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Anyone fallen in love with their Lumia only to start having remorse over selling or giving away their iPhone? About the only thing I miss from iPhone right now is my tunes and movies always with me as well as my apps. I did buy an iPod touch so that kind of took away the sting.

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Nope, I couldn't be happier. I've only missed one app, my Verizon Fios app. Yeah sure my other apps and games may not be available on WP7, but I don't really miss them. The major ones are there. Other than that, I didn't invest heavily into the itunes music (Amazon instead) and didn't purchase any movies from iTunes. I actually like Zune as well, it feels just as fresh as WP7. Itunes and iPhone felt sooooo old and boring to me.

Previously purchased media is stuck with the DRM, unless you pay Apple to remove it.

I wonder how many people actually did pay? I mean, hell, nothing wrong with paying TWICE for something. :p

If you know how, you can remove that DRM. Naturally I won't point to any sites or links but just say "it's out there".

I know there are programs out there that can remove them, but when my brother had the same issue we couldn't find a free one and needed to pay for one to do it. I think the cheapest one we found was $15.

I don't post a whole lot on this site although I've been registered almost since day 1. Anyone whose read my site comments knows I'm an AVID iPhone user. However, today I made the plunge and bought the Lumia 900 in black. I'm not only hooked, I'm completely and utterly sold. I'm not 100% in love with Zune but I'll get over it - everything I do w/ an iPhone 4S the Lumia 900 does better or the same. I'm esp surprised by the voice recognition which was REALLY freaking spotty when I had an HTC Trophy on Verizon for a month.

Total buyers remorse... Camera is terrible... IPhone 3gs took better shots. Lowest screen brightness setting has overbearing purple tint - medium and high brightness setting difference is imperceptible... Capacitive buttons often malfunction when playing music - either not responding or behaving like a video game controller with turbo turned on (causing voice control and multitask interface to open instead of desired action)... Vibration is weak and rattles... Nokia bumper makes headphones hard to plug in... Did I mention the camera is horrendous?

Might have gotten a lemon... But a replacement won't fix the camera... Google "Lumia 900 purple screen tint" or "Lumia 900 capacitive button issue" for more details.

I want to love this phone... I really do - was really happy day 1. Today when I thought maybe I should carry around my iPhone 3gs as well to take quick pics with - I realized how much remorse is there. Only unfortunate thing is it came with 100 dollars worth of accessories - where each one you buy ratchets down the price of the phone... So it is decked out with a bumper... Zagg screen and back protection... I imagine because of that I stand to lose more than just the restocking fee... Ugh.

To top it off, the upgradability question has been up in the air since about the day after I bought it :(

Anyone fallen in love with their Lumia only to start having remorse over selling or giving away their iPhone? About the only thing I miss from iPhone right now is my tunes and movies always with me as well as my apps. I did buy an iPod touch so that kind of took away the sting.

Wait, so is the buyers remorse over the Lumia or the iTunes music with DRM?

You realise Windows Phone is capable of playing music and video files, right?

I think he is more referring to the fact all his music/videos/apps are locked into iTunes, which he cannot* take with him on his Lumia. The idea of having to repurchase everything you own to use on a new platform is always an issue when "jumping ship".

* = However, not impossible. I'm sure there are ways to transfer at least most of the music to WP? I'm guessing there is a WP version (or equivalent) to doubleTwist? or something like that?

Wait, so is the buyers remorse over the Lumia or the iTunes music with DRM?

iTunes music is mostly DRM free now (they removed it ages ago), otherwise programs like doubleTwist would be next to useless. However, iTunes video still seems heavily DRM encrusted though (I've had no luck transferring any to my Android device at least).

Well - after a few more days with the Lumia 900 - had to come back and update after my previous comments. I have a far more favorable opinion now than I did a few days back. When I bought the phone, I decked it out with a Zagg shield and a bumper - so literally never held the white Lumia in my hand without all of that clinging to it. I tore it all off in anticipation of returning it and was instantly struck by it's design beauty. Decided to exchange instead of return :) AT&T opened a white and a black Lumia - both had the purple tint issue - so they promised to call their Windows phone rep and find out more details and said they would for sure get me a properly working phone as soon as they could. Stock camera is still bad - but when using a third party cam (I'm using Sophie Cam) it takes great shots... so likely just a software issue (lots of people on forums saying the white balance needs to be adjusted in a software update). So I'm going to stick with the Lumia. It is fast... love that. And the Windows Phone 7.5 OS is beautiful. Not just the way it looks - but the way it works. It takes many many steps out of common phone actions due to hub design and the level of service integration. Loving having the Zune Pass on my phone... always carried a Zune HD in the past... so one less device. So please - take my previous comments with a grain of salt and go try this phone out for yourself!

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