Nokia’s Flagship Phone which wooed every one with its 41 MP camera, at its launch in New York last week has now been listed on company’s India website and will be soon available in India. Nokia aims a comeback with this new Windows 8 Smartphone which has managed to garner enough hype owing to the magnificently unique Camera and admirable Hardware specifications.
The highlight of this device is its PureView camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a whooping 41 MP camera along with Xenon Flash for still images and LED flash for videos. This camera has a 6 element lens and provides with a shutter speed of 1/6000 of a second comparable to that of DSLR cameras. Another unique feature is its Dual Capture feature. It captures two images simultaneously, one a 38 MP image and other a 5MP Image for sharing, in which 7 pixels are combined into one super-pixel, using a Unique sampling algorithms to provide you with amazing details. A Third party application Nokia Pro cam allows you to change various camera settings like contrast, brightness, etc while clicking images
Nokia Lumia 1020 sports a 4.5 Inch Clerablack AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels (WXGA) this gives you pixel density of 334 ppi which constitutes a very fine clarity display. The signature Clearblack display will ensure good outdoor visibility.
This phone is powered by a Dual core Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at a frequency of 1.5 GHz with Adreno225 GPU. RAM capacity is rated at 2 GB, a first for any Lumia Device. Internal storage capacity is 32 GB but the storage is not expandable, and will suffice for most users.
The highlight of this device is its PureView camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and a whooping 41 MP camera with Xenon Flash for still images and LED flash for videos. This camera has a 6 element lens and provides with a shutter speed of 1/6000 of a second comparable to that of DSLR cameras. Another unique feature is its Dual Capture feature. It captures two images simultaneously, one a 38 MP image and other a 5MP Image for sharing in which 7 pixels are combined into one super-pixel using a Unique sampling algorithms to provide you with amazing details. A Third party application Nokia Pro cam allows you to change various camera settings like contrast, brightness, etc while clicking images
This phone comes with a 2000 mAh battery which comes with wireless charging support via external cover. Two accessories were also released with the device, the new Nokia camera grip, which features a 1020 mAh battery backup, 2 step shutter release button and a tripod mount, and the Snap-on wireless charger. Connectivity features include USB 2.0, BT3.0, NFC, Wi-Fi, aGPS and 3.5 mm audio connector.
With this Flagship device and worth successor of Nokia 808 PureView, Nokia finally has a winner at hand; however the Pricing of this phone will be very crucial. Nokia has worked closely with Microsoft to develop marvelous camera features but will have to face the brunt of Microsoft’s Windows 8 O.S. Rumors that Microsoft is building Windows 9.0 (expected to arrive in 2015) from the scratch won’t help either because that might render Windows 8.0 Obsolete.