Dutch retailer Typhone has just added a page for the Nokia Lumia 910, a phone which is specced almost identically to the Lumia 900, but swaps the 8-megapixel rear camera with a 12-megapixel unit. The only other apparent difference is in the handset's connectivity, as there's no LTE. If the Typhone listing is to be believed, this will be the first Nokia handset to have a 12-megapixel camera since the N8, which won widespread praise for the quality of its photos.
Typhone currently doesn't give an idea of when the device will be available (it's given as "date unknown"), though Eldar Murtazin suggests that it could launch as early as May. This means that it could beat the Lumia 900 to market in Europe if the June launch date we saw earlier this week proves to be true. It's also not clear how much of this is speculation on Typhone's part — the image clearly shows a Lumia 900 with the AT&T logo — but the spec sheet seems fairly exhaustive.
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If it’s similar to the N8 camera then that’ll be good.
Although the should have upped the spec for the 900 to start, this doesn’t really make sense for them strategically.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:56 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Don’t get your hopes up. Vlad Savov basically said that the N8’s camera is worthless when compared with the iphone 4’s 5mpx sensor.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:26 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
I believe more in my own eyes.. iPhones camera is great.. But I prefer that of the n8.. Go to vimeo and checkout for n8 videos.. You will learn to appreciate its quality.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:37 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (8) Flag actions
Are you serious? Where did he say that?
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:49 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Where did Vlad say that? All N8 reviews including Vlad’s praised the N8’s camera.
The iPhone (and most other smartphones) apply all sort of filters that make the photo pop, but loses lots of info. The N8 takes detailed and natural photos, that retain a great amount of information that allows for image post-processing.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:55 AM EST reply Recommend (24) Flag actions
Yeah, the post-processing for the iPhone is nasty. Saturation and contrast.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 1:25 PM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
nope—vlad basically put up comparison shots and everybody else like the 4’s pictures because they made london look like a much more pleasant place than it was (more saturated colors). if i remember correctly, he and myriam had this discussion on the engadget mobile podcast—the n8, despite its gloomy and color accurate photos, was definitively superior.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:56 AM EST reply Recommend (9) Flag actions
Yeah I just looked at the comparison shocks and all the iPhone did was jack up the contrast and saturation, makes it look like it is always sunny out.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 1:24 PM EST reply Recommend (7) Flag actions
Yeh totally agree. The ones of the horse statue really struck me… the iPhone is messing with the contrast/saturation so much, you can barely make out the statue – it’s just black! The N8 on the other hand seems to show all the contours and detail.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 2:54 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
N8 camera is still unbeaten …
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:03 AM EST reply Recommend (6) Flag actions
I have a feeling he was joking slash being sarcastic (but I could be wrong… this is the internet)
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:17 AM EST reply Recommend (5) Flag actions
Bingo!
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 | 8:35 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I think you are mistaken. The following is from his review of the N9.
" The most obvious and easily forgivable is the omission of the 12-megapixel camera from its predecessor, the N8. Not because that wasn’t a wonderful camera — it’s still the best picture-taking equipment that’s been attached to a phone yet — but the sheer size of its imaging and lens compartment would’ve broken up the N9′s gorgeous curves and led to a fundamentally different phone."
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 5:15 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
rofl ahahahahaha bwahahahaha ur funny nothing stands a chance against the N8 even to this day… it probably wont be dethroned until the N8 successor is announced this year
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:50 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
TechRadar also did another test recently where they put up the 4s and sgs2 etc (all the latest phones) against the n8 guess who still won? http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/10-best-camera-phones-904250?artc_pg=1
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:53 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
You forgot the /s at the end.
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 | 12:06 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Doesnt make sense to release a 910 in May then release a 900 one month later with a lower specced camera. Sounds fishy to me.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:05 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
That could explain why CPW took their landing page down for the 900.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:26 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Yeah they probably meant it for the Lumia 910 but I’m sure Nokia caught wind of the page and asked them to remove it.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:15 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Could be a GSM and CDMA or LTE versions.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:54 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
The 900 is exclusive to AT&T and would be kind of stupid to release anywhere else except America because of the inclusion of LTE. Meanwhile the 910 is likely going to be an international release sans LTE and with an improved camera.
I think the reason AT&T’s version didn’t include the bigger camera is because of the cost. It was probably cheaper to pick LTE and the 8-MP wide-angle lens instead. Especially if the Lumia 900 really is going to sell for just $99 on contract.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:14 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
910 is in place of the 900 to my understanding
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:54 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I have the little brother of the group the Nokia 710, I really hope that Lumia series of phones does well here. I love the Windows Phone OS, it’s the most stable and smooth OS I’ve used. I wish T-Mobile offered the 800, the extra memory would of been welcomed, but Skydrive does help quite a bit. After seeing this I hope the 910 is compatible with my network, I’ll get an unlocked 910 and hand this phone over to the wife.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:07 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (12) Flag actions
No. DOS was more stable and had greater functionality.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 2:02 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Already time to get rid of my 800, it’s a great phone but I feel the screen is too small for the OS
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:09 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
But the resolution will be the same…
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:14 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I’d rather have that than have higher resolution but small screen.. For the most part you don’t really notice the difference..
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:31 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Resolution didn’t get in the way of the SG2, so I don’t think it’ll be a problem here. Also tried out the Titan before getting the 800 and the resolution on the giant screen was not a problem, so I don’t really mind it
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:08 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
The problem with phones is that when have a 4.3" phone, you can’t go back to 3.7" .. it will feel tiny .. that is why i won’t get the 800 and will wait for the 900 or 910 .. i hope it gets to EU sooner than that though.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:11 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
But the 800’s screen is Pentile while the 900’s is non-Pentile. For screen freaks it could make a difference regardless of size.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 9:16 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I’d expect that the 900 is for the US and the 910 is for everywhere else. Odd naming strategy though – makes the Americans think they’re getting a worse phone than everyone else…
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:13 AM EST reply Recommend (4) Flag actions
Its all they deserve:)
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:19 AM EST reply Recommend (10) Flag actions
Has to be this way, surely. No point in a Euro wide release of the 900 with LTE. If the camera gives the same results as the N8, Nokia might be in for a good year.
Having already taken the plunge, I can’t say I feel too bad about it, until I see a 910 up close maybe.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:33 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
But really it doesn’t matter because besides us, not many people are going to even know of the 910’s existence.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:20 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
If this is true, then why did Nokia even come up with the 900? Just release the 910 in the US as your flagship. instead of lessening its appeal by releasing a new phone!
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:20 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
The 900 has LTE, plus American consumers won’t even know about the 910.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:21 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
I wish the 910 would come on sprint.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:21 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
With all this talk of release dates, cameras, names and pricing, all I can say is
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:32 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:33 AM EST reply Recommend (10) Flag actions
I live in The Netherlands and this us about the first time am hearing of this retailer.. Not that this couldn’t be legit but maybe if it came from Belcompany or Phonehouse it would have founded more credible. The AT&T logo also gives it up . Hopefully am wrong .
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:34 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Dude, Typhone is a part of the same retail organisation as the PhoneHouse. just like telefoonkopen is part of BelCompany.
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 | 3:25 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Did you really just mention Eldar Murtazin?
I don’t pay attention to anything that guy says.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:41 AM EST reply Recommend (3) Flag actions
Regardless of your feelings, he’s had some real scoops in the past. Besides, it adds credence when independent sources are giving out the same rumors.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 2:14 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
So the Lumia 800 was released in Europe in November of 2011 and there is already a 710, a 900, and a 910. Don’t fall into this trap Nokia…
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 10:43 AM EST via mobile reply Recommend Flag actions
Their primary concerns are appealing to various price-points, markets globally, and market share overall. The latter is most important at this point, with WP7 still a burgeoning OS, but, regardless, a robust line of smartphones is their best bet at positioning themselves for the future as a major smartphone OEM. And the profit (which each point contributes to).
Nokia’s pricing has already been shown to be extremely competitive, and their marketing department is no slouch either. Overall, the future is looking bright for Nokia and Microsoft, by default. Now what they have in store for Windows 8 tablets is going to be very interesting for their mobile strategy as a whole.
A recent quote by Stephen Elop is a direct allusion to their plans in 2012 and should be exciting. "If you look at the overall Microsoft strategy, you see the consistency of user experience… across PCs, tablets and phones. And for the operators, I suspect they see an opportunity to participate in a larger play when a consumer walks through their doors." A recent rumor has an unveiling timed at MCW, which I do hope occurs.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:25 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
What is wrong with that? They don’t have a WP portfolio and are trying to build one up to get back into the market. Even with the choice of 700, 800 and 900 series there are still gaps – no qwerty sliding-supported device, no trully high-end device, no trully budget (for outside of America) device. That’s at least three more phones that are not currently available and should be if they want to be competitive against Android devices which can cater for any taste.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:33 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Nokia’s recipee for success has always been having a vast portfolio of devices. Even in the days of the Nseries smartphones, they always had three of them: The N7x, the N8x and the N9x series, The N7x being the budget one, the N8x the average (and often most successful one) and the N9x being the showcase, highest-end device that would showoff features that would be present in th next iteration of N7x and N8x series devices.
That strategy was so successful that they pretty much dominated the smartphone market for years, from the very start of the concept of Smartphone to the arrival of Touch-based devices. Not in the US, you may add, but sincerely, in my opinion, that’s because there was no such thing as a smartphone market in the US befor the iPhone .
So there should be no surprise that, not only the’re keeping a strategy that worked before (and keeps working in the low-end market), but they even kept the naming scheme:i can totally imagine the Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Lumia 900 and Lumia 910 being today’s N71, N80, N90 and N91 respectively.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:54 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
No such thing as a smartphone market before the iPhone? I kind of get what you are trying to say but I hope you are not ignoring the fact that Windows Mobile had phones integrated with touch screen PDAs from 2000 and on. According to Wiki, WinMo had 42% of the worldwide smartphone market in 2007. So obviously a market existed before the iPhone, but I would agree this was NOT a highly consumerized market the way it is today.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:19 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I was not ignoring Windows Mobile, and yes, you got exactly what i was trying to say . Thank you for giving the world, (“consumerized”) i was looking for. At the time when in Europe consumers were buying Nseries devices pretty massively (specially the N70 and N80, but eventually the N95 as well), there was no such consumer-oriented smartphon market in the US. Windows Mobile based devices were essentially Business-oriented PDA’s with phone capabilities, not Smartphones as we understand them today.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:28 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
They’ve always done that. They did it with the N95:
original N95
two months later… N95 with bigger screen and more RAM
three months later… N95 for NAM
early adopters = screwed
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 | 12:10 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
If the 910 were to launch in Europe before the 900 in the US that would be quite a slap to the face for everyone that thought Nokia was trying to get back into the US market. Especially if the 910 gets a better camera, I don’t know that I’d want to trade 12MP for LTE, why couldn’t they put the 12MP in the AT&T version too?
(I’m Canadian so it wouldn’t make any difference to me but this sounds like a terrible PR move).
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:20 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
If it had 12 MP it would be more expensive, obviously Nokia decided 8 MP is the right choice at the right price for the market. Eventually, they will bring 12 MP to the US, I am sure. Why can’t you live normally with the current option without tearing yourself apart because someone somewhere has a better camera than you do? Obviously you paid less so where is the issue exactly?
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:35 AM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
So, the exact same WP phone, but with a higher density camera module and a higher price.
Sigh.
I hope Nokia starts innovating again sometime during this decade.
Seeing basically the same phone released three times over is getting a little tired. Especially when they are as mediocre as these three.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:56 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Please, oh please give me that:
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-e7-00
with WP!
Instant buy.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 11:58 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
My son says that too.
He loved the E7 format but hated Symbian
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:29 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Same here, I have E63. I love qwertys and can’t see myself switching to touch only. The only option on WP with qwerty is HTC, which I refuse to buy as Nokias are non-destructible. I am torn between Symbian E7 and Lumi 800, but I think I can live with Symbian as long as I have qwerty…will see in three months when I upgrade, maybe we will get some qwerty WP from Nokia. It is really bizzare not to have one as that is their roots just as BB.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:33 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
As much as I love Nokia’s construction (the only wear shown by my E61 and E71 is on the keyboard, as the printed letters have come away), I’ve not been unhappy with my HTC Desire. I’ve dropped it more than a few times and had no real damage done.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 2:12 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Windows Phone is primarily geared towards portrait interaction. This could be a reason why you don’t see many landscape sliders.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 7:24 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
“mediocre”? Give me the name of any Android phone that, for the same unsubsidized price, performs half as well as the 710. We’re talking about a phone that, unsubsidized, is roughly $150 cheapre than an iPhone 4s, and $100 cheaper than the average high-end android phone.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:21 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
I made a mistake: those price comparisons relate to the Lumia 800, not the Lumia 710.
By the way, i’m a Galaxy Nexus proud owner, if someone’s wondering about any bias.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:34 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I really like the 710 for the price. My gf is on a value plan on T-Mobile (also T-Mobile sucks) and doesn’t have the ability to upgrade. She basically had to buy because of the cheap price (and her iphone 1 was broken). It’s a great little device. I would immediately trade my android phone for it if I could.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 5:03 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
To all of those that are complaining… stfu! I bet that 99% of you, don’t have a Windows Phone device, and don’t really intend to get one. You are just complaining for the sake of doing so!
What’s the problem if Lumia 900 has an 8MP sensor? It has LTE instead, and if rumors are true that it will be priced at $99, it means that compromises needed to be made! Nokia said that they will release phones that cater to each market individually, and that’s what they are doing. Europeans have much less of an obsession for larger screens, so the Lumia 900 without LTE being released there, makes much less sense. Remove LTE, add a 12MP sensor, keep the same price point, and now you have an attractive high-end device for that particular market.
And those mentioning a problem with the 900 and 910 being sold side-by-side… who even told you that this will happen? Argghhh so annoying…!!
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:26 PM EST reply Recommend (2) Flag actions
Yep, maybe it’s too confusing to see TWO devices released by the same manufacturer the same year, let alone three…
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:37 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
That was sarcasm, by the way.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:38 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
I gathered. If people get confused by this then how on earth can they cope with Android, specifically HTC and Samsung?
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 2:48 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
tbh the camera software needs to improve in wp, my lumia 800 shots have tended to be soft looking, and I would say my 5800 might be better :-( so I wouldn’t get too excited yet
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 12:44 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
The megapixel wars have begun.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 1:16 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Here’s hoping they release the 900 instead of this rumored 910 in the Nordic markets. The difference between 8 and 12 megapixels is likely to be indistinguishable, odds are the megapixel count is the only actual change with the glass and sensor size the same, and LTE is probably more useful.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 1:22 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
if I didn’t have the iPhone 4s this would be my new phone.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 5:27 PM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Nokia, don’t get ahead of yourself. Motorola did the same thing, they made one hit phone, and decided to unleash 10 more after it and look at them now, they’re being bought by Google. Don’t rush, take your dose of WP7 in moderation.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 7:11 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
http://www.typhone.nl/ is giving away the iPhone 4S for FREE http://www.typhone.nl/gsm/apple/2289/apple-iphone-4s-16gb#?BestDeal=Soort:Aanbieding$$Identity:10448
AND They’re offering a Nokia Lumi 800 for the T-Mobile network http://www.typhone.nl/gsm/nokia/2340/nokia-lumia-800#?BestDeal=Soort:Aanbieding$$Identity:10572
AND you put any faith in their AT&T-branded Lumia “910”????
LOL. What a joke.
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 | 8:09 PM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
Free on-contract iPhones aren’t unusual in Europe — check any of the major carriers and you’ll find similar offers.
As for the T-Mobile Lumia 800, T-Mobile.nl lists it, so why the surprise? T-Mobile in the US is quite a diferent entitty to elsewhere in the world.
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 | 3:15 AM EST reply Recommend (1) Flag actions
Has this been confirmed/debunked?
Posted on Feb 01, 2012 | 9:02 AM EST reply Recommend Flag actions
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