I own a Nokia Lumia Icon (Verizon) and a Microsoft Lumia 640 (T-Mobile). The Icon was bought on a plan and was $199 subsidized. The 640 was bought off-contract for $99. I believe the Icon was selling for around $700 off-contract. I&#x27;ve used both extensively now (the Icon was my old daily phone, the 640 is my new one). The 640 is lacking in the camera. That&#x27;s it. Every other experience on the phone? Identical. I don&#x27;t miss the Icon at all, and I think that really says something.<p>Why would a phone 6-7x the price be roughly equivalent in experience? Why should it be? The 640 isn&#x27;t subsidized by anything. $99 is the just the price of it. It&#x27;s an amazing device, FAR better than an equivalent android.<p>People complain about Windows Phone not having &quot;flagship&quot; devices, but realistically, it doesn&#x27;t need them. The cheap phones are great.<p>I&#x27;ve tried expensive android phones, iphone, as well. None of them stand up to the experience on WP for me. If Microsoft keeps making $100 phones like this, I&#x27;ll never pay more than that for a phone.