Nokia Lumia 830 GSM Smartphone, Black - AT&T - No Warranty

Although the phone arrived locked, the seller replied to my message within one day with the unlock code. The phone is otherwise perfect and exactly as described, 4G works without a hitch in Australia.Amazing build quality as always from Nokia/Microsoft, price and the chipset aside it truly feels like a premium flagship but luckily the Windows OS is very light and speedy so it doesn't need the overbearing CPU power and RAM that android devices need to run smoothly. The camera is an absolute joy in good and bad light. Color reproduction is spot on and very vibrant. Zero complaint about the phone, I could care less about the congested app store on android and iOS. I just want a simplistic, solid, premium phone and this is just that.The seller was BREED, very well mannered and despite needing one more day to get the phone unlocked, I really appreciate how quickly resolved the issue for me. I would buy from them again for sure but in the future I think it would be better if you guys just shipped the unlock code!

I like the device. It have it's week point like the button placement, or some camera issues but overall experience is satisfying.UPDATE:I use it now for 1 year. After the latest update 7 months ago the front camera stopped working but as for me it is not so important I further use the phone. Overall the performance is unchanged, which means besides some intermittent lags and lack of responsivness in the back button it works flawlessly.Further the button placement makes it unusable for me without a case, but on other side I dropped it a few times and the case protectres the device so there was no even a scratch.- CALDav based calendar account although implemented is not functional. I had to purchase an APP in order to reach my corporate account- anyconnect VPN does not work, probably needs some more learning but than it is not feasableon other side:- HERE maps are impressive, working just fine- main camera is very good I think, even on the laptop screen the images look very good- nice screen, with neat features- prety decent APP coverage, at least for my needs.etc

There's a work around to put windows 10 on this. Camera is incredibly nice. Nice design. Screen stopped working (black) within a week.

I received the phone yesterday and it seemed great. The build quality / fit and finish are great. The phone seems responsive. However, the rear facing camera does not work. accessing the camera says, "Something went wrong". I tried a hard / soft reset, updating all the apps from the windows store. Checked for OTA updates, etc. A bit of research on the internet shows this is quite a common problem, with no resolution other than sending it back to the factory. Since this is an international phone and getting warranty in the US is impossible, it will be going back to amazon. I am very disappointed, as I like the size and weight of the phone.If you can live without the rear camera

Read the entire saga, and then buy something else like the Lumia 950XL. It will be worth the extra cost.Ordered the phone on 20170708. They finally shipped it after 3 or 4 days. Finally got it on 20170717. Plugged it in. Got a charging symbol. It stayed like that overnight and the next day. Could not boot despite multiple restart key sequence attempts.Got home the next evening. Inspected the battery and had to trim stray rubber coating away from the 3 contacts. Success!!! Booted into Windows Phone.Cricket SIM card would not activate. Phone is locked to AT&T. Now must endure the hassle of getting the unlock code.Still using my badly broken Nokia Lumia 720. Very frustrated.Also cannot update the phone, probably because of the AT&T lock. Must get free of that asap.Used AT&T's online unlock tool. It took less than a day to get the unlock code. Not too bad. While waiting, there was a lunchtime trip to the Cricket store where I confirmed that the phone was in fact locked to AT&T. Too bad Cricket can't unlock AT&T phones even though it's their low price subsidiary.Got home on Day 3 of having the phone. Unlock went well. Ignore the instructions from AT&T. Instead, enter ##7820#. That will take you right to the screen where you enter the unlock code.Cricket's online activation of the replacement SIM card (nano to replace my previous micro) failed using Google Chrome on a Mac. One more trip to the Cricket store where the guy logged in as me, but using Internet Explorer, and he got it. Finally activated!!!Next battle will be getting the Windows 10 update. This is the saddest part of the story because given that this is an AT&T phone, there will be no updates. Not unless I flash the ROM or something like that, which I won't. One person online gave me the idea of installing the Windows Insider app in order to get it, so we'll give that a try.Oh, the pain!!!The story gets worse. Windows Phone Update download stops consistently at 63% complete whether on LTE or WiFi. The whole point of getting the 830 was so I could update to Windows Phone 10. I have never returned an item purchased from Amazon. This will be the first.20170722 updateThe Windows Insider app idea worked. I'm now running Windows 10. Everything working well. Satisfied with the phone for U.S.$120. Much of this plain was self-inflicted. Do not buy a phone clearly labeled as AT&T unless you intend to use it on the AT&T network.20170813 updateThe last photo I took was on 20170811. The camera is dead. It is a common problem for the Lumia 830, a problem that was never fixed and apparently never will be. "Something went wrong. If you need it, here's the error code: 0xA00F4271(0xC00D3704)So the saga ends, my friends. Do not buy this phone. You have been warned.

The product was despatched quickly and arrived on time. The seal on the box was broken though and I had my concerns, however all looked new enough. The unit was shipped from Italy and its an Italian handset so I had to reset everything to get it to UK as a region etc etc. Not much of an issue and worth the £35 saving I guess,First the Phone review then the OSThe Lumia 830 is a very good phone, pretty thin (not iPhone thin…I have an iPhone 6 and by comparison its positively chunky) and light. its big but the slim chassis makes it manageable. It is quite slippery though and you need a cover to either protect it from slips or to give you more grip. I have the Black one as I am using it for business but I would have liked either the Orange or the Green, however the Black is very slick. The metal border is very pleasant to look at and is a very slightly different colour from the plastic back and contrasts well.Button layout is pretty standard Windows Phone and it has a dedicated Camera button and capacitive buttons for navigation.The screen is lovely, not Amoled lovely but very good indeed. Its not the quickest phone in the world, thats down to the slow processor and 1gb RAM but it keeps up with tasks and multitasking very well against my iPhone 6. You do see the ‘resuming’ screen quite a bit but it doesn’t slow things down too much….if it does, press and hold the back button and shut down some tasks.As I have mentioned you have a removable battery cover and here is where you can add a Micro SD card of up to 128GB….mine is 64GB and works well. This is a major advantage over the 930 that is fatter, heavier and limited to only 32GB internal non expandable storage. It does have a faster processor and 2GB of RAM though.So the Hardware is good, not cutting edge but reasonable and pleasant to use.Now the OS.Windowsphone 8.1 is a huge improvement over previous iterations, I have dabbled in the past with WP and it has always been lacking but now it can stand shoulder to shoulder with iOS and Android. I like it because it is so different, not a copy paste of iOS as Android is and so it has its own identity. You have to get used to where things are but having using WP 7 and 8 its all similar…..but very different to the competition. There is a good collection of Apps in the Store but I wish more companies saw the value in supporting the platform, however most of the ‘must haves’ are there and some not so bad alternatives from developers for the ones that are missing. All in all WP store lags way behind iOS and Android in quantity of Apps but actually, if you cut out the rubbish and dross that clags up Google Play and iOS App Store you will see most of the essentials are there.OneDrive is seamlessly integrated into the experience and I would say it rivals iCloud in efficiency easily. You have to immerse yourself in the ecosystem though to get the value though and even then there is for me a glaring omission. That is, the lack of ability to stream music via the music app from your OneDrive. Not helpful at all and a real reason to get the 830 over the 930, at least you can stick a big Micro SD card in to carry most of your music. Now this may not bother some people but I use iTunes Match and the Streaming service a great deal (even with a 128GB iPhone 6). Shame Amazon don’t support WP better as you could use their streaming service that works so well in iOS. Like I said, not an issue for some but an irritation for me if I wanted to take just my work phone out and not use my iPhone 6.Cortana is Beta and good sometimes and patchy others….just remember how ‘good’ Siri was when it launched compared to now so I am betting that by Windowsphine 10 it will be working well.‘She’ creates appointments easily, reminds you and keeps you unto date with the world. Not a bad Beta attempt.I haven’t touched much on Social Networking as I don’t bother with it too much but Facebook is integrated well as is Twitter and LinkedIn.So, in summary, the 830 is a very good phone indeed. It makes me smile using it because for the most part it is slick and very different. The OS is good and once you get used to it it becomes very intuitive. The great news is that WP 10 or Windows 10 (whatever it will be) is compatible with the 830 and so your upgrade should be free and painless and by all accounts will tighten up an already great OS to the standard of iOS. Maybe then more companies will support the smart alternative to iOS and not just follow the crowd with Android.If you have a Windows PC/Laptop/Tablet then complete the unity with a Windows Phone. You won’t be disappointed, its a great piece of kit and with OneDrive your experience should be slick and seamless. You’ll just have to store your music locally for the moment.Enjoy!

Cámara de 10mpgx con óptica Zeiss, estabilizador óptico.Se puede extraer la batería, la pantalla es IPS y va muy fluido.Los acabados son espectaculares. Muy recomendable.Windows Phone 8.1 va realmente bien.Este teléfono se actualizará a Windows 10.

Terminal de gama media con prestaciones de calidad. Sistema operativo fluido e intuitivo. Magnífica camera con óptica de Carl Zeiss.

Torno a Nokia dopo un' esperienza con android più che positiva: Galaxy S; GalaxY SII; Nexus 3; Nexus 4.Quest'ultimo in particolare è stato un telefono potente, bello e comodo, non mi ha dato mai problemi (tranne ora qualche noia con il 5.0, ma capita ...). Ora però avevo bisogno di un reparto multimediale più performante e, accantonando per questioni di budget i prodotti della mela, sono andato a fare delle ricerche e sono arrivato a lui.Un telefono bello: è difficile distinguersi nell'epoca degli smartphone di ultima generazione, sono un po' tutti simili, ma ogni tanto qualcuno spicca, e non è detto che sia il migliore, a volte quelli "belli" non sono nemmeno consigliabili, ma in questo caso, funzionalità e bellezza sono insieme armoniosamente.Ho valutato nella scelta anche il 930, ormai la distanza di prezzo tra i due è minima - dai 50 ai 100 euro - e i dati tecnici sono inequivocabili: il 930 è molto più potente. Visti dal vivo però, non c'è stata storia: Lumia 830 è complessivamente più snello e moderno, ha un qualche fascino in più .... poi, determinante nella scelta, il più economico ha la possibilità della memoria aggiuntiva e della sostituzione della batteria.Nell'uso la batteria ha una buona durata e, nonostante la potenza non sia il massimo (e vengo da un Nexus 4 che, si è più vecchio, ma anche più potente), rimane sempre fluido. Poi c'è la parte multimediale .... le registrazioni audio non saturano facilmente, i 10 megapixel della fotocamera si fanno apprezzare sempre, il suono dell'autoparlante ha un buon volume. Insomma, quello che cercavo c'è tutto!Le app preinstallate sono tutte carine e utili, solitamente faccio un uso spartano del telefono, ma debbo dire di aver trovato tutto sommato piacevoli certe applicazioni.Sullo store non ho sofferto grosse mancanze, ripeto, sono abituato ad un uso spartano, ma le app che avevo su Nexus le ho trovato anche qui e funzionano abbastanza bene. L'impressione che ho, è che Windows, rispetto ad Android, abbia badato più all'estetica: mi piace molto la configurazione Windows, forse meno funzionale rispetto alla concorrenza, ma qualsiasi esperienza col telefono è generalmente più piacevole.L'unica nota dolente, che su altri telefoni non mi è pesata - ma qui l'estetica conta - è la mancanza di schermo amoled. Il nero imperante dello sfondo, non è il bel nero del 925 che ho per casa, e la schermata di blocco con l'orario, sembra abbia le pile scariche. Peccato ... per il resto, davvero un buon prodotto. Lo rifarei.

To me, even though it may be a smartphone, I want it to do what I want, I want the choice of who is in my contacts for instance, but as usual Microsoft seem to take control, and amalgamate people from all areas. I prefer to have phone contacts separate from those in skype and other areas, but this phone gives you no choice.. Few things are straightforward in its operation. I have bought it, but I will not use it as my main mobile, it is just too much trouble and it is not convenient to carry around in one's pocket. It's just something to play with at home, nothing more !!! It has some plus points, but they are outweighed by the minus points alas