Yesterday I remarked how the HTC One might end up with a photo that the Nokia Lumia 1020 wouldn’t have captured. This was due to primarily the HTC One’s speed of use versus the Lumia 1020 being slightly slower to fire up for the first time and its time to save shots.

However, more and more photo samples of the Nokia Lumia 1020 have appeared yesterday, and this convinced me this phone was worth the sacrifice and switch from the top 2 operating system and use the Windows Phone 8 instead. As a prefix, I have used the Lumia 620 and found most apps or a suitable replacement. However, an app that is available on both the Google Play store and Apple’s Appstore appeared at first glance to also be available on the Windows Marketplace. However, it had scathing reviews and people complained it was a dumbed down version too. And sadly it is dreadful and crashes. This one app is really important, and could kill the Lumia 1020 off my shopping list.

So, if you are looking at this superb Nokia Lumia 1020, search on the Windows Marketplace to make sure there are the apps you need.

For me, it looks like I am tied to either an android phone or the next iPhone. Unless anyone has any bright ideas.