a good signal at the end of my garden. Integration with Exchange mail and just about any other mail system is superb. You can choose to keep your different email accounts separate, or view them all together should you prefer that. The camera is a bit of a disappointment; while like the HTC it's a 5MP device, it is nowhere near as good for close up work. I take a lot of shots of small components on my desk, and unlike the HTC, the Lumia just can't do a good enough job here, and I find myself reaching for my compact digital camera. It's also very slow to focus compared to the HTC which makes low light conditions or moving objects difficult to capture. Also while I'm on the camera subject, the 620 doesn't seem to have the option to vary the image resolution settings. I'm not sure if this is a WP8 thing, or manufacturer specific. Kid's corner is a great idea. I can now let my 2 year old daughter play games on my phone without fear of her accidentally buying me a new game, or worse still, deleting important contacts or emails! I just need to find a screen saver that can stand up to her sharp scratchy nails for more than a few days!! The 620 does not have Corning Gorilla glass, but is said to have scratch resistant glass, however I don't want to chance permanent damage to the screen just yet, so a protector is used. The inclusion of Nokia's offline mapping tool 'Here' is another reason why I chose Nokia over other brands, offline mapping is really something I missed on the HTC, having used the excellent TomTom mobile on previous phones. The A-GPS finds my location very quickly, even inside office buildings, and the inclusion of a compass is handy too. The City Lens tool seems a bit of a gimmick, but I guess it's useful if you travel a lot and find yourself in unknown towns and cities looking for somewhere to eat. And while I'm on about being out and about, I'll mention how the screen really can be seen well outdoors on a bright day. Unlike the HTC, I don't need to shade the screen with my hand to see it. I'm not really one to listen to music on my phone, but Nokia music offers limited free access to radio shows. These can be downloaded for listening later when you're offline. This handy, as I prefer not to have a data contract for my phone when there is so much WiFi generally available. One silly niggle is with the charger. Like many phones these days, the charger consists of a 'brick' and a USB cable that doubles as a data and charging cable. In this instance I have found that the USB port on the charger is a poor fit with the cable, and doesn't always make contact. Sometimes I plug the phone in when I go to bed, only to find in the morning that it hasn't charged. Fortunately the phone charges very quickly, and is usually ready to go again by the time I need to leave the house. Well that's covered the areas that are important to me. Overall I'd say I am happy with this phone. I think whenever one changes phone there are always a few gains and losses over what you have been used to, but it doesn't take long to adjust to them. Overall ratings - I'm going to knock a star off for the camera's short coming, and the charger issue. Although I keep reminding myself how this is an entry level £200 smartphone, not a £400-500 all singing, all dancing monster-sized piece of tech. As such I think it performs really well in most areas.

Phone itself great. Small, solid hardware, nice screen, responsive touch. Call quality and loudness sublime- better than iphone. Battery saw me through a day of steady use, two days of light use. However, when outside and cold the touch screen becomes useless. It will suddenly be able to detect your finger even when it is about a centimetre away from the screen, so as you move your thumb to touch another key, it will select all keys in your path. I even had it enter random spaces, add accented characters and generally go haywire. This happened on two seperate phones. Returning it, and I'm going to try the 820. A shame, because the phone is a total steal at the current price and it is great for a light user.

I bought the Lumia 620 to replace a Samsung Galaxy S2 which had been a complete disaster from start to finish, ending up in the bin. During the 3 months that the Samsung was away for repair (returning with exactly the same problem - randomly turning itself off) I had been using a Nokia phone that I'd bought a while ago and which had never skipped a beat throughout its entire life. It was that that prompted me to go for another Nokia, plus I was curious how the Windows operating system would compare with the Android of the Samsung. In my opinion the Nokia has a better build-quality that the Samsung and although, on paper, it is less well specified than the Galaxy S2, I have not felt disadvantaged in any way. The screen, although a little smaller, is crisp and bright and the 'tiles' that Windows uses are a delight. There are, of course, less apps available for Windows than for Android but all the essentials (and more) are there - for me anyway. Battery life is particularly good, I am a low to medium user and can easily get two days use out of a single charge. The camera on the Nokia gives good, crisp results and the ability to add up to 64Gb of additional memory means that you can snap away to your heart's content. The front-facing camera works well with Skype. The 7Gb available free with Microsoft's Skydrive is another bonus feature, with which the phone syncs perfectly as part of my MS Outlook account. The ability to work on MS Office documents within the phone will be a useful feature for many people. My phone is completely 'Google-free', another advantage as far as I'm concerned and is a convenient size to slip into the pocket whilst still offering a good-sized screen upon which typing is not a problem. I have nothing negative to say about this phone and, If you're looking for a good-looking, usable phone, don't need all the bells and whistles, most of which you probably won't use, but want all the essentials, then the Nokia Lumia 620 is definitely one to go on your short-list.

Having had my previous Nokia (6301) for nearly five years with little to no problems, I was hesitant to give one of these new fangled devices a chance. However, my partner loves technology and encouraged me to change phones and I must admit - this phone has not disappointed. I was never one to use the internet on a phone, but even I find myself checking emails at home (using the WiFi connection, not the mobile data). At my request my partner quickly switched the settings so that the internet can only be used at home and thus I will not be subjected to any scary mobile internet charges. The phone takes relatively good pictures, though the front-facing camera is not of great quality, it suits me just fine. As someone who wanted to use the phone for more basic purposes, being able to customise the live tiles on the menu screen is excellent. Contacts, messaging and phone calls are large buttons and emails and other such apps are tiny or even removed completely. This is something I was not able to do on my previous phone and I like it. It is very easy to make the phone 'your own'. :) I am still learning to type text messages, for not only am I new to a touch screen, but the keys are quite little. Fortunately I have little hands and fingers! All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase, even if I debated buying it for so long!