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April 2013
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The editors liked
Solidly built
Interchangeable battery and case
Good performance
Reasonable camera
Nokia's additional apps and services are worth having
Design is refreshingly different to most smart phones
Windows Phone 8 is slick
Good camera
Expandable memory
Good battery life
Less heavy than the Lumia 920
Bright
Sharp display
Great Nokia apps
Capable snapper.
Responsiveness
SDHC card slot for boosting memory
NFC / 4G
Exclusive Nokia apps are nice extras
Kid's mode is a good idea
SkyDrive for storage
Office
SmartGlass for piloting an Xbox 360
Attractive design
MicroSD support
Great screen
Powerful camera
The 9.9mm thick Nokia Lumia 820 is a mid-range phone
But it’s no lightweight
At 160g
It’s almost as chunky as its bigger brother. But unlike the 920 though
That heft works
The curved edges make it comfortable to hold
And the bright coloured back is easy on the eye. It sits flush with the screen
But it actually prises off
Letting you insert a micro SD card of up to 64GB in size.In fact
We
Bold design Changeable back covers Expandable memory Extensive app suite from Nokia
Removable battery
Micro SD card
AMOLED screen
Camera
WP8 features
Speedy performance
Colourful
Nokia produces some super apps
Memory expansion via microSD
NFC
Wireless charging
Windows Phone 8
Changeable cases
Nokia music
Nokia Drive
The editors didn't like
Disappointing screen
Only 8GB of in-built storage
Poor battery life
Thick and heavy
Screen isn't very impressive
Below par battery life
Windows Phone 8 is lacking in app support
No wireless charging mat included
Expensive
Still quite weighty
Lack of Windows Phone 8 apps.
Weight
Screen definition
Disappointing camera
High SAR level
Poor internal storage
Limited battery life
Windows apps lacking
Impossible to remove the casing
The display on the Nokia Lumia 820 isn’t all sunshine and lollipops and outdoor visibility
The 800x480 resolution is pretty low
And while colours pop
Text looks grainy
Something the HD Lumia 920 doesn’t suffer from. The camera too
Isn’t the same epic PureView sensor as on the Lumia 920
Just a run-of-the-mill eight megapixel job which turns out flat and lifeless results.But it’s Windows Phon
Windows Phone 8 under developed Mediocre camera Average screen resolution Heavy
Abstract: The HTC Windows Phone 8S and the Nokia Lumia 820 are the cheapest Windows Phone 8 handsets around. The 8S has an understated two-tone design. At 10.3mm thick it is far from the thinnest phone around, but it doesn't feel bulky and at just 114 grammes, it I...
Oversaturated, low-res screen, Slightly unpredictable camera performance
The Nokia Lumia 820 is a solid phone, but doesn't have any of the stand-out features of the fantastic value Nokia Lumia 620, or the Nokia Lumia 920, with its excellent camera. Its screen is also a disappointment, suffering from the oversaturated colours O...
Published: 2013-02-06, Author: Alex , review by: whatmobile.net
Abstract: Price: £25 per month on a contract, £329.99 pay as you go, £379.95 sim freePerhaps unfairly, I’ve always been wary of Windows Phones. Tales of a dearth of apps, unwieldy operating systems and a generally unsupported infrastructure have kept me away. So th...
It's clear that the Lumia 820 is not designed to be Nokia's Lumia flagship – that honour is reserved for the Lumia 920. Instead the Lumia 820 targets the mid-range market where a consumer is looking for a very capable device without the high price tag tha...
Abstract: The Lumia 820 is a unique Windows Phone 8 smartphone as it supports exchangeable back covers – the back covers allow you to completely change the colour of your smartphone. In this review, we are using a Lumia 820 that came with a non-wireless yellow cove...
Abstract: In case you missed it over the weekend, the Lumia 820 landed at UKMR in flamboyant yellow . The Lumia 820 comes ready to do business, running Windows Phone 8 out of the box and with a 4.3 inch AMOLED screen, dual-core processor and 8 megapixel Carl Zeiss ...
Not only is the Lumia 820 an attractive smartphone but, if bought on a 3G contract, it offers excellent value for money, too. At around £21 per month, it’s cheaper than the Lumia 920 and Samsung Galaxy S III on similar deals.We closed our Lumia 920 rev...
Abstract: The Nokia Lumia 820 is definitely an interesting smartphone and once you've put a SIM in and started it up, the first thing you realise is that it is really light. As we covered in the Lumia 920 review , the Lumia 920 is quite heavy but does feel reassuri...
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Published: 2013-01-04, Author: Mike , review by: alphr.com
Nokia's more modest Windows Phone 8 device is a well-balanced, powerful and affordable handset...
Abstract: The Lumia 820 is the slightly smaller, lighter, cheaper and lower-specified version of the Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 handset. The two look similar but the 820 has a removable fascia so it can be swapped for a different coloured one. Prising off the fas...
