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Hands On With the Nokia Lumia 1020

Posted by samzenpus on from the take-a-look dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Nokia's new phone, Lumia 1020, feels very similar in the hand to Nokia's Lumia 900 and 920, with one exception: it has a camera bump. The 41-megapixel uber-camera projects out very slightly as a black disc on the back. In terms of functionality, though, the camera provides for smooth zooming only a pinch away. However, it takes a noticeable amount of time to lock focus and save images. At one point during hands-on testing, the camera app crashed so hard that it required a phone reboot, which is hopefully just a pre-release firmware issue. The phone itself carries a brightly colored polycarbonate body that rolls around the edges to cradle a 4.5-inch, 1,280-by-768 screen. Lumia 1020 is powered by a dual-core, 1.5-GHz Qualcomm MSM8960 processor which plows through apps well. Speaking of apps, there's a ton of bloatware on here, as you'd expect from any AT&T device. AT&T adds four apps right at the top of the app list. Nokia Lumia is set to hit AT&T shelves on July 26th for $299."

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  1. yes, trolling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't get all the hate at windows phone. Symbian?! Please. Our family uses ios, android, and now me with my new 920. My teenage kids love it and want to upgrade. Wp8 has a good selection of apps and the phone just works. The best app of all is the phone app. This wp8 pissing, moaning, and hating is getting old and completely unfounded.

    1. Re:yes, trolling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      frankly slashdot has gotten so pathetic that even the mere suggestion that you use or like a microsoft product gets downmodded. but google, oh no they say they do no evil so despite all the privacy violations and the fact that they sell the profile they build of you to advertisers they remain the darling of slashdot at the behest of ignorant fuckwits. don't get me wrong, microsoft are a bunch of cunts for all the shit theyve done but open your fucking eyes and realize that google are no different nor are apple for that matter, these corporations *DO NOT* have your best interests at heart, they will *ALL* sell you out.

      so how about a bit of rational thinking and unbiased discussion instead of google shilling and downmodding *EVERYTHING* that isnt lockstep with slashdot groupthink.

  2. Re:No one will buy it because of the OS. by roc97007 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does anyone else get the feeling that all of these retorts are being done by the same person?

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    Oliver's law of assumed responsibility: If you're seen fixing it, you will be blamed for breaking it.
  3. Better Sale by tuppe666 · · Score: 0, Troll

    I would guess half of the negative Windows Phone comments on here are people who probably didn't even pick up a device for 2 minutes. Just fashionable to hate on MS here it seems.

    I know your just paid to promote the dead platform Windows Phone...But really attacking potential customers is not the way. Windows Phone was announced February 15, 2010, and released publicly on November 8, 2010. Its not a new product...its been a failure for a long time, its very heavily promoted; Its just not very good.

    Here is the 125 reasons not to buy a Windows Phone http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44034 and people didn't. Microsoft simply needs a better product, and sell it on those features. Promotional posts are just insulting.