[box_dark]Decoding the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows 8 Smartphone: Hit or Miss?[/box_dark]
The Nokia Lumia bears some resemblance to its predecessor, the Lumia 900. In terms of appearance, the glass screen of the Nokia Lumia 920 is further curved towards the casing, the headset jack is now present in the middle of the top and the phone has more curvature at the back, probably to accommodate the space required for wireless charging. The resolution of the display has improved and the sleek polycarbonate design is back.
[box_dark]Specifications[/box_dark]
The Nokia Lumia 920 boasts of an IPS TFT capacitative display measuring 4.5 inch with a resolution of 1280 x 786 pixels, featuring PureMotion HD+ technology. The screen is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. The Qualcomm S4 1.5 GHz dual core processor together with 1 GB of RAM is powerful enough to serve most computing needs. The smartphone has 32 GB of in-built memory with an 8.7 megapixel primary camera equipped with F2.0 aperture and dual LED flash. 1080p recording and Carl Zeiss optics serve as the cherry on top. A front facing camera of 1.2 megapixels is included in the phone. Lumia 920 comes with Bluetooth 3.0. The smartphone is capable of Qi wireless charging. The 3.5mm audio jack is located at the top, with the position of the microSIM card slot on the left side.
[box_dark]Windows Phone 8 OS[/box_dark]
The Windows Phone 8 OS fares much better than the previous version. User-friendly and reactive, the software is sure appeal to consumers. Windows Phone offers a new “Lens” feature to the camera utility that allows you to animate still photos and promises hours of fun. The perfect shot is possible with the Smart Shoot utility while Panorama helps capture wide shots. The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with several value-added services along with many exclusives. Consumers can look forward to Nokia City Lens, the augmented reality application, as well as Nokia Drive, which happens to be a voice controlled GPS navigation tool found only in the Lumia range of phones. The popular Nokia Music and Nokia Maps applications are present in the smartphone.
[box_dark]Enhanced Charging Facilities[/box_dark]
The wireless charging pillow known as Fatboy happens to be a wireless charging pad, small enough to fit into a fabric shell with a pillow inside. Powered by Qi technology, these wireless pads for charging are required to be plugged into an outlet in order to gain power that is passed on in a wireless fashion, but the benefit of just dropping the Lumia 920 smartphone on the Fatboy pillow is wonderful.
