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November 2011
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The editors liked
Microsoft Office
Outlook and Xbox LIVE integration
Full web browsing
Free music streaming with Nokia Music and Mix Radio
Small
Nicely built
Refreshing OS
Built-in Microsoft apps
Good cross-platform support
Stylish looks
Great build quality
Promising operating system
Excellent styling
Really responsive display
Free sat nav
Top social network and email facilities
Nokia Maps beats Bing Maps handsdown
Quality design
Clever interface
Speedy browser
Intuitive contact linking
Xbox integration
Windows Phone software is slick and fun to use
Free music streaming with Nokia's Mix Radio
Onboard navigation software
Stylish
Sturdy design
Beautiful design
Amoled screen
Free Nokia music and navigation apps
Reasonable battery life
Let's cut to the point
The Nokia Lumia 800 is arguably the best Nokia smartphone we've ever seen. It features the same amazing design as the Nokia N9
With a uni-body design that matches the Apple iPhone 4S for design and quality – and it also features a stunning bright
Colourful and sharp screen. The 3.7-inch display gets Nokia's CBD (ClearBlack Display) technology to boost colour reproduction
Great hardware design
Good camera
Nokia has made some neat additions to Windows Mobile
Tough polycarbonate chassis
Free Nokia Drive sat nav
Camera and screen
AMOLED screen
Nokia Drive
Nokia Music
Design
Superb design
Fast and responsive
Form factor
Design and build quality
Overall performance
Powerful free GPS service
Radio Mix
14 million free tracks to stream
Decent camera with room for improvement
Well built
Excellent ergonomics and basic performance
The best Windows Phone phone
Nokia Drive and Mix Radio are useful extras
Solid build
Elegant design
Improved support for offboard services
8megapixel camera
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
Sharp 3.7inch touch screen
Fast processor
8MP camera with 720p HD video recording
Nokia Mix Radio
Nokia Drive satnav
The editors didn't like
Lack of apps compared to Android and Apple
Disappointing camera and non-expandable memory
Design
The Lumia has a polycarbonate shell available in three colours
Black
Blue and pink. The long sides are curved which gives it a nice feel in your hands. A
Video lacks detail
No Flash support
Few third-part apps
No wireless streaming
Mediocre screen and camera quality
Disappointing snapper
Windows apps are way behind the choices available for iOS and Android users
Nokia Maps still not functional
Internet text display dodgy at times
No Flash video
Zune player takes ages to copy video across
Mix Radio downloads unavailable
Camera is pretty average
No microSD card slot
Lacks a front-facing camera
Not as many apps as Android or iPhone
No Adobe Flash support
No micro-SD card slot
It's not all good
However. The biggest problem with the Nokia Lumia 800 is the lack of applications for the Windows Phone operating system. It's getting better all the time
Granted
But it's still not a patch on Android or iOS.
No memory expansion
No Flash support.
Average battery life
Media still a pain to transfer
Port flaps won't last
No front facing camera
No nfc
No replaceable battery
Glossy screen attracts fingerprints.
No frontfacing camera
Memory can't be extended
MarketPlace has fewer apps than Apple and Android equivalents
Published: 2011-11-09, Author: Jonathan , review by: alphr.com
As a physical specimen, Nokia's first Windows 7 phone is spot on, but it isn't quite the finished article...
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Published: 2011-11-04, Author: Matt , review by: telegraph.co.uk
Abstract: For a long time, if any technology writer was asked what phone they would recommend to most users, the answer was simple. Even for the least Apple-inclined, ‘Get an iPhone' was the only honest answer. It was not perfect, but it was the best on the mark...
Nokia's Lumia 800 isn't just a good Windows Phone 7 smartphone - fast and responsive, it's one of the best handset designs we've seen outside of Apple or Samsung's studios. Whether this single device is enough to turn around Nokia's fortunes is another...
Windows Phone software is slick and fun to use; Free music streaming with Nokia's Mix Radio; Onboard navigation software; Stylish, sturdy design
Camera is pretty average; No microSD card slot; Lacks a front-facing camera; Not as many apps as Android or iPhone
The Lumia 800 is a slick and engaging smart phone and its Windows Phone software has excellent social media integration. However, its camera isn't as good as we expected and we can't help but feel that there's better to come from Nokia on the Windows P...
Tough polycarbonate chassis, Free Nokia Drive sat nav, Camera and screen
Average battery life, Media still a pain to transfer, Port flaps won't last
Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop called this the ‘first real Windows Phone’ and based on this performance, it’s hard not to agree - if you can stand the slightly smaller screen, that is.Battery life isn’t stellar, and while we like the contrast ratios of the
Nokia's first Windows Phone is the Lumia 800, a fantastic looking smartphone that borrows aesthetic inspiration from its N9 counterpart. Whether Nokia's foray into partnership with Microsoft will bear fruit remains to be seen, but the Lumia 800 looks l...
Beautiful design, Well built, Excellent ergonomics and basic performance, The best Windows Phone phone, Nokia Drive and Mix Radio are useful extras
Low res screen, Only single core processor, Smaller app store than iOS and Android
The Nokia Lumia 800 is in many ways an impressive phone, and most people are sure not to be disappointed in picking one up. It's beautifully made, has great ergonomics, is reasonably nippy in operation, has a slick, capable operating system, and Nokia has...
The first thing which struck us about using the Lumia 800 is that it is a lovely device to hold, the curved front glass and soft touch body give it a really nice feel. Added to that is a decent weight which is balanced nicely so that the phone never f...
