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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  • 05 Apr 2012

TruthSeekr, 05 Apr 2012True, what's in the future doesn't change the present. But ... moreROFL you obviously have trouble reading, Android supports HTML5 and their browser SDK can be easily updated to be more efficient when rendering in HTML5; however, that is not a priority as currently FLASH is still dominant and what matters. Your line of thinking is like Nissan all of a sudden stopped making GASOLINE powered cars because full electric would be the "future".

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    • TruthSeekr
    • tRn
    • 05 Apr 2012

    Anonymous, 05 Apr 2012LOL just because Adobe says the "FUTURE" is HTML5... moreTrue, what's in the future doesn't change the present. But that's why its called THE FUTURE and not right now!

    But it didn't stop Apple from floppy drives on iMacs back in the 90s; or the keypad on the iPhone in 2007.
    Obviously it was a big deal in that "present" where data was largely stored on disks.
    And equally big deal for phones since nothing was touch optimized.

    Only if we take a bold step, can we go further.

    Or you can sit here in the present and hold out for 'full flash support' on every device that'll be launched over the next 3 years...
    LOL.

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      • Verbal_Criminal
      • 9La
      • 05 Apr 2012

      AnonD-41401, 05 Apr 2012email Samsung as ask that the Galaxy S 3 to be a Windows P... moreChildish... years of project, planning and research to be thrown for only a days worth of petition by fanboys. I DON'T THINK SO.

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        • AnonD-41401
        • PZU
        • 05 Apr 2012

        email Samsung as ask that the Galaxy S 3 to be a Windows
        Phone. I have and I'm asking 2 of my friends to as well.

        If enough people do, Samsung will do this and know
        they can sell twice as much as the S2 did with Android
        making Windows Phone the best choice.

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          • Anonymous
          • keq
          • 05 Apr 2012

          TruthSeekr, 05 Apr 2012Flash? How long are we still going run the "no flash&... moreLOL just because Adobe says the "FUTURE" is HTML5 doesn't change the present in which FLASH is still dominant.

          So you're telling me in the video posted by a Nokia fanboy in which showing both the Lumia and the Galaxy S II rendering the FULL DESKTOP version of the website in which FLASH is present and the Galaxy S II completes the webpage loading before the Lumia device does not matter since the "future" is HTML5?

          Android supports HTML5, it will improve HTML5 support when HTML5 becomes dominant; however, FLASH is still what matters now and that's where Android excels at. Anything left to refute?

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            • ute
            • 05 Apr 2012

            No one has a better build quality then Nokia.....put Android in Nokia and Samsung will be dead tommorrow.......

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              • alb_sayad
              • mVx
              • 05 Apr 2012

              Anonymous, 05 Apr 2012imagine this... You wake up and realize that WP7 curren... moreaccept the fact kid that Wp7 OS is better than your android USELESS 4core..lol ;p

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                • tRn
                • 05 Apr 2012

                Anonymous, 05 Apr 2012imagine this... You wake up and realize that WP7 curren... moreFlash?
                How long are we still going run the "no flash" argument?

                Adobe themselves killed mobile flash, and the future of the web is HTML5 - Steve Jobs predicted this, and Adobe confirmed it!

                Face it, flash is dead!
                Gone forever! Will never return!

                What are you gonna do now - crib PCs don't have floppy disks anymore?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • keq
                  • 05 Apr 2012

                  AnonD-3575, 05 Apr 2012imagine this a single core cpu nokia symbian records and p... moreimagine this...

                  You wake up and realize that WP7 currently has no "midrange" device, as all the devices are the same, same chipset, same GPU, so there goes your theory.

                  imagine this... You realize that the Galaxy Nexus is a 1280x720 resolution screen, where as your dinky WP7 device is a 800x480 device screen.. here's the kicker, the android device supports full flash so if its a flash heavy website it'll take more time to load as the WP7 lacks any flash capabilities and does not load any flashes...

                  imagine this... Android devices are steadily getting more ICS and even their midrange now will eat up your WP7 device...

                  You realize this... and begin to think that it's not "someone" that is making a fool of you.. but yourself

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                    • mj crhis
                    • Kii
                    • 05 Apr 2012

                    I asked again:
                    Why does Microsoft not support the Unity 3D engine or the Unreal engine if it's "so far advanced"?
                    http://wmpoweruser.com/developer-windows-phone-platform-seriously-handicapped-by-not-supporting-unreal-development-kit-or-unity-3d/
                    Can any windows phone user answer this ?

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                      • Aakash
                      • uv7
                      • 05 Apr 2012

                      WP is a younger platform. Let give WP some time to developed in a good matured state. Even Symbian and Android also take so many years to develop successfuly. Symbian gets it backbone in Belle update and Android make itself stable and beautiful in 2.3 GB.
                      I hope Microsoft have a good WP8 release. Symbian and Android, both have their own cons and prons. I have Nokia 603 and HTC Desire S. So I know them very well.
                      If WP8 or WP9 became succesful, definately it will gain a lot of marketshare, but sure it can't beat Android nowadays. Symbian belle is superb stable in performance but it will be dead platform within few years, as Elop killed it.
                      Future, will be the battle of WP and Android.

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                        • 9La
                        • 05 Apr 2012

                        AnonD-40360, 05 Apr 2012ok..then you will got it..now just wanna find out what YT has.Ofcourse...i mentioned single core droid...i'm still looking for one that has a benchmark

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                          • Verbal_Criminal
                          • 9La
                          • 05 Apr 2012

                          AnonD-40360, 05 Apr 2012ok..then you will got it..now just wanna find out what YT has.
                          i have it already.
                          Both uses dualcore

                          Lumia 710
                          Chiptset:Snapdragon
                          http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_omnia_w_vs_nokia_lumia_710-review-715p4.php
                          sunspider(lower is better) - 6881
                          Browsermark(Higher is better-32550

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

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                            • 05 Apr 2012

                            Verbal_Criminal, 05 Apr 2012 It would be best to have Lumia go against a standard sing... moreok..then you will got it..now just wanna find out what YT has.

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                              • 05 Apr 2012

                              AnonD-40360, 04 Apr 2012and this is for someone said that android is better than wp... more
                              It would be best to have Lumia go against a standard single core droid on benchmarks.

                              would love to see the result

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                                • Dr who
                                • 49x
                                • 05 Apr 2012

                                HTC One X is the N1 smart phone right now.

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                                  • AnonD-3575
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                                  • 05 Apr 2012

                                  mj chris, 04 Apr 2012For those who said windows phone run faster, wait until you... moreimagine this
                                  a single core cpu nokia symbian records and plays fullhd
                                  a single core cpu nokia mid range wp7 has a better / faster browser than galaxy nexus s
                                  a single core cpu nokia midrange wp7 and symbian runs smoother than a dual core android
                                  a single core cpu iphone has better looking games than dual-core android

                                  now if i were an android fan and realized this, i would ask myself: hang on, someone is making a fool of me...

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                                    • AnonD-1082
                                    • kJq
                                    • 05 Apr 2012

                                    Take a look at this, my fellow Nokia fans. Even the internals of the Lumia 900 looks better than the external of the SGS II.

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                                      • man92123
                                      • E9c
                                      • 04 Apr 2012

                                      Why should I buy this mediocre phone with this ugly OS if in couple of months I can buy the iPhone 5 for $100 more?

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                                        • 04 Apr 2012

                                        Gabi, 04 Apr 2012What is the hype with this phone??? Every day: NEWSFLA... moreOnly geeks like you would be appauled of the hardware and software. Normal people wont even know what hardware is inside but they will know the OS. They wont care as long as it works and they like what they are using.