Nokia Lumia 920 review: The Luminary

04 December 2012
Not the best of times then for the Finns, but the right time for a flagship to show its worth. Saying that the future of the company is being decided here is probably too much. But the Lumia 920 could be the difference between living with dignity and scratching a living on emerging markets...

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  • 05 Dec 2012

Anonymous, 05 Dec 2012Exactly! I will be playing GTA Vice City on my iPhone 5 tom... moreI will play Gta 5 tomorrow on my PC. So? What's your point? Every time i look here i see only pathetic comments...

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    • AnonD-44737
    • K6m
    • 05 Dec 2012

    AnonD-70078, 05 Dec 2012Android is hardly a plan b. Its more like last chance saloon.i will be happy if nokia die rather use android. wht new thing bring nokia using android. pls explain

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      • Cyd07
      • M0C
      • 05 Dec 2012

      I pretty like the way this review is written. The conclusion is, on one side, clear & useful on the strenghts and weaknesses of the phone/OS, and on the other side there is an emotive (dramatic ?) touch in it.

      A pleasant review, thanks !

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        • Anonymous
        • 0xQ
        • 05 Dec 2012

        Anonymous, 05 Dec 2012Exactly! I will be playing GTA Vice City on my iPhone 5 tom... moreI played it on my PC about 10 years ago, with mouse and keyboard instead of touching a glass surface. How about that?

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          • AnonD-85868
          • 2IJ
          • 05 Dec 2012

          AnonD-85811, 05 Dec 2012"Reality android n ios is better". Im agree if io... moreIf you only need smoothness or responsiveness, you can buy a calculator instead of a smartphone.
          Can you watch a video/youtube and at the same time surf webs or play games on iOS and WP?
          And no mass storage at all. I cannot copy /send a file to my friend at all. And many many lacked features.

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            • hey nekko
            • K1F
            • 05 Dec 2012

            Build quality is.... Dissapointing (the are other ways to toughen the phone apart from making it a brick, small non replacable battery plus no expansion = death, HTC One X proved it can't survive with 32GB)

            Camera quality is.... Dissappointing (apart from the low light)

            Video quality is.... Dissapointing (apart from the stabilisation)

            Display quality is.... Dissapointing (no point being able to touch with your glove if you can't see what you're touching)

            Audio quality is.... Dissapointing

            Speaker quality is.... Dissapointing

            Overall.... Sadly dissapointing.. Gone are the Nokia quality trademark.. Gone with the Symbian and Meego they threw away..

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              • AnonD-70078
              • m5f
              • 05 Dec 2012

              AnonD-57901, 05 Dec 2012Let's boycott Nokia's wp8. So that they will adopt plan B-... moreAndroid is hardly a plan b. Its more like last chance saloon.

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                • Anonymous
                • 3Jn
                • 05 Dec 2012

                Anna, 04 Dec 2012No gamez and no appz for this thingExactly! I will be playing GTA Vice City on my iPhone 5 tomorrow :)

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                  • AnonD-82168
                  • kb4
                  • 05 Dec 2012

                  Carol, 05 Dec 2012Hey, real technology lovers... Take a look at this ignorant... moreyea you are right!!people come here comment and praise their dream phones and dont know shit about technology,with their cappy low end feature phone!!!when you read some comment you really know that most of them fanboys dont own a smartphone.....

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                    • AnonD-82273
                    • i4d
                    • 05 Dec 2012

                    Anonymous, 05 Dec 2012this Nokia WP doesn't support native video call and Bluetoo... moreI think you are shooting in Air, WP 8 supports Bluetooth FTP, furthermore WP7.5 will be upgraded to 7.8 to have the same feature.. Video Call, Lumia 920 has a 720p capturing camera for video call. Apart from Lumia 800 and its lower models all phones got Video Call facility.....

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                      • AnonD-80504
                      • vbM
                      • 05 Dec 2012

                      L920 \m/

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                        • AnonD-85811
                        • PZG
                        • 05 Dec 2012

                        AnonD-18125, 05 Dec 2012U r nokia fanboy thats y u r praising wp and symbian. But r... more"Reality android n ios is better". Im agree if ios is a good os, but android? Seriously ? Not even 1% close man :) thats the fact. As a quality lover, Im not feeling a quality from android as an os... Ever did comparison between lumia800, iphone3gs and samsung s3... I can say lumia800, n 3gs gave me super fast response n not lagging. S3 good, but always lagging sometime, so bad. Hope its clarified. :)

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                          • AnonD-82474
                          • Kg$
                          • 05 Dec 2012

                          haters are gonna hate..
                          L920 rocks.. I'm planning to get this on Jan..Can't wait

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                            • AnonD-85811
                            • PZG
                            • 05 Dec 2012

                            Lumia920... Wow the best smartphone at this moment, super valuable phone.First impression, Premium taste n feels solid on my hand. This is what i call innovation, i always do chasing the quality of hardware as well as technology, i think this phone is my answer. Pre ordering in Indonesia :) cheers, Iphone user (ill keep it both iphone n lumia :) :) )

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                              • Alexander
                              • 3SM
                              • 05 Dec 2012

                              This seems like a good phone. I've had a go with Nokia's other Windows phones and they feel like quality products, and the UI, although not the most practical of interfaces, is very smooth and good-looking.

                              HOWEVER, competition is very tough. Sony is a new player (sort of) and have brought out lots of different handsets, some cheap, some more high-end, but with fantastic quality. And that's without mentioning Samsung and Apple's dominance. And I'm not sure Windows will cut it for the Finns. It might be a good OS, but it's late to the game. Most people who can have smartphones will be drawn to the big players, Android and iOS, who alraeady have thriving communities and ecosystems. Things do not look good for Nokia.

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                                • AnonD-80220
                                • RJi
                                • 05 Dec 2012

                                AnonD-18125, 05 Dec 2012No instragam app for WP till now. Yes its unncessary for du... morehaters won't bother to buy, so why u care about it anyway?? just use back ur android/iphone and ur instagram and stop being busybody

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                                  • maxx001
                                  • mVh
                                  • 05 Dec 2012

                                  brick is back!!

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • nx6
                                    • 05 Dec 2012

                                    Thank you for a nice indepth and unbiased review for a change. Way too many sites have fixated on a single thing like the weight or the somewhat more limited app selection, and just skipped everything else. Shows which site is run by the pros.

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                                      • fxH
                                      • 05 Dec 2012

                                      AnonD-80220, 05 Dec 2012"You don't really need 700,000 apps, as long as the im... moreNo instragam app for WP till now. Yes its unncessary for dumbphones.

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                                        • Carol
                                        • L7e
                                        • 05 Dec 2012

                                        Hey, real technology lovers... Take a look at this ignorant trolls comming here and trying to put down operating systems they have no clue how they work and feel like. And when you think that they are doing this with their more then lowend crackphones (a 60 bucks device without contract cannot be called low-end, maybe purecrapp but not low-end)Also, rediculously trying to praise their beloved systems on their so called smartphones. Go get a life people! Your comments are not more then a fa*t, this is also how smart they sound like... Uterly mediocre. Oh i forgot that i'm reading android fanboys comments. They are all as described before.