AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 taken apart, internals exposed

04 April, 2012
The teardown brought little surprises, but confirmed the excellent build quality of the smartphone.

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  • 13 Apr 2012

Verbal_Criminal, 12 Apr 2012WP7 might be faster and smoother..that is because it works ... morethat makes no sense
wp7 used to run on 1ghz
now on 1.4 its even better

what do you want? a smooth, bug free phone or a phone with good benchmark scores?
its up to you in the end

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    • 12 Apr 2012

    AnonD-3575, 10 Apr 2012im sorry, but even without flash, wp7 browser is better and... moreWP7 might be faster and smoother..that is because it works w/ minimum hardware limitations. take that OS out and put it on a high end phone w/ maximum hardware specs(which is becoming the norms right now) and you'll find WP7 encounters a lot more issues than android

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      • 12 Apr 2012

      AnonD-3575, 10 Apr 2012like i said, benchmarks make sense if that power can transl... moreand pray tell me how can we translate it to real life applications?

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        • 10 Apr 2012

        Anonymous, 10 Apr 20121. How is the browser better? Does it render things more cl... moreim sorry, but even without flash, wp7 browser is better and faster, with quicker loading times and smoother scrolling / zooming
        i suppose that android loves you as a buyer because you thinks specs alone make a good phone. for you probably quad core is enough to make a great phone. bad call quality, bad camera, laggy ui etc. are not that important?

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          • 10 Apr 2012

          AnonD-3575, 09 Apr 20121 lol the video didnt show just html5 tests. the lumia's br... more1. How is the browser better? Does it render things more clear? No? Does it play flash games? No? So again, tell me how does it make it better? It renders web pages that are flash heavy faster?

          2. Are there better browsers for WP7? LOL with WP7 you only have one browser, Internet Explorer. With Android you have Firefox and Chrome, how about getting a video with Chrome loaded onto android?

          3. So because the video you posted shows that a site heavy with flash advertisement gets loaded slower on a device that has a higher pixel count then manufacturers should not make devices with higher pixel count? I'm sure Nokia loves you as a customer, because with you they don't need to update any hardware. You'd still be using "nHD" and thinking it's HD.

          4. Funny how you refer to android as a truck with an engine of a 4 door sedan, how about you refer to it as something more appropiate? Android outpaces WP7 and Symbian in every benchmark and every game.

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            • 10 Apr 2012

            Verbal_Criminal, 10 Apr 2012Really? then the hell for those who invented benchmarking. ... morelike i said, benchmarks make sense if that power can translate to real life user experience.
            if bechmarks are high, but user experience isnt as good, wouldnt you call them missleading?

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              • 10 Apr 2012

              AnonD-3575, 09 Apr 2012all i see is that benchmarks mean nothing in real life use.... moreReally? then the hell for those who invented benchmarking.
              aaptk says it's not worth considering.

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                • 09 Apr 2012

                example:
                a city bus and a sports car have similar engines, but the bus is having much more torque and hp. so it should be faster?
                you see, android weights down on the cpu like an elephant, choking it to death. even quad-core is not smoother than single core wp7 (see any video of htc one x)

                what seems to be the problem there, the benchmarks are sky high??? we dont use our phones to run benchmarks all the time, they are a marketing gimmick

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                  • 09 Apr 2012

                  Anonymous, 07 Apr 2012ROFL again, you obviously have reading problems. 1. And... more1 lol the video didnt show just html5 tests. the lumia's browser is better in everyway except for flash
                  2 you think there arent better browsers than stock for every os out there?
                  3 again, makers of that phone probably knew that. so they put more power in it, right? but if youre saying the nexus should be slower because of the higher resolution, then make it like that. if 1280x720 is too much for that phone to handle, dont do it.
                  4 ah, both ios and android support html5. ios doesnt use flash, but relies on html5 even more. not optimized? steve jobs himself favoured html5 over flash on many occasions. so if the ios browser is not optimized, that what was s.jobs on about?
                  5 i dont own a wp7 device, but looking at videos on youtube made by ordinary people i see the wp7 browser is faster in most cases. what can i say, its tough seeing your favorite os getting smoked by wp7. so you can rationalize that in your mind as much as you like, but the videos dont lie...

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                    • 09 Apr 2012

                    Verbal_Criminal, 07 Apr 2012why are you ignoring my post on the benchmarks? i can... moreall i see is that benchmarks mean nothing in real life use. yes dual core is more powerful that single, but android is not the os that utilizes that power to the fullest. so the benchmarks are high, but the ui has little use of them

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                      • 07 Apr 2012

                      AnonD-3575, 06 Apr 2012yes, i meant galaxy nexus, not nexus s there was a video b... morewhy are you ignoring my post on the benchmarks?


                      i can make a video that shows WP can hack CIA's system if i want to and put it in youtube.


                      we need links. from credible sites.

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                        • keq
                        • 07 Apr 2012

                        AnonD-3575, 06 Apr 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvdChE7xzU just one of man... moreROFL again, you obviously have reading problems.

                        1. Android's Stock Browser isn't optimized for HTML5 yet as they don't care about HTML5, Flash is currently what matters.

                        2. If you wanted an HTML5 optimized Browser, download Google Chrome for Android.

                        3. 1280x720 pixels vs 800x480.. you're really going to question which one is easier to render?

                        4. iOS browser isn't optimized for HTML5 either.

                        5. Using a benchmark made by Microsoft SOOO fairly shows browser performance. SHhhh... let me give you a hint... WP7 is made by microsoft too ;)

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                          • 06 Apr 2012

                          AnonD-3575, 06 Apr 2012http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvdChE7xzU just one of man... morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHSrD6TdeQA
                          again you can see what unused power looks like
                          even the 4s gets smoked

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                            • 06 Apr 2012

                            AnonD-3575, 06 Apr 2012yes, i meant galaxy nexus, not nexus s there was a video b... morehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRvdChE7xzU
                            just one of many videos

                            here you can clearly see the lumia is as good and even better than gn and its half the price
                            full flash runs on gn, but freezes the device.
                            so basically android has the power on paper, but as ive said fails to deliver in real life use

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                              • 06 Apr 2012

                              Anonymous, 06 Apr 2012You're kidding right? the Nexus S is a Galaxy S, running at... moreyes, i meant galaxy nexus, not nexus s
                              there was a video browser comparison, google it
                              lumia 710 was a bit better, but seing the power in the galaxy nexus it was dissapointing

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                                • 06 Apr 2012

                                Lumia 710
                                Chiptset:Snapdragon
                                http://www.gsmarena.com/samsun...ew-715p4.php
                                sunspider(lower is better) - 6881
                                Browsermark(Higher is better-32550

                                HTC Sensation XE
                                Chipset:Snapdragon
                                http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_se...ew-605p4.php
                                sunspider(lower is better)-6428
                                Browsermark(Higher is better)-39673

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                                  • 06 Apr 2012

                                  AnonD-3575, 05 Apr 2012nexus s has a lot more power, but fails to deliverYou're kidding right? the Nexus S is a Galaxy S, running at 1GHz, the Lumia 900 runs at 1.4GHz. Again, failed, Show me proof where your claims are factual? Where is any data that supports your WP7 device beating out the Nexus S on ICS let ALONE the Galaxy Nexus?

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                                    • 05 Apr 2012

                                    Anonymous, 05 Apr 2012show me where you consider the Nexus getting beat? In loadi... morenexus s has a lot more power, but fails to deliver

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                                      • 05 Apr 2012

                                      AnonD-3575, 05 Apr 2012so galaxy nexus (with ics) has better resolution and flash ... moreshow me where you consider the Nexus getting beat? In loading a webpage where on factory settings the Nexus will render much higher pixels and flash contents while the WP7 will just skip it? Yeah your reasoning is soooo right.

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                                        • 05 Apr 2012

                                        Anonymous, 05 Apr 2012imagine this... You wake up and realize that WP7 curren... moreso galaxy nexus (with ics) has better resolution and flash
                                        and then its ok for it to be beaten by a 200euro wp phone?
                                        ok then
                                        i thought a more expensive phone would be better in every way, but your right, im a fool for thinking android has evolved at all