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19 July 2013

Nokia Lumia 1020 Preview

Nokia has been the king of camera phones since the golden days of Symbian. The legendary Nokia N95 won our first 5 megapixel shootout, and it was shortly followed by the N82, which added a xenon flash to the mix. Symbian's fate then took a sharp turn for the worse, but even so, the emblematic sharpshooter Nokia N8 came along. Then, at the end of the Symbian era, the 808 PureView arrived and changed our understanding and expectations of camera phones for good.



Their Windows Phone endeavors may have not been all smooth sailing for Nokia, but the Finnish company finally came up with the smartphone to beat - the Lumia 1020. Combining the best of both worlds - solid smartphone experience and an unrivaled camera, the Lumia 1020 promises to become the hero device that both Nokia and Microsoft so desperately need at this moment. 

GENERAL 
  • 2G Network   GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions 
  • 3G Network   HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-875, RM-877 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 -RM-876 
  • 4G Network   LTE 800 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 - RM-875
  • LTE 700 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-877 
BODY 
  • Dimensions   130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm, 96.9 cc 
  • Weight   158 g (5.57 oz) 
DISPLAY 
  • Type   AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors 
  • Size   768 x 1280 pixels, 4.5 inches
  • Multitouch   Yes 
  • Protection   Corning Gorilla Glass 
  • PureMotion   HD+ ClearBlack display 
SOUND 
  • Alert types   Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones 
  • Loudspeaker   Yes 
  • 3.5mm jack   Yes
  • Dolby   Digital Plus
  • Dolby   headphone enhancement 
MEMORY 
  • Card slot   No 
  • Internal   32 GB, 2 GB RAM / 64 GB (Telefonica exclusive) 
DATA 
  • GPRS   Yes 
  • EDGE   Up to 236.8 kbps 
  • Speed HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL 
  • WLAN   Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA 
  • Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP 
  • NFC   Yes 
  • USB   Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go 
CAMERA 
  • Primary   41 MP (38 MP effective, 7152 x 5368 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, optical image stabilization, autofocus, Xenon & LED flash 
  • Features   1/1.5'' sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, PureView technology, geo-tagging, face detection, dual capture, panorama 
  • Video   Yes, 1080p@30fps, 4x lossless digital zoom, video light
  • Secondary   Yes, 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps 
FEATURES 
  • OS   Microsoft Windows Phone 8 
  • Chipset   Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon 
  • CPU   Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait 
  • GPU   Adreno 225 
  • Sensors   Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer 
  • Messaging  SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM 
  • Browser   HTML5 
  • Radio   Stereo FM radio with RDS 
  • GPS   Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS 
  • Java No 
  • Colors Yellow, white, black, red (AT&T exclusive)
     - SNS integration
     - Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
     - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
     - MP4/DivX/XviD/H.264/H.263/WMV player - 7GB free           SkyDrive storage
     - Organizer
     - Document viewer
     - Video/photo editor
     - Voice memo/command/dial
     - Predictive text input 

BATTERY
  • Non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery (BV-5XW) 
  • Stand-by  (2G) / Up to 384 h (3G) 
  • Talk time  Up to 19 h (2G) / Up to 13 h 20 min (3G) 
  • Music play  Up to 63 h
Unfortunately for the Finns, their Window camera phone voyage didn't begin as smoothly as the Symbian journey ended. The Lumia 800 had an interesting multi-aspect sensor, which sacrificed only little resolution when shooting 16:9 stills, while the Lumia 920 was first to bring optical image stabilization (OIS) to the smartphone world, but neither of those was able to achieve the iconic status of their predecessors. Perhaps adding the PureView moniker to the Lumia 920 in an attempt to capitalize on the brand was a mistake by Nokia, as that guaranteed the smartphone will often be compared to the Lumia 808 PureView and that was a battle it was never going to win, OIS or not. 
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