On top of all of the previous problems I explained I just watched the Windows Phone 8 announcement and learned that the Lumia will not be upgradeable to WP8, it will more or less get a skin with the new live tiles and a few other features.
This to me is the worse offense of all, I understand the Lumia doesn't have the multicore and NFC built in so all three companies will say the hardware doesn't support it, but at the end of the day unless one of you responds and convinces me to stay with Microsoft Windows Phone, Nokia Lumia or Att wireless I will just wash my hands of all three companies and move over to Verizon.
I hear Google makes some nice LTE phones over there. As we showed today, we have a lot of exciting capabilities coming as part of a pattern of updates for the existing Lumia products. Sign up. Lumia owner vents Windows Phone 8 frustrations, Stephen Elop responds. Stevens Sponsored Links. In this article: lumia , lumia , Lumia , microsoft , mobilepostcross , mysteryevent , nokia , stephen elop , StephenElop , windows phone , windows phone 8 , WindowsPhone , WindowsPhone8.
Surprise surprise, Elop responded very promptly, stating: We have a lot of exciting capabilities coming as part of a pattern of updates for the existing Lumia products. Dear Mr.
Ballmer, Mr. Elop, and Mr. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Nokia and Microsoft introduce their flagship phone in America, but is it enough to get back in the game? It occurred to me that the Lumia review would be one of the more important critiques of a product that I write this year.
The is a culmination of all of Microsoft's work with Windows Phone 7 now 7. But it is an attractive offering in many ways. Stylistically the Lumia looks like nothing on the market. It offers LTE service that — where you can get it — is shockingly fast.
So does the phone have what it takes to court buyers away from Android and iOS, and establish a beachhead for Microsoft and Nokia? I'll unravel those questions in the review below. The Lumia is a gorgeous device. It's beautiful. It may be the best looking phone on the market right now. It's a monolithic device — a slab of high-test polycarbonate with little more than a display and a handful of slit-like, silver buttons.
Its smooth, matte plastic is shaped to appear rather rectangular from the front, but has subtle curves around the edges which give it a satisfying feel in your hands. The design is nearly identical to the Meego-based N9, and its predecessor Lumia , so even though it will be new to many, it's not the first of its kind. Still, in a world dominated by lookalike Android phones and a single iPhone, it's definitely a breath of fresh air. Not only is the physical design of the phone different, but so is its coloring.
I tested a bright cyan version of the phone it comes in white and black as well , and I found the stark color extremely pleasing. In fact, it reminded me of how stale and lacking in playfulness industrial design has become in this industry. The Lumia measures 2. It's not the smallest or thinnest device on the market, but it never comes off as oversized or chubby. I really like the design and materials on the , and for once I have very little to complain about. I will say that the door which needs to be popped open to insert a SIM does settle back into the top of the phone a little shakily at first, but it does eventually seem to go back to a flush line.
In all, it's a fantastic piece of technology. It just looks and feels like nothing else on the market. It hits all the right notes for me. A little bit retro, a little bit futuristic, with just a touch of quirky humanity in its otherwise very machined design.
This is the Nokia I grew up with, and it's clear the company hasn't lost its ability to enchant through hardware. Inside, the Lumia packs a single-core Snapdragon system-on-a-chip clocked to 1. The display on the front of the device is a 4.
Unlike the Lumia and N9, the display is slightly raised on the phone instead of flush with the surface. There's also a 1-megapixel camera embedded above the display, as well as an 8-megapixel shooter with a dual LED flash and Carl Zeiss optics on the back of the phone.
The specs are unremarkable, but performance on the phone was not. Just as with other Windows Phones I've tested, the Lumia was snappy and responsive, with few if any hiccups or pauses — but more on that later. On the other hand, I'm disappointed by the display on the Lumia. Besides being lower in resolution than competitive devices new Android phones at x and the iPhone at x , I felt colors were far too saturated. Combined with the lower resolution display which is particularly notable with white text against that black background , the effect is jarring.
I'm not saying that the Lumia is underpowered, but a single-core processor, lower resolution display, and half the RAM of its nearest competition doesn't exactly make this device future-proof. Nokia has a long history of packing terrific optics into its devices, so you would expect that the Lumia would excel in this area. I'm sad to report that it does not. On the device I tested, the rear camera was capable of producing fine photos, though generally the shot somewhat grainy and very washed out images.
It's not that those images were particularly bad — they just weren't particularly good. Though the company touts Carl Zeiss optics, I didn't see anything in my results that belied fairly standard smartphone picture-taking capabilities.
In fact, the camera software seemed to have real trouble in some settings, with white balance and exposure out of whack compared to my expectations. Additionally, the Lumia produces those dreaded, faint pink spots in the center of the display — particularly visible on bright white surfaces — that we've seen on countless phones. It's not the kind of thing you'd notice in most photos, but you can definitely see a discoloration that shouldn't be there.
Now keep in mind, my daily driver is a Galaxy Nexus, which has a relatively poor camera — so this is significant. I went into the Lumia expecting an excellent photo experience, but it's really simply mediocre. That's too bad, because there aren't many phones on the market that can snap great looking photos, and given Microsoft's insistence that Windows Phone is a pro at quickly capturing important moments, this is a place where this phone could have shined.
I was very pleasantly surprised by the battery life of the Lumia. I added my account successfully, but my inbox appeared empty, even though I tried resyncing it multiple times.
I sent myself a few test messages, which showed up in my inbox on the Lumia , so I knew that I was at least receiving mail. Still, none of my older email messages or folders appeared on the phone. I tried syncing another Google account, however, and that synced all of my folders and older email. Bing Local Scout The Bing search engine received a complete makeover. A new feature called Local Scout uses GPS to recognize where you are, and then provides you with hyperlocal search results according to your preferences.
The Lumia , like most carrier-subsidized smartphones, also has its fair share of added software—or bloatware, as some people might say. Fortunately, you can easily remove these apps. Unlike Android, Windows Phone lets you uninstall apps directly from your apps list rather than going through a bunch of menus in the settings; you simply hold down on the app, and then you get the option to either uninstall it or pin it to your home screen.
Windows Phone has a simple navigation system and a lightweight feel, and as a result its performance seems smooth and snappy. We did run the Sunspider benchmark, however, which measures JavaScript performance in the browser. The Lumia posted an average score of 6. Text- and image-heavy pages such as TheBoldItalic.
When I tested with the BandWidth data-speed measurement app, the Nokia Lumia achieved average download speeds of One of my friends sounded a bit muffled, but for the most part everybody I talked to sounded clear, with an ample amount of volume. I made a few calls from a windy, busy street corner, and my friends reported that they could hear only my voice—not the gusts or the car horns. We have not yet completed our battery-life tests on the Lumia , but Nokia claims that the phone has 7 hours of maximum 3G talk time and hours of maximum 3G standby time.
I took a fully charged Lumia on a 2-hour run with RunKeeper and Slacker running over 4G, as well as with frequent stops to take pictures. The phone lasted my entire journey, but I did need to charge it as soon as I got home. PCWorld will formally test the battery life in the coming week. Nokia Lumia indoor test The most exciting feature of the Lumia is the 8-megapixel camera, which has an F2. The Lumia also has a dual wide-mode function, allowing you to take wide-angle shots. I took the Lumia on a weekend photo date around the city to see how it performs as an everyday camera.
Nokia Lumia outdoor test Overall, I appreciate how versatile the camera is in various environments, and the fact that it gives you the freedom to pick from a number of shooting modes and adjust certain controls to your liking.
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