Nokia Lumia 620 Quad-Band GSM Smartphone White - Unlocked

This is the international version of this phone. Specifically, it is intended to be used in Malaysia. You'll have to go through a couple of the settings dialogs to set the language and region if that's not where you live. Once that's done, it will work just the same.T-Mobile uses the GSM 2100 band for it's "4G" network, though keep in mind T-Mobile's "4G" network is more like 3.5G (more accurately it should be called HSPA+). It is slower than the other major U.S. carriers. It works fine with this phone, even if T-Mobile tells you it won't. Speed tests show it's on their fastest network. AT&T HSPA+ should work as well on the GSM 1900 band, but I have not verified it.Most importantly: do not update the Access Point app from Nokia on this phone! The factory version works fine, but the updated version breaks internet sharing. This is extremely annoying. Perhaps a future update will resolve the problem, but for now, you have to leave it alone.The Lumia 620's main body is black. This white cover acts as the battery cover, physical buttons, and a protective cover. The phone isn't useable without it. This is too bad, because the phone itself is very skinny but this cover makes it an overall thick phone. All the covers I see for sale are placed on top of this existing cover, which I find silly. The one exception is a durable cover from Nokia, which is even thicker.You can find lots of reviews of the Lumia line online. I picked this one because it was near my price range for an off-contract phone. It's got a nicer screen than the 520, but doesn't have the great camera of the 920. The 720 was very tempting, but out of my price range. I think the 620 is the best value of the series right now.I get a full day's charge with more than an hour of web-browsing, an hour of music streaming to headphones, three updating email accounts, and a half-hour of voice. This isn't great, but good enough for me.UPDATE: The Amber (GDR2) update breaks internet sharing for T-Mobile customers. You'll get an error that your plan does not include this option, but T-Mobile will tell you they can't help as this is an unsupported phone. After months of hard resets and changing APN settings, I finally found a fix: download the Japanese QWERTY keyboard from Settings > Keyboards. This is a crazy solution - certifiably, undeniably mad. Once the keyboard downloads, you will need to reboot and the phone will perform some kind of update. Then it works. I'm typing this from my laptop tethered to this phone now.This phone has continued performing well over the last 6 months. I have a couple of tiny scratches on the edges of the screen, but otherwise it is in good shape. The battery has been lasting a full day as long as use it only moderately. With internet sharing working again, I am completely satisfied with this phone.

1. this unit bought on Amazon doesn't come with English as default language. Took me a while to switch to English interface (by pure luck as I coudn't read the buttons and instructions), and I still couldn't figure out what the initial language is, possibly Vietnamese. After English appeared, the soft keyboard still displays a bunch of unknow characters (of the initial language)2. the microphone broke - there's no sound when making a call. I had to switch to Speaker mode or plug in earphone to hear the sound. Not sure it's factory defect or software issue! Anyone had such experience?3. the onboarding experience with Windows Phone OS was not smooth to say the least. For example, adding Microsoft Account and sync'ing my email account (i happened to have a Yahoo account as Microsoft account) was confusing, and moving and changing size of tiles etc all relied on some help from friends.4. the People Hub doesn't sync with Windows 8's People App. I added a few new contacts on my laptop using the People App on Windows 8, but they never showed up on the People Hub on the phone. Microsoft just couldn't make all pieces work together.

This device is a good one only with respect to video quality and audio quality.Otherwise, lack of common applications (espeacially youtube),too much navigation for several common activity like, For Calling a Number, you have to get into contacts, get into the list, press the number; For facebook, Click on '+', Navigate through the post, Lookout for Like / Comment button and press it...On the whole, I wouldn't recommend if you are switching from Android phone to this....

This product arrived without any problems and works well. It is used to keep in contact with outside technical staff and has performed well. Very durable and inexpensive.

I love Nokia, and windows 8 is great too. But there's one single detail that made me regret this purchase: unlocked windows phones do not seem to come with "data sense", which is the only way to measure and control data usage.Another minor things were that the phone was not configured with english as default language and the charger has the UK plug (though it comes with an adapter).

Well, I have to replace this phone after a one year and half, but no fault of manufacturer. After much abuse (falling down two flights of stairs, falling from hands, my toddler smashing it around, etc...) it still works but the external buttons have stopped working. I want to say this product was an excellent product, i loved getting the new OS updates from Mircosoft for FREE without having to jump through hoops to install. Cortana is really good and is giving Siri a run for her money. Camera was excellent when I compared it to other brand name phones the 5MP camera took stunning and vivid photos, it is not the best but it certainly better than some the big brand phones coming in at the same price. The phone charges fully in a matter a hour using the OEM (Nokia) charger. Back up and syncs with my PC, One drive, Office and can be used as a laser pointer for office product. The screen sensitivity was excellent. At times you could notice a slow down in processing but that is related to the amount of processes I had running at the same time, it actually performs better with the same processor in other phones and in some cases better that some phones that have better processors. Live tiles is amazing, no would people are trying to copy the metro link. Don't be afraid to try a windows phone. I owned several other types of phones and none comes close to value for money than the Nokia windows phone. Excellent product. Oh did I mention I order another Lumia and don't believe everything you hear or read, try it.