Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia Lumia 920 |
|
Manufacturer |
Nokia |
|
Slogan |
"The world’s most innovative smartphone"[1] |
| Series |
Lumia |
|
Compatible networks |
GSM/GPRS/EDGE
850/900/1800/1900
HSPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100
LTE 700/1700/2100 (except non-LTE model)[2][3]
TD-SCDMA (920T) |
| First released |
November 2,
2012 |
| Predecessor |
Nokia Lumia 900 |
| Related |
Nokia Lumia 900,
Nokia Lumia 820 |
| Type |
Smartphone |
|
Form factor |
Bar |
| Dimensions |
130.3 mm (5.13 in) H
70.8 mm (2.79 in) W
10.7 mm (0.42 in) D |
| Weight |
185 g (6.5 oz) |
|
Operating system |
Windows Phone 8 |
|
SoC |
Qualcomm
Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 |
|
CPU |
1.5 GHz
dual-core
Qualcomm
Krait |
|
GPU |
Qualcomm
Adreno 225 (920)
Qualcomm Adreno 305 (920T) |
| Memory |
1 GB
RAM |
| Storage |
32 GB internal
flash |
|
Removable storage |
No memory card slot |
|
Battery |
Rechargeable BP-4GW 2000 mAh
Lithium polymer battery,[4]
Qi
inductive charging |
| Data inputs |
Multi-touch capacitive
touchscreen, proximity sensor,
ambient light sensor,
gyroscope,
magnetometer, 3-axis
accelerometer |
| Display |
114 mm (4.5″) IPS LCD WXGA capacitive
touchscreen with high sensitivity touch,
1280 × 768
pixels at 332
ppi,
16.7m-color,
Refresh rate 60 Hz,
Polarization filter,
Curved glass,
RGB Stripe,
Luminance 600 nits,
Aspect ratio 15:9,
Gorilla Glass 2 |
|
Rear camera |
8.7
megapixel
PureView with
Optical image stabilization,
3264 × 2448
pixels, f/2.0,
Short Pulse High Power Dual-LED flash,
autofocus,
Carl Zeiss optics,
1080p
video capture |
| Front camera |
1.3 megapixel, 1280 × 1024
pixels,
720p
video capture |
| Connectivity |
Bluetooth 4.0,[5]
Wi-Fi
802.11a/b/g/n,
NFC,
microUSB v2.0
GPS with
A-GPS &
GLONASS |
| Other |
Talk time: Up to 10 hours (9 hours for AT&T
version)[6]
Standby time: Up to 400 hours (approx. 16.7 days) (320 hours for
AT&T version approx. 13.3 days) |
| Website |
Nokia Lumia 920 |
Nokia Lumia 920 is a
smartphone developed by
Nokia
that runs the
Windows Phone 8
operating system. It was announced on September 5, 2012, and was
first released on November 2, 2012. It has a 1.5 GHz dual-core
Qualcomm
Krait CPU and a 114 mm (4.5″)
IPS
TFT LCD
display, as well as a high-sensitivity[7]
capacitive
touchscreen that is covered by curved
Gorilla Glass. It supports
inductive charging (it can be charged by being placed directly onto
a charging pad) and is compatible with
Qi Inductive Charging; further, it features an 8.7 megapixel
PureView camera with
optical image stabilization for still images and videos. It comes
with 32 GB internal storage, but has no card slot; hence it cannot be
expanded with
memory cards. Its touchscreen also can be used with the
gloves
worn by the user.
As some reviewers criticized the thickness and weight of the phone,
tech sites reported rumors that the Nokia Lumia 920 successor, codenamed
the Nokia "Catwalk", will be lighter and thinner and made of aluminum
instead of polycarbonate.[8]
Hardware
Like its predecessors, the
Lumia 900 and
800, and starting with the
N9,
the Nokia Lumia 920 has a colored unibody
polycarbonate shell with glossy and matte finishes. Available colors
include glossy yellow, glossy red, glossy white, matte cyan,[9]
matte gray and matte black.
Processors, memory, and storage
The Lumia 920 has a 1.5 GHz
dual-core
Qualcomm
Krait, and a
Qualcomm
Adreno 225
GPU, and has 1 GB of system
RAM. The Lumia 920T variant comes with a 1.7 GHz dual core Qualcomm
Snapdragon Krait.[10]
Nokia Lumia 920 comes with an internal storage capacity of 32 GB.
Although
Windows Phone 8 supports storage expansion using
microSD cards, Lumia 920 does not support them.
Screen
The Lumia 920 has a 114 mm (4.5 inch) curved glass display running at
WXGA (1280 × 768) resolution with an aspect ratio of 15:9 using
enhanced
IPS screen technology which Nokia calls "PureMotion HD+". It has
less than 9 ms average transition times, where conventional IPS LCDs
have an average of 23 ms, which reduces motion blur.[11]
The screen's backlight luminance reserve, together with a new automatic
adaptive system for adjusting brightness, color and contrast details to
compensate for lighting.[11]
Camera
The Lumia 920 has Nokia's
PureView technology on the rear camera,[12]
featuring an
optically stabilized 8.7-megapixel
BSI image sensor (1/3" sized, much smaller than the previous
Nokia 808 Pureview) with f/2.0
Carl Zeiss
Tessar
lens, short pulse high power Dual LED flash and
1080p HD
video capture. The front camera encloses a megapixel sensor capable of
capturing HD video at
720p. On
September 6, 2012, Nokia apologized for an advertisement showing a video
supposedly shot from somebody holding a Lumia 920 on a bike, but which
was shot by somebody holding a camera in a van (as it can be seen in the
reflections on a window).[13]
Connectivity
The Nokia Lumia 920, like its
predecessor, will have the
4G network LTE
(Long
Term Evolution) technology.[14]
It is also one of the first devices to support the new 4G spectrum in
the United Kingdom.[15]
It also supports
NFC.[16]
Other connectivity features include[17]
Wi-Fi 802.11
a/b/g/n,
dual-band,
Wi-Fi
hotspot,
Bluetooth 4.0[5]
as well as
USB v2.0.
Inductive charging
The phone can be recharged either physically or
inductively using the
Qi technology. Rather than requiring the use of a physical
connection to the phone, this allows the phone to be placed upon a
charging pad, but unlike a physical connector, using this method hinders
the use of the phone while charging. The charging pad requires a
separate power supply. The major US coffee chain
The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf will install inductive charging
stations at selected major metropolitan cities,[18]
as well as
Virgin Atlantic Airways, for United Kingdom's
London Heathrow Airport[19]
and New York City's
John F. Kennedy International Airport.[20]
The included battery has a 2000 mAh capacity, and lasts for up to 400
hours in standby mode, 10 hours of 3G talk time and up to 67 hours of
music playback time.[21]
Operating system and software
The Nokia Lumia 920 runs the
Windows Phone 8
operating system. As with other Lumia devices, the 920 includes
Nokia-exclusive apps, like
Nokia City Lens, an
augmented reality software that gives dynamic information about
users' surroundings using the camera.[22]
It also includes turn-by-turn voice guided navigation, Nokia Drive 3
which can be also used without internet connection using preinstalled
maps.[23]
Other bundled apps include Nokia Maps, Nokia Transport, and Nokia Music,
which streams thousands of songs for free.
The Lumia 920 contains the Nokia Smart Shoot app, which lets users
capture the best parts of a photo by using a lens for the Camera app
that takes a number of photos in quick succession. This application
integrates technology from
Scalado
which was acquired by Nokia in 2012.[24]
Updates
On December 19, 2012, Nokia started rolling out the
Portico update for the Lumia 920 and 820, that also included a
firmware update for the 920 with camera fixes and battery improvements.[25]
Current Lumia 920 devices are already shipping with the Portico update.[26]
Carrier locked devices from AT&T will get updates much earlier than
other devices, including carrier unlocked devices.[27]
Reported problems
- The phone reboots randomly.[28]
The "Portico" update was intended to fix these random reboot issues,
but unfortunately the issues remain after the update.[29]
- Some users have complained that the battery drains too fast and
the phone overheats.[30]
Aloysius Low from
CNET
Asia did not notice such a fast rate of battery drain on other
smartphones even with the same usage pattern.[31]
After the Portico update the battery seems to be offering more power
than before.[32]
- Videos larger than 4GB get corrupted when transferred to the
computer.[33]
- Issues when pairing with various car bluetooth systems including
BMW causing much consternation amongst drivers[34]
The Portico update is expected to fix those issues.[32]
- In good light the photos are disappointingly soft.[35]
Nokia delivered an update to make the appropriate adjustments to
correct the issue.[32]
Availability
There is a non-LTE model sold carrier unlocked in Europe.[2]
In Australia, the Lumia 920 is available from
Telstra,
and Optus
via
Harvey Norman retailers.
The Lumia 920 is available from
Rogers Wireless in Canada.
The Lumia 920 in cyan is only available in the US currently.
The Lumia 920 is sold in China by
China Mobile with an exclusive version, 920T, which includes a
faster
GPU.[36][37]
It was launched on December 23.
In the United States, the Lumia 920 is being sold exclusively by
AT&T.[38]
In the UK, the Lumia 920 was released on November 2, 2012.[39]
It will be sold by
EE (who operate T-Mobile and Orange in the UK) as one of the
LTE-capable smartphones available from EE.
In Germany, the Lumia 920 is available from all major mobile phone
retailers including
Vodafone,
O2,
Deutsche Telekom and
E-Plus.[40]
In Denmark, all the major telecoms such as Telia, 3 and Telenor starting
selling Nokia Lumia 920 from second week of December 2012.
Nokia have reported that the device will lose the
EE-exclusivity in the UK, and will be available on the
Vodafone and
3 networks from January 2013.[41]
Reception
Reviews
The Nokia Lumia 920 has received mixed to positive reviews.
CNET rated
it 4 stars out of 5, praising the screen, attractive design, great
Nokia-exclusive apps, and an enjoyable OS, while the negatives were the
unimpressive battery life and heavy weight.[42]
The user rating is 4.5 out of 5. ExpertReviews gave the Lumia 920 a
rating of 5 out of 5.[43]
Mobiledia gave it 4 out of 5.[44]
Laptop Mag rated it 4 stars out of 5, praising the colorful design,
superb camera, eye-popping HD screen and wireless charging, as well as
the useful Nokia apps. The cons were that it's relatively heavy and that
Windows Phone 8 does not have as many apps as Android and iOS.[45]
Dan Nosowitz from
Popular Science wrote: "I spent a long time with the Lumia 920,
longer than I usually spend with review units of phones. This is a phone
I was really excited about! But I just can't recommend it. It's way too
bulky, the battery life is lackluster, and Windows Phone 8 has some big
problems on top of that. It's not a bad phone; when you're swiping away
through a gorgeous weather or news app, you completely forget its
shortcomings, and it's nicely priced. But there are better phones out
there."[46]
Adam Z. Lein from Pocketnow wrote: "Our final rating is going to be a
8.3 out of 10. The hardware, the screen, the camera, the sound quality,
the video stabilization, and Nokia’s custom apps are all extremely
impressive. The pricing is pretty great too. The only negatives for me
are really the large size and lack of user-replaceable battery.
Everything else on this phone is top notch."[47]
Sam Biddle from
Gizmodo
wrote: "It kills me to say this, because I wanted to own this instead of
an iPhone 5, but no. No you shouldn’t. It’s too big and heavy. It’s not
fun to own. It’s not enjoyable to use. If you want a Windows Phone,
check out the very good HTC 8X. But this? No, not this."[48]
However, Luke Hopewell from Gizmodo Australia wrote in reply: "Yes
it’s heavy, but it’s something you get used to. Sam said that the phone
is too heavy to even contemplate living with, and that’s almost true. If
you can get past the weight of the device, you’re in for a treat. The
weight is almost beneficial when it comes to taking photos, to be
honest. It makes it easier to stabilise."[49]
Dieter Bohn from
The Verge wrote: "The software and hardware tradeoffs inherent
in the Lumia 920 could be worth it if you’ve bought into the Microsoft
ecosystem, but for most people I don’t think it’s a sure bet."[50]
Jessica Dolcourt of CNET in her camera review wrote: "Photo quality
was strong and fairly consistent, though photos had a blue cast to them
and the Lumia 920 had problems with contrast and absolute sharpness
compared with the others."[51]
Sales
On January 10, 2013, Nokia released preliminary financial information
for Q4 2012, saying that
Lumia sales had exceeded expectations, selling more than 4.4 million
Lumia devices on that quarter, having a 52% increase over the previous
one.[52][53][54]
It is not clear whether the device has been sold out in thousands of
retailers around the world due to limited device supply or overwhelming
demand.[55]
In
Germany, the device sold out within the first few hours of
availability.[56]
In Nokia's native country
Finland,
the phone launched on November 22, and has been sold-out even on
pre-orders.[57]
It has also been out of stock in
Australia,
China and
the
UK.[58]
In the
UAE, where the device launched on November 25, Nokia also ran out of
stock.[59]
The
USA has also seen millions of customers still waiting for more stock
to arrive.[60]
On
Amazon's best seller list, the Lumia 920 has, as of November 18,
become the best-selling phone of the week, ruling the number one, two,
and four spots.[61]
In the UK, it topped the
Expansys' chart during the same period.[62]
Before the device initially went on sale, pre-orders were especially
strong in
Italy, where it was sold out in just 10 days of its first
availability, on October 15.[63]
On the same day, it topped the charts in
France,
beating the already-available
iPhone
5,
LG Optimus L3,
Sony Xperia U and
Samsung Galaxy Ace.[64]
On November 23, it was reported that the device has had 2.5 million
pre-orders around the world in just three weeks of availability. In
comparison, that's more than the entire (previous) Lumia range (610,
710, 800, 900) sold in the whole of the third quarter of 2012, which is
three months.[65]
The device launched in
China on
December 23 and has been a hit. Crowds gathered in front of Nokia stores
during launch and many stores, such as one in
Shanghai, became out of stock within just 2 hours.[66]
The apparent success of the Lumia 920 has helped Nokia's stock to
reach a 7 month-high of $3.40 as of November 22, having jumped 21% in
just five days.[67]
Awards
The Lumia 920 received 12 media awards in 2012:[68]
- Gizmodo Australia - Best Mobile Phone of 2012, Readers Choice
Award
- CNET - The Best High End Smartphones
- V3.co.uk - Top Smartphone
- International Forum Design, Germany - iF Award for Outstanding
Design
- Mobile Magazine, Denmark - Mobil Award for Best Smartphone
Design
- The Next Web - Best Smartphones of 2012
- Mobil, Sweden - Top Score Award
- Arstechnic - Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best
Mapping Phone
- Mashable - Top 25 Tech of 2012
- Mybroadband, South Africa - Top Smartphone of the Year
- BGR - Best AT&T Smartphone
In February 2013 the Nokia Lumia 920 won the Engadget Reader's Choice
Smartphone of the Year Award 2012.[69]