Nokia
Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:NOK) had introduced its first flagship Lumia 900 at the
Consumer Electronics Show in the month of January. Steve Kovach from Business
Insider had got pretty excited with that release.
It
was exclusive and definitely not just another black smartphone with rounded
corners and a home screen, filled with stagnant app icons. Steve experiments a
lot of phones. He felt impressed by the fact that finally there was a phone
that was not working hard to pretend to be an iPhone.
However,
by the time Steve got an opportunity to use Lumia 900, he was met with
disappointment with the final product Nokia came up with. The screen seemed
dull as compared to the other top-notch smartphones. The camera did not seem as
high-end as Nokia claimed it to be. Microsoft still is experiencing issues with
developers to design great apps for the handset.
So,
it did not come as a surprise when Nokia Lumia 900 did not make good sales.
It
was just 7 months after the launch of Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia has decided to
give it another shot with a new smartphone, Lumia 920. AT&T is selling this
phone for $100 with a 2-year contract.
In
spite of a few hardware upgrades including wireless charging, an impressive
camera and a crisper screen, the Nokia Lumia 920 indicates that Nokia has taken
three baby steps forward along with an enormous leap backward.
Steve
found that in an era when Apple, HTC and Samsung are launching light and sleek
smartphones, Nokia has introduced a tank. Although, it does not look that bad
on paper, the Lumia 920 weighs 185 grams, whereas Samsung Galaxy SIII weighs
133 grams and Apple iPhone 5 weighs 112 grams. However, while holding the Lumia
920, the additional weight does make a difference. Steve hardly felt the iPhone
5 when kept in pocket, but the Lumia 920 felt like a brick. Steve had let some
of his non-tech savvy friends to try the Lumia 920, who came to the same
conclusion.
| Steve had let some of his non-tech savvy friends to try the Lumia 920, who came to the same conclusion.
ReplyDeleteYou mean Steve had to let some of his friends that were suffering from atrophy try the Lumia 920. My wife is 100lbs. and loves her 920. Best smartphone on the market now. If Apple went and made a sturdy phone everyone would be saying the competitions were too light. Sad really. But you are the "tech" person right?
I agree, lightweight phones are harmful devices, where is no feeling you have a good big superb gadget, instead of this thin phones look like china toys
DeleteSteve is not much of a man, isn´t he? Baby steps, LOL. It´s getting desperate this pro-Apple campaign, iPhone5 is a toy with nothing inside really, it is the most disappointing 700$+ rip-off ever in the history of telecommunications.
ReplyDeletei agree with you. iphone 5 is for people with more money and less sense.
DeleteI agree... who wants to pay 700.00 for a damn phone anyway? I like the 99.00 price tag
DeleteSteve Kovach lacks any professionalism. The public is buying the phone by the droves and his opinion is of a fanboy
ReplyDeleteBullshit
ReplyDeletewhat a sad and desparate attempt to bash the lumia 920, sounds like the review of a retard. Get over it man, Nokia has out-innovated Apple and the writings are on the wall: For Apple it's downhill from here. The company is no longer run by a product visionary but by a money pincher, corporate interests put ahead of product innovation.
ReplyDeleteSteve for damn sure sounds like a cry baby girl
ReplyDeleteFree GPS without data worldwide with Nokia Drive, Free offline music with Nokia Music and a real camera, wireless charging. Which other phone has this combination?
ReplyDeletePeople who say Lumia 920 is too heavy are simply parroting the line they read somewhere.
I have dropped my Lumia 800 and new 920 hard floors several times without any damage. You don't need stupid and ugly covers for these Lumia phones.
I will be adding a double sized battery and back cover that comes with it to my samsung galaxy s so it will be heavier and stand on its side. After that I'll use it to follow nokia's stock.
ReplyDeleteThis is one hell of a great phone. The weight is there but it isn't a deal breaker by any means at all. It actually gives you confidence that it will not shatter like an iPhone or S3. My favorite part about the phone though is the wireless charging. This seems small but, it's so nice to plop it down on the nightstand or desk at work and have it charge. It's a pleasure to pick back up and read an email while in bed without having to disconnect and reconnect the charger. Sometimes it's the little things that are the best. This is one of those times. Wireless Charging is beautiful! Fast too.
ReplyDeleteLaughing out loud. Couldn't you come up with any better ways to mock Nokia? Come on already, 185 grams is no way too much for a phone. I own this phone and it only feels sturdy and high quality instead of 'heavy'. 920 has superb features over any other phone on the market.
ReplyDeleteLumia 920 is the best phone there is today.
Apple iPhone 4S weight is 140g + cover. If you can lift that up, maybe there´s a chance you can carry L920. L920 is a real man phone!!
ReplyDeleteThis is sad really. After the ugly, giant rubber cases everyone puts on their iphones and S3s, any weight/size argument goes right out the door in addition to any perceived aesthetics advantage they want to claim. The still photos and stabalized video on the 920 is generations ahead of any other device out right now not to mention the various free services Nokia provides w/this phone. This pro apple propaganda is laughable. It will be hilarious to hear the tunes of these "analysts" once NOK is doing well again.
ReplyDeleteWas going to post the same thing... iPhone 4 needed a "bumper" case not only to protect it, but to prevent the user holding it from interferring with the antenna. The result was an ugly, bulky personal device that looked worse than all the out-dated Blackberries it was supposed to be so superior to.
ReplyDeleteIs the 920 large? Yep. Is it heavier than the competition? Yep. Is it a problem for anyone who's not a pussy? Nope.
Want a smaller/lighter phone? Grab the 820/822. Or take a look at the HTC 8X or 8S. I have the 920, my wife has the 8X - both are awesome phones. There's a few iSheep that are in denial, but otherwise most agree that the new Windows phones are the best hardware on the market right now.
Ha, Scuba Steve - leader of sheep,
ReplyDeleteThe Nokia Lumia 920 is an amazing product.
It doesn't require a Phone Case to keep it protected, (which makes the iPhone 5 - heavier than the Lumia 920) The Lumia can drive a nail into a piece of wood without damage, try that with the aluminum scratch easy iPhoney 5.
You mention its so light you can barely feel it in your pocket? Really? Well that's the idea.
So when it falls out of your pocket, you don't notice, and you will be baaaah back to buy another over priced phone again, and again... wooly bully. Don't even get me started on the Find my iPhone App, until it works offline its useless. NOK got it right this time, and hopefully there will be room on the Nokia bus, for the sheep and meek. It wasn't too long ago, the same simple minds were knocking iPod, and laughing at android, about Number of Apps - etc.
WP8 did a good job this time and with Nokia's hardware, their NAV, City Mapping and Offline Music, NTC, ESPN exclusive, and like a finding a good companion, its not the number of apps, its the quality of them.
iphone users or like cult followers, they don't know are care that there are better products available and that they are being ripped off and apple is taking advantage by simply releasing the same product and renaming it. Nok needs to come up with a more personal sounding name for their phone, I believe this will help sales
ReplyDeleteI think iP5 is too light. It feels so cheap with tiny little screen after holding L920. L920 feels like a good built quality and I can feel it in my jeans pockets. I know exactly I didn't loose it.
ReplyDeleteSo don't think weight is iP5 advantage.
Even if it were ... I bet people who got iP5 feel that the phone is fragile, which it is! So they put protection cases on it, which makes it look ugly, bulkier and heavier. On the end iP5 gains on weight. So where was that iP5 hypothetical weight advantage again?