Lumia 1020 full review camera , advantages . disadvantages , Key features , video specifiacatons

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Unknown on 10:03

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4.4 Out Of 5


INTRODUCTION:

This is probably what Microsoft was actually buying. Windows Phone handsets are getting lost in the high-end and it's the Lumia 1020 that can raise the platform above the rabble of Androids and successive iPhones. The basic design has been around since the Lumia 800 (the Nokia N9 even), but nothing in the world can make a more decisive difference than the PureView camera.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 might as well be Nokia's loudest bang on its way out (along with the to be announced Lumia 1520 phablet). And we'll probably see the history repeat itself much like with the Nokia N9, where the last product of a lineup is always the greatest.
With 41MP resolution, the 1020 camera has twice as many pixels as its nearest competitors. Three times as many if you want optical image stabilization. And the sensor is four times as big as most smartphone sensors and more than twice as big as the second-biggest sensor. The 808 PureView had a bigger sensor, but it has since retired and it didn't have the stabilization and bright aperture to begin with.
But we shouldn't let our focus on the camera detract from the smartphone experience. The Nokia Lumia 1020 equals the best of the (admittedly not very populous) Windows Phone world and the opposing BlackBerry world. And with Microsoft's tight control on the hardware allowing for optimizations not possible on Android, the 1020 shines throughout, not just in terms of camera.

CAMERA :

A 41-megapixel camera on a phone. You’d assume that was a typo if Nokia hadn’t already unveiled the 41-megapixel 808 Pureview last year, a technological tour-de-force that escaped mainstream appeal thanks largely to its orphaned Symbian operating system. With the Lumia 1020, Nokia has brought the innovative downsampling approach it debuted in the 808’s camera to a Windows Phone with a more relevant OS.
While zoom lenses that span from wide-angle to telescopic have been the norm on dedicated digicams for years, zoom optics remain impractical for thin phones (they exist only on the occasional camera-with-a-phone-in-it like Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom). The “digital zoom” feature on most phones is generally a disappointing alternative.
Nokia changed that with the 808’s downsampling zoom, and the 1020 combines that technology with the optical image stabilization introduced in Nokia’s Lumia 920 that allows significantly better image quality in low light. On paper, that hardware combination makes the 1020 stand out impressively in a field in which incremental resolution bumps and often-gimmicky software features have been the name of the game. But do these great ideas translate into a great photographic experience? We put the Lumia 1020 through its picture-making paces to find out how its impressive imaging technology works in the real world. 

Key features

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
• Quad-band 3G with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
• 4.5" 16M-color PureMotionHD+ AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 1280 x 768 pixels; Corning Gorilla Glass 3; Nokia Glance
• 41MP PureView sensor (38MP effective), 1/1.5" sensor size, 1.12µm, ZEISS lens, Optical Image Stabilization, xenon and LED flashes
• 1080p@30fps video recording; 4x lossless digital zoom
• 1.3MP front-facing camera
• Windows Phone 8 OS with Nokia Amber
• 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset, 2GB of RAM
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
• GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support
• Free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• 32GB of inbuilt storage; 64GB Telefonica/O2 exclusive version
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• Wireless charging with optional accessories
• Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• microUSB port
• Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and file transfers
• SNS integration
• Xbox Live integration and Xbox management
• NFC support
• Digital compass
• Nokia Music
• FM radio
  
  

  Key Photographic / Video Specifications

• 41-megapixel 1/1.5-inch backside-illuminated sensor
• F2.2 lens
• 25mm equivalent focal length in 16:9, 27mm in 4:3
• 2.7x downsampling digital zoom
• Optical image stabilization
• Manual shutter speed, focus, and ISO control
• Xenon flash
• 1080p 30fps video recording
• 1.2MP F2.4 front camera
• Panorama mode
• Nokia Smart Camera mode
• Nokia Pro Cam mode

Main disadvantages

• Camera bump on the back
• Shot-to-shot time of several seconds is painful
• Screen has average sunlight legibility
• Non-user-replaceable battery
• Wireless charging needs an extra charging case to work
• No microSD card slot
• Relatively low battery capacity
• No system-wide file manager
• No lockscreen shortcuts
  
  
  

  Some Pictures.

Filled Under:

Windows