Nokia Lumia 1020 review

finally the nokia unrivaled its much anticipated and waited handset with its 41 mp camera the new nokia lumia 1020 smartphone with a powerful camera and specs running on windows phone 8 os to give a strong competition to it rivals 

 taking the hardware specs in consideration it features a The Gorilla Glass 3 on the front to give it a stunning look along side with it has a unibody poly carbonate chassis with matte finish which makes its dust and fingerprint resistant and gives a classic feel along with the durability.
it comes in 3 colours white,yellow and black and weighs just 158 grams which is much less than lumia 920 which weighed nearly 183 grams.




                

 It features a 4.5 inch puremotion HD+ oled display at a resolution of 1280 x 768 at a pixel density of 334 ppi.

to accompany its vibrant display it has performance packed Dual-core 1.5GHz MSM8960 processor with 2gb of ram . coing on to networking it accompanies HSPA+, LTE ,4g,wifi 802.11a/b/g/n(dual band,DLNA),bluetooth 3.0,NFC,micro usb,usb o

gprs,edge upto 236 kb, A GPS support,GLONASS AND WLAN NETWORK POSITIONING FOR navigation.

below is the table for a quick comparison of its specs with its predecessors from Nokia

	Lumia 1020	Lumia 925	Lumia 920	808 PureView
Price	$300 on contract	€469 ($610) off-contract in Europe	$99 on contract	$414.99 off contract on Amazon
Processor	Dual-core 1.5GHz MSM8960	Dual-core 1.5GHz MSM8960	Dual-core 1.5GHz MSM8960	1.3GHz
Memory	2GB	1GB	1GB	512MB
Display	4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ OLED	4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ OLED	4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ IPS LCD	4-inch ClearBlack OLED
Resolution	1,280 x 768	1,280 x 768	1,280 x 768	640 x 360
Glass	Gorilla Glass 3	Gorilla Glass 2	Gorilla Glass 2	Gorilla Glass
Pixel Density	334 ppi	334 ppi	334 ppi	184 ppi
Storage	32GB	16GB or 32GB	32GB	16GB + microSD
Primary camera	41-megapixel OIS f/2.2 6-element lens, LED + xenon flash, BSI, 1/1.5", 1.12-micron pixel size,	8.7-megapixel OIS f/2.0 6-element lens, dual-LED flash	8.7-megapixel OIS f/2.0 5-element lens, dual-LED flash	41-megapixel f/2.4 5-element lens, LED + xenon flash, FSI, 1/1.2", 1.4-micron pixel size
Secondary camera	1,280 x 960	1,280 x 960	1,280 x 960	480p
Video recording	1080p	1080p	1080p	1080p
Cellular	HSPA+, LTE	HSPA+, LTE	HSPA+, LTE	HSDPA
WiFi	802.11a/b/g/n	802.11a/b/g/n	802.11a/b/g/n	802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Orientation	Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope	Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope	Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Gyroscope	Magnetometer, Accelerometer
Navigation	A-GPS, GLONASS, WLAN Network Positioning	A-GPS, GLONASS, WLAN Network Positioning	A-GPS, GLONASS, WLAN Network Positioning	A-GPS, WLAN Network Positioning
Connectivity	NFC	NFC	NFC	NFC
Wireless charging	Qi (with optional snap-on cover)	Qi (with optional snap-on cover)	Qi	N/A
SIM standard	micro-SIM	micro-SIM	micro-SIM	micro-SIM
Battery	2,000mAh	2,000mAh	2,000mAh	1,400mAh
Weight	157.6 grams	139 grams	185 grams	169 grams
Dimensions	130.3 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm	127.5 x 70.5 x 8.5mm	130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7mm	123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm
Colors	White, Black, Yellow	Silver, Grey	White, Black, Grey, Yellow, Red	White, Black, Red

 nokia lumia 1020 is much likely the other high end nokia lumia devices which features windows phone 8 os from microsoft .at the windows phone app store currently featuring 160000 apps out of which nearly 120000 for wp8 ,it offers all the essential apps for a person but not all famous apps which still makes its rival os android and ios leap a cutting edge at the their app stores soaring with 7-8 lacks of apps.along with all this it features all the carrier specific applications and nokia stuff which includes Nokia Care, Wallet ,Music, Pro Cam, Smart Cam, as well as a set of Here-based programs, such as City Lens, Drive+ Beta, Maps and Transit. and some 3rd part apps like FamilyMap, Locker, Navigator, Radio etc which can be uninstalled if not of use 

 

The lumia 1020 gives a decent performance and a smooth user experiences ,thanks to dual core snapdragon cpu ,Adreno 225 GPU and 2GB RAM for making a wonderful experience with the phone features wp8 for a smooth performance.its batteries offer nearly 10-12 hours usage for heavy users and much more for normal users.

Nokia Lumia          925	Nokia Lumia 920	Nokia Lumia 1020
WPBench	216	227	223
Battery rundown	3:55	2:55	2:12
SunSpider 1.0 (MS)	905.4	903.2	906.2
AnTuTu (*GPU test off)	11,819*	11,457*	11,084 (9,874*)
SunSpider: lower scores are better

the speakers are average for music and movies though they do not offer a crisp in depth experience but they are fine,the call quality is awesome and clear . nokia offers its external cover for a extra battery boast so that you never run out of the juice while on the go ,you can buy it seperately.

so overall its a pretty device featuring wp8, well received from nokia making it one of the best windows phone present in the market till now with most compelling and competitive camera for photographers .

if you are a really into having a obsession of taking photos and doesn't want to carry your point and shoot camera anymore ,then you can give it a shoot ,i hope it will come upto your expectations.