The Lumia 920
dominated Nokia's presentation at Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 press event a few
months ago, with the smaller Lumia 820 barely getting a look-in. It's got a
"better-than-HD" 1,280 x 768, 4.5-inch high-contrast IPS display,
built-in contactless charging, solid build quality and more of Nokia's
exclusive software additions.
The Lumia 920 features a 1.5GHz Snapdragon
S4 processor, meaning it's more than capable of breezing through transitions,
content-dense websites and the current crop of available games. The exclusive apps like Nokia Drive
and SkyDrive options are genuinely brilliant and, really, the on-board
navigation and clever Local Scout services kick Apple maps into touch - the
Nokia 920 makes the best of them.
Nokia has crafted one substantial
smartphone
and the iPhone 5 weighs just 112g by comparison. The curved body allows ample
space for speakers, looks stylish
and if you (and your jean pocket) can cope with the weight and size (130.3mm x
70.8mm x 10.7mm) you’ll enjoy the benefits it brings. There’s good spacing of
control buttons and a decent speaker at the bottom of the phone.
Windows
Phone 8 is an excellent OS and continues to make iOS 6 look like a boring
alternative to the flashing tiles and infinitely customisable home screen
options found on the Nokia Lumia 920. The bigger screen helps showcase the
impressive 8 megapixel camera which is, like everything else, ultra fast thanks
to a Snapdragon S4 processor making apps move with zero lag. The persistent
lack of apps and major apps is still the biggest drawback despite Nokia going
to great lengths to show Windows Phone 8 in the best way possible. 32GB of
internal storage is big enough for us to forget our complaints about the lack
of a MicroSD socket on previous models too.
The
battery life is disappointing and inconsistent. It’s hard to see what actually
uses power but we managed a day with moderate use. we still find the Nokia
Lumia 920 immense fun and that's not something we expected to say about Windows
and results were a little too smoothed out (and many
smartphones have a tendency to over-sharpen), and fell short of our
expectations for Nokia's latest PureView phone.
In India, Nokia lumia
920 price is Rs.24999 from Sulekha mobiles.
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