From the Forums: Grey Lumia 920, bad sales experiences and conversion rates

From the Forums

It's a relaxing Friday that marks the showtime of the weekend and we've got a From the Forums to lighten upwards the mood and kick-first the closure of the workdays. While we've not published exciting headlines in the by few days, the forepart page has been busy with more than pre-orders showing upward for new Nokia Windows Telephone hardware, and more.

The Windows Phone Fundamental community has witnessed continued activity besides, and so permit's jump in.

Lumia 920

The grayness Lumia 920 says howdy

Photos of the greyness Lumia 920 take popped upward on our forums in a thread created by andrelamont, who besides publishes an interesting stance on the colour:

"So here they are...bit boring simply at to the lowest degree the colour tiles wont disharmonism with the phone color, as a matter of fact a neutral color will describe attention to the colour tiles."

We can certainly agree with this view, every bit the neutral grey could make all supported accents stand out on screen with multiple sized Alive Tiles in Windows Phone 8. It would definitely brand a change from white, black and cyan which we've grown accustomed to when it comes to Nokia hardware. The gray would also ensure the device differentiates from competitor smartphones.

What do you brand of the colour? Be certain to head on over to the "Images of Matte Grey/Gray 920" thread to phonation your opinion of the gray Lumia 920.

Negative Verizon customer feel

A thread has been created by dby2011 who recently went through a negative sales experience in a Verizon store. Nosotros've covered numerous times before when sales staff may appear bias towards other platforms, but it's interesting to run across the consequence crop up again.

"I went into a Verizon corporate store today (in Akron, OH) to ask if they had official street dates for the WP8 phones and the sales guy laughed and said no ane wants those phones and he thinks they will never go released. He was extremely rude and told me Win phones have no apps and no one comes in request for them and said I should get a droid."

While nosotros can argue that non many members of public practise venture into mobile phone stores for Windows Phones, we can too fence that this member of staff has an event with the platform itself and is purposely pushing customers against purchasing a current or future device running Microsoft's operating arrangement. It'due south a problem that was supposed to have been addressed with Nokia's big button in united states of america earlier this year.

Have you recently gone through a negative experience with sales staff in carrier stores? Allow us know your thoughts / stories in the "Horrible Verizon shop feel today- staff told me WP8 may non even release" thread.

How many friends have you converted?

Robert Tilton

Could Robert Tilton preach Windows Phone with some giveaways?

Forum user 12Danny123 has asked how many people everyone has managed to converted to Windows Phone. When a consumer purchases a smartphone (or any gadget) and enjoys the experience, he or she will likely recommend said product to friends and family over competitor offerings. Since Windows Phone'south satisfaction charge per unit has been fairly high through previous surveys, we thought it be a good idea to see how many of united states of america are preaching hard.

So, for a express mirth, how many people accept you attempted (and successfully) converted to Windows Telephone? Exist certain to add your count to the "How many people have you convinced to get a Windows telephone viii device?" thread.