Nokia Lumia 920_Windows phone 8

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. Nokia Lumia 920 feel like a sturdy, luxurious slab of chocolate in the hand although the pure bulk of the Nokia Lumia 920 could disappoint. It’s more of a family-sized treat for gadget fans, weighing in at a colossal 185g.

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 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. 

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.