Last month Nokia officially launched 3 new Lumia smartphones 920,820 & 620 in Pakistan. We have got our hands on Lumia 920, the flagship smartphone from the Finnish firm, here is a brief review of this device.
Hardware specifications:
- 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU
- Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset
- 1GB of RAM and 32GB of inbuilt storage
- 4.5″ PureMotionHD+ IPS display, resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels
- 8 megapixel pureview camera with LED flash, 1080p@30fps video recording, 1.3MP front-facing camera
Design:
Lumia 920 is the successor of Lumia 900, which was introduced last year and follows the same design as its predecessor. It has the same polycarbonate unibody design that comes in a range of bright colors like yellow and red as well as black and white.I haven’t tested it but I am sure that if you accidentally drop this phone it won’t take much damage – thanks to the sturdy plastic and Gorilla Glass 2.
The Lumia 920 is a big phone, measuring 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm, the unibody polycarbonate design provides a premium finish, however its weight is noticeable. It weighs almost 185g but the rounded sides of the Lumia 920 provides a smooth and comfortable hold.
On the front we have got a 4.5-inch IPS TFT screen powered by PureMotion HD+ technology, which provides a crisp, bright display with HD resolution of 768×1280.
Above the screen there are Nokia logo, front facing camera and ear speaker. Below the screen there three touch buttons; back, Windows and search, which are quite close to the screen and you might accidentally press them while interacting with the screen.
On top there’s a 3.5mm jack in the center, with a microphone and Micro SIM card slot. A pin is provided in the box to eject the tray. On the bottom you have a microUSB port with two speaker grills screws, in case your phone needs repair service.
The left side of the Lumia 920 is untouched, on the right there’s the volume rocker, power/lock in the center and a physical two step camera shutter button towards the base – which is a distinctive feature of Windows Phone smartphones.
The back of phone is very identical to the Lumia 900, with centralized camera lens, silver plate surround and dual LED flash. The only difference is that now it also says Nokia instead of only Carl Ziess on the silver plate.
Operating System & Performance:
The phone runs on the latest Mobile OS from Microsoft, Windows Phone 8. The OS has improved a lot as compared to Windows Phone Mango (7.5). Now it also supports multi-core processors, Bluetooth file transfer, Screenshot and SD Card (this phone doesn’t have SD Card slot). Still there is no file manager or folder previews.Nokia has also added some of its applications like App Highlights, Here Maps, Nokia Drive etc. and you can also download many additional apps for Camera.
After switching on the phone, you are welcomed by the lock screen, which shows Date and Time and can show information from your Facebook or other apps like Outlook, Calendar. The home screen is filled with a number of live tiles, which can be moved, removed and re-sized by holding down on them. Swipe to left and you have all the apps – you can also use the search function if you have installed many of them.
Just like the previous version of Windows Phone, the newer OS also has the Social network integration and your Contacts, Messages, Facebook, Twitter and Outlook all are interlinked.
You’ll also get NFC and a pre-loaded “Tap and Send” app. This feature can be used with any NFC enabled device, like the JBL PlayUp speakers we reviewed last week.
Nokia Lumia 920 is also 4G enabled, but it has no use in Pakistan since we are still waiting for 3G to arrive. This phone is equipped with Explorer 10, which comes with a better HTML 5 support but sadly there is no Flash support.
Panning and zooming on pages is very smooth. IE 10 supports tabbed browsing but you will have to navigate to the menu to open every new tab.
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