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August 2013
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The editors liked
Great camera
Slim design
Best camera in a phone
Ever
Keeps a sleek design
Features some great specs
Fantastic battery life
Accessories are great
Windows Phone 8 is as quick and responsive as ever
Great connectivity options
Nokia's updates and support are much welcomed
Solidly built
Outstanding picture quality
Good screen
Outstanding camera
Good battery
Smooth performance
Good camera and features
Bright
Colourful display
Neat
Bright design
Excellent camera
Tons photo-editing features
Great build quality
Better than average battery life
Nokia HERE services
Windows Phone runs like a charm
Strong camera and features
Colourful screen
Neat and colourful design
Camera is very good
Windows Phone remains solid
Nokia's hardware is still brilliant
The best camera seen on any smartphone
Nokia apps are great
Decent build quality
Great screen and performance
Quality finish
Tons of camera features
Similar to a digital camera (thumb wheel settings
Options
Etc.)
Overall camera phone experience and 5 Mpx picture quality
Responsiveness
Screen
Excellent contrast and deep black
Optional grip works great
Go
Sensational highresolution sensor
Lots of effects
Neat styling.
Ultra high-res photos
Proper flash and manual camera features
Very capable Windows smartphone
Best camera phone for image quality
Decent battery life
Image stabilisation great to assist with shots in low light
Bright exposures
Manual controls available
Touchscreen is responsive
Inherent smartphone abilities to share/apps
Raw files hold plenty of detail at low ISO settings
The 1020 follows in the same polycarbonate mould as Nokia's previous Lumia handsets. Our model came in a bright banana-yellow
And while it's also available in black and white
We'd go for the yellow every time. It really stands out in a sea of black and white devices. Despite the monster 41-megapixel sensor
The 1020 is still pretty slim
Unlike the 808 PureView
Which was quite chunky. Even wit
Top of the range camera
Decent display
The Lumia 1020 continues the Lumia tradition of great lowlight photos
Excellent camera in most respects
Punchy
Excellent build quality
Best camera ever seen on a smartphone
Excellent manual camera controls
User friendly OS
Fine build quality
Decent processor
Fantastic Camera
Performance very smooth
Nokia Music means free music
The editors didn't like
Dual
Core processor
No expandable memory
A little awkward in shape
The camera lens assembly is rather large
The Windows Store is still lacking a lot of apps
Internet Explorer is clunky compared to browsers like Safari and Chrome
Pro Cam app is too slow to capture immediate action
DESIGN/FIR
Windows Phone 8
Shutter lag
Overcomplicated camera apps
Expensive
Bulky
Windows Phone OS needs work
Windows Phone 8 app selection is still lagging behind iOS and Android
The handset is also pretty chunky and will not be to everyone's tastes
Auto mode not as strong as we’d hoped
Pauses between shots
Lack of decent apps
Can get very hot
Extensive camera use can kill the battery in just five hours
Windows Phone apps still lacking
Is still heavier than most smartphones
Cost will put businesses off mass rollouts
41 Mpx images not uniformly sharp across the frame
Social networkfriendly pics are only 5 Mpx
38 Mpx photo quality
Autofocus errors & slow shooting
Blue overtones on AMOLED screen
Wide borders
Handling could be better
Some shutter lag and some will find the photographic emphasis too niche
Heavy and slippery
WP8 still lacks some key camera apps
Pricey
Windows Phone 8 app store still poorly stocked
Dual-core processor doesn't compete well against cheaper Android phones
Chunky for a smartphone
Image quality can't always rival a dedicated compact camera
Some settings may confuse the uninitiated
No microSD/SD storage
Tricky to hold without accessory grip
As a phone
Or a camera
There's not much to fault the Lumia 1020 on. But Windows Phone 8 is its Achilles' heel. Unfortunately the OS still lacks plenty of apps that are commonplace on Android or iOS. Instagram
For one
Which would pair up perfectly with the 41-megapixel shooter.The camera also lacks an optical zoom. But this isn't too much of an issue
As you can zoom right into such high-resol
Windows Phone OS
Unclear whether how Lumia 1020 stores its 41megapixel images
Camera processing is sluggish
Camera lens housing causes handling issues
Not much more powerful than entry-level phones
Windows apps/games selection is poor
Big and chunky
Slow shot
To
Shot times
Windows Marketplace still a bit lean compared to rivals
If you love to take photos with your mobile phones, the Lumia 1020 with its PureView technology certainly provides one of the best imaging options out in the market today. The question really is, if you'd be OK using the Windows OS instead of iOS or Andro...
Published: 2013-10-24, Author: Andre , review by: mobile88.com.sg
41MP PureView rear camera with ZEISS lens and OIS (Optical Image Stabilization), Nokia Pro Cam, Attractive unibody design, Bright and colorful 4,5inch AMOLED display with PureMotion HD and ClearBlack technology with the Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection,
Camera bump at the back may not appeal aesthetically for some
Abstract: Nokia's phone unit may well have been bought over by Microsoft but the last two phones before Nokia was sold are now available.With its 4.7-inch, 800x480 display, the 625 is Nokia's answer to the many upsized Android smartphones.However, it is certainly n...
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Published: 2013-10-07, Author: Wilson , review by: techgoondu.com
Abstract: As the smartphone wars hot up once again this holiday season, Nokia has smartly concentrated on an increasingly important selling point for its new Lumia 1020 – a standout 41-megapixel camera.It's something that the Finnish company had set itself apart wi...
It was hard not to come away slack-jawed after Nokia's presentation of the Lumia 1020. It's a beautifully crafted device, if a bit chunky, with a body made from solid polycarbonate and a modern design that made me wish Nokia made Android phones too. What ...
Ever since the days of the old, keypad, candy bar phones, many phone users had to debate the perennial dilemma – who has a better camera, Nokia or Sony? This debate slowly fizzled out as Sony adopted Android and grew bigger, while conversely Nokia adopted...
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Abstract: For those who want to combine a camera with a smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 1020 provides a strong proposition that is hard to resist.The 10.4mm-thick smartphone has a whopping 41-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss 26mm f/2.2 lens. Using a new feature calle...
Abstract: Before I start, don't get me wrong. The Nokia Lumia 1020 has a brilliant camera, maybe even up to the point where it becomes a point-and-shoot replacement for some. No doubt about it, Nokia has once again got the upper hand in the camera-side of the smart...
Average battery life, Windows Phone 8 still lacking compared to alternatives, No microSD card slot, Chunky design with huge camera bump
Other than an extra 1GB of RAM, the Lumia 1020 is essentially identical to the Lumia 920 and 925, utilizing the same Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 dual-core 1.5GHz processor and Adreno 225 GPU.SunSpider Javascript measures the browsing performance of a d...
