What’s your next Windows Phone? Respondents overwhelmingly want the Lumia 920

WPCentral Poll Results

On Fri, we asked our readers what Windows Telephone 8 device they were leaning towards for their next buy. And although HTC has notwithstanding to unveil their new phones, it appears that Nokia has by far demonstrated their potency amid our readership.

The poll was unproblematic: Choose ane of iv new Windows Telephone eight devices, including the Nokia Lumia 820, Lumia 920, Samsung ATIV S or the HTC Accord (a device all only officially confirmed at this point for release).

Answers were randomized for selection and indistinguishable voting was blocked via IP and browser-cookie control. Total corporeality of respondents came to a sizeable 7,568 individual votes, making the sample size extremely reliable as ratios tend to lock-in at around ii,000 votes.

To say it was a blow out would be an understatement as our poll results usually tend to exist a lot closer rather than an overwhelming clear winner. This fourth dimension however, it was very different.

The Nokia Lumia 920 managed to carry away a massive 81.4% of the full sample (or 6,160 individual votes). Side by side up was the Lumia 820, which came in with 7.76% (587 votes) but edging out the Samsung ATIV South with seven.44% (563 votes). At the lesser was the HTC Accord, a device non all the same publicly shown resulting iii.41% full or simply 258 votes.

It'southward a clear winner, taking 81% of the vote

Analysis

As we previously mentioned, unremarkably our results are a lot closer just hither, we can see a articulate winner with the Lumia 920. Although the 920 builds off of the 900 in terms of design, bringing merely slight modifications to the polycarbonate wait, it is apparent that our audience was heavily impressed with the new engineering science behind the upcoming flagship phone, including NFC, wireless, inductive charging, PureMotion HD+ Super Sensitive display and the PureView 8.7MP camera with optical-image stabilization—a kickoff for a smartphone.

Seeing as over 80% of our readership wishes for this phone, information technology is evident that they nonetheless prefer the "Nokia await" on the loftier-end Lumia line and that the Finnish visitor has done a skillful job disarming customers that the 920 is the telephone to take this twelvemonth.

Samsung ATIV S

Falling backside expected levels, the Samsung ATIV Southward

Seeing the Samsung ATIV South ranked and then depression when compared to the Lumia 920 is certainly surprising. The ATIV S is an extremely sparse merely seemingly powerful Windows Telephone 8 device with first-class blueprint and a massive 4.eight" display. However, while the phone looks to exist a winner, also being sparse with a large display, it does non bring whatever new technology to the table—information technology doesn't button the boundaries. This may explicate why the 920 faired so much amend since information technology really had a few "firsts" for a smartphone.

Also with the 820—certainly a solid phone simply with its 800x480 display and lack of OIS in the camera, most of our readers seem more impressed with the Lumia 920.

At present well-nigh that HTC Accord. If in that location were ane phone is getting nether-appreciated information technology would be that i due to obvious reasons: it has all the same to be officially announced, thereby skewing the results for information technology downwardly.

Having said that, information technology is clear that HTC would actually need reveal some "alien tech" to woo the 920 crowd over to such a phone and while Beats Audio and Super LCD2 will certainly make this phone a winner, information technology's not clear that those two features solitary will cause HTC to proceeds pregnant marketshare.

Poll Results Data

Merely there is ane 'X' factor for HTC and that would be their rumored 'Zenith' phone. The device is expected to have a huge 4.7" screen and the first quad-core Snapdragon S4 CPU. The just problem here is either HTC is being very tight lipped about information technology or the phone may not get its large reveal on September nineteen^th every bit nosotros're only hearing about two phones being appear.

But bold this flagship HTC phone does exist, will information technology be enough to gain footing on the 920 for our readers? With over 80% of nearly 8 thousand readers opting for the 920, that'due south a tough hill for HTC—or anyone else—to climb.

We'll of course practise a follow up poll after HTC'southward declaration to see if anything has changed.

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