Unboxing Nokia Lumia 920

Unboxing Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia must hardly be enjoying life after Symbian and it shows. The fact is that the Finns have nothing but Ashas and the most basic of S30 phones between the last Windows Phone flagship and the next. The PureView 808 was a flash of brilliance - like the N9 before it - but just that.But the Lumia 920 could be the difference between living with dignity and scratching a living on emerging markets.


The holiday season and the first months of 2013 are a make or break time for Nokia, and if those early reports of the phone being sold-out are anything to go by, the Lumia 920 already managed to get a few victories under its belt. It’s going to be a long campaign though and we're yet to see if the new flagship has what it takes to help Nokia get back where they want to be.

Key features

•     Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
•     Quad-band 3G with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
•     4.5" 16M-color PureMotionHD+ IPS display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels
•     8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p@30fps video recording
•     Optical Image stabilization with floating lens technology
•     1.3MP front-facing camera
•     Windows Phone 8 OS
•     1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset, 1GB of RAM
•     Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
•     GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support
•     Free lifetime voice-guided navigation
•     32GB of inbuilt storage
•     Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
•     Wireless charging with optional accessories
•     Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
•     Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
•     microUSB port
•     Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and EDR, file transfers
•     SNS integration
•     Xbox Live integration and Xbox management
•     NFC support
•     Digital compass
•     Nokia Music

Main Disadvantages

•     App catalog falls short of Android and iOS
•     No microSD card
•     No FM radio
•     No system-wide file manager
•     No lockscreen shortcuts
•     Size and weight something to definitely consider before you buy
•     Audio output not worthy of a flagship
•     Non user-replaceable battery 

 

A touchscreen that can be operated with gloves sounds exciting enough, but Nokia claims there's more to the new Lumia screen. There are promises of excellent brightness and outdoor visibility, as well as increased responsiveness and smoother scrolling.

AVAILABLE at Rs.40,000