Nokia Lumia 920 tops PhoneHouse, France’s top 50 list – (pre-order available, wallpapered everywhere)
I wasn’t aware there were pre-orders of any sort for the 920 in France. Perhaps this is based solely on interest. The Nokia Lumia 920 is at the top of a chart of 50 devices for PhoneHouse.fr, part of the retail chain, Carphone Warehouse, the largest retailer of phones in the whole of Europe.
This will have more significance if it had anything to do with sales and that the sales was a continued repeat performance over a few months. As of now, it’s just interesting. I still remember the 800 having the same story last year in France so I’m holding my breath even though the 920 is a much more competitive and genuinely interesting device.
Oh wait, I found a secondary tip from last week that says PhoneHouse France is indeed taking pre-orders.
http://www.phonehouse.fr/nokia/lumia-920-noir/NOLUMIA920BLACK (via WMPU)
I don’t know if this is somehow suggesting pre-orders of the 920 are some how exceeding sales of the new iPhone. I’m sure that’s not the case. Also, it’s out of contract (free wireless charger).
Also note that PhoneHouse’s background has the Nokia Lumia 920 and fatboy wireless charger plastered everywhere.
Cheers Pökö and rishabh for the tip.
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Not in the least bit surprised. The buzz is good for Nokia this time round from the outset.
Thankfully Apples latest iPhone fails to be exciting enough and interesting enough to disrupt the 920′s positive image…
Maybe the subway 6, I mean the apple sandwich, no, um Apple iPhone 6 will be even taller, slimmer and completely different again but strangely identical… Keep up the good good work.
Regarding iPhone affecting interest in the 920, if anything I’d say the disappointment of the iPhone 5 was good for the Lumia.
It highlighted just how well Nokia had done to bring something new to a smartphone.
They deserve to do really well with this, and maybe just a coincidence but I’ve started seeing Lumia 800′s in.peoples hands.
Check the second screenshot form this article. http://wp.me/p25JRd-1t5
It is indeed the ” 50 Best Sellers” list.
I haven’t seen a single person in France with a Windows Phone, lots of galaxy and iPhones and some alcatel here and there.
You can make any phone top on any list you want if you mess with statistics enough, many people get their phone on a contract so that excludes all those phones from that list, you picked a span of a couple of days, which heavily favors a new phone, you picked a site that is heavily sponsored by ads from Nokia, I don’t what that list actually represents, pre-orders or orders in general, contract or not, etc.
I just get tired of reporting from WMpoweruser and nokiablog if it’s so biased, you guys all did the same thing for the Lumia 800, many people bought it only to be disappointed because no one said anything about the defects like the battery issues or sound issues. Fansite is fine, but it doesn’t help buyers very much if it’s so one sided.
To be fair, it is difficult to bring up bugs/ defects/ other issues, when no one can get their hands on the device(s) yet.
While this is positive news, it is also pretty meaningless without numbers.
Mostly a fair post, Fegion.
Some pointers:
- I do agree these types of news have very little value in isolation. I think Jay and the gang fairly well usually mention that in the posts as well. Personally I consider these types of posts harmless fun, just a little bright spots in a difficult time of waiting.
- I don’t think seeing Windows Phones in France, or anywhere, is indicative of how well (or not well) a WP8 Lumia might do. Arguably the value proposition of the products is much higher this time around compared to the competition, than this time last year.
- I don’t think MNB or WMP, while clear the “upbeat fansite” type of sites, I have been hiding any issues. I think they are and do need to be posted. However, I personally prefer the upbeat style of fan hangout, than some CDB style of tearfest.
We know times are hard, but I’m sure most of us also want to enjoy it here, not feel miserable. I little sun shining here and there doesn’t hurt anyone. This is not a financial advice forum.
I don’t see how the price tag is justified .. can’t wait for the sale numbers next quarter.
Something tells me Nokia is going to have to downsize very quickly if they want to keep going as an independent company.
How come price tag is not justified? High tech display, 32Gb memory, nice chipset, wireless charging, NFC, OIS in camera…..
And about this Phonehouse top -list. Lumia800 made on 7th place in this one, same as Pureview when it came. lumia 900 was 20 something.
So I think its quite remarkable that Lumia920 is in top spot here.
Honestly, I think the price in Italy is (599eur) is the sweet spot. While 920 holds its own at 649eur, 599eur would make it a great value for money.
At 599 it is a good deal, 649 is still decent considering it isn’t officially on sale yet. The problem is that most comparable phones all have 16GB of memory and most don’t even have as SD slot to expand that memory (just like the 920)
In that light the 920 would look like the better deal HW wise. It is mostly the SW that puts pressure on the price, with WP8 being highly unproven and even unknown at this time.
I wish that they push the business segment. For instance in two top ten Frensh companies I know, do not offer Nokia’s at all anymore for their employees.
Corporate IT is not too happy with Android, RIM is out of the game and Iphone is too expensive to offer to whole personnel (unless the employee pays the difference to personal budget, which is the case in some firms). 920 is also too expensive, but they should have (hopefully soon) whole fleet of devices. IF I’ve understood correctly, WP8 should bring improved tools also for corporate IT to manage the device base. Nokia also needs to reconsider their sales pitch, if they want to take the business market. “Amazing everyday” isnt really suitable there.
The battery, sound and network issues were resolved exceptionally fast by Nokia. It’s rather unfair of YOU to bitch on an open forum about Nokias and Nokia related details, started and ran by mere fans of Nokia whom don’t get a cent (or in Jay’s case, a pence) from Nokia to run this site or to advertise.
Take your gripes up with Engaget, Gizmodo or other X biased paid site that isn’t made entirely on the bias of Nokia.
That is very true. I truly liked their prompt action and communication, which is unmatched by any of the competitors.
The “beta test is over” campaign was still ridiculous, when they shipped defected products. One should be careful with communication. I dont know how many ended up seeing the whole beta test stuff.
@Fegion
If WP marketshare in France is about 4% or so, it would mean that every one of 25people(having smartphone to begin with) should have WP-phone. So basically its really hard to see any wp’s.
But I am pretty sure you’ll start seeing those more and more.
@Fegion
MNB posts/reports/blogs on positive and negative nokia news.
Nokia Lumia 920 is no doubt an impressive phone, but dont know how many would like to have it. Many of us are not even comfortable with tile interface, which is a big hurdle in the success of Lumia 920
Geat news for cyan lovers, like me!
http://wmpoweruser.com/cyan-lumia-920-coming-to-swisscom-later/
And if we can do something very good then it is waiting
Waiting “just a bit” is ok for me when I get the 920 in cyan.
Screen size is interesting. With a larger screen, the internal components are spread over a larger area making the phone seem thin, and then the total volume of the phone in the hand does not seem that big. Consider Galaxy S3
The 920 is heavier and carriers more volume than the 808, its also wider and taller .. so it will feel much bigger in hand for sure, despite the 41Mpix sensor in the 808.
carries
guys i think they sort it from new to old because pre ordered of lumia 920 is new compare to old order of iphone 5
Thats what i see
so according to what you see iPhone 5 16GB is older than iPhone 4 8GB, okay.
Jay,
The Lumia 920 is available at The Phone House to pre-order, and they offer the Fatboy charger to the first 200 people. This offer is available since many days already, we don’t know how many orders they had unfortunately. The Phone House will start deliver the Lumia in the end of October, but it seems that the official release date is more in mid-November… so lucky people who pre-order their Lumia will have it before all others (but it’s only available in black at the moment).
If they are still giving the fatboy charger means that they have had less than 200 preorders. How can it be on the list except for maybe daily interest.
I don’t think they will say when they sold 200 phones. They did not say anything last year when we had the offer Lumia 800 = Nokia Purity HD for free. They just send an email to people who got it, nothing to others…
the 920 with pureview is more popular than the iphone 4 copy ?
no surprise there
In fact, the 5 is a brand new design..
are you buying the iphone 5 ?
I still think the price is too high. The phone looks really great and I know there are some nice innovations here, but I think 499 Euros would have been a better price
Most of time, in France, people order their mobile with their operator and get it cheaper if they sign for 1 or 2 years. I think it will be available from 150€ with a contract.
I know but that’s the kind of price you get with an expensive contract. I don’t think you will get it at that price with a 15 or 20 Euros / month subscription. And it seems more and more people tend to choose such offers.
Apparently Nokia has been having some success with WP 7.x in China with this huge carrier. I’m sure Nokia will be bringing the lower end WP 8 handsets there as well besides the Lumia 920.
Nokia have to struggle hard to stay in the market.