Saturday, October 26, 2013

Review Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia Lumia 920 engadget awards 2012 



Incredibly well built phone with a super camera at a Super Price
What can i say about 920, it is an amazingly well built phone. I have it now for over a week now and given the person i am, i must say, i would have used just about every feature it has. Here is my summary about Windows Phone 8:


1)WP is fast, snappy, intuitive, and a true joy to use, iOS is close, Android is miles away
2) user interface is elegantly designed and fluid
3)apps for the platform are all stunning, on par with iOS, better some times than iOS apps and miles ahead of Android apps
4)OneNote and it's integration with my Windows Desktop is amazing
5) Free full version of Office
6)Total integration of calendar/contacts/ToDo's with Desktop
7) 7 GB free space with Sky Drive and seamles integration similar to iCloud's 5 GB storage on offer
8) No need of antivirus to eat battery and slow performance because of the way Windows Phone OS is built, doesnt allow suspicious activity
9) Kids Corner: Super cool, my 1.5 year old son cannot call anyone, only play with the talking cat, listen to some rhymes and some games, so i am sure that none of my data is at stake when i give the phone to my son
10) Wallet app inbuilt: one of the best, in built to store, credit cards, store cards like Shoppers Stop, passport, etc
11) True multitasking
12) One of the best keyboards that understands 'Hinglish" or hindi words typed with English letters

Now coming to Lumia 920. My observations:
1) Incredibly well made
2) Looks super when held in hand
3) PureView camera technology-one of the best in smartphone camera
4) incredible image stabilization, low-light performance camera video and photo performance
5) PureMotion HD+ curved glass screen with 60fps decreases stress to eyes especially when reading ebooks and watching videos-very few 40k plus phones have something similar
6) Super sensitive touch allows you to touch the display with gloves-useful in cities where weather is cold or for bikers who wear gloves
7) Wireless charging built in
8) With the right tweaks you will easily get 1.5 days of battery with 3 mails configured
9) Nokia apps are out of the world, better, faster, more efficient

Question is: Are you ready for something like this and more importantly it is cool being part of a change.

This device at 22K is the best out there, irrespective of the cores that an android phone can offer. I am yet to experience stutter on the phone though i have loaded it with 26 GB data and numerous apps.

Notable Cons:
1) Quite heavy compared to similar sized phones
2) Non expandable memory
3) Not the fastest GPU, although it still plays all games
4) Not a full hd display, but i guess for the size, i dont feel the difference

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