After weeks of leaks, Nokia is making its Lumia 1020 handset official on Thursday. The Finnish smartphone maker has just unveiled its latest flagship Windows Phone on stage at an event in New York. The Lumia 1020 is a big upgrade over Nokia's previous Windows Phone efforts for one reason alone: a 41-megapixel camera. Nokia is taking its PureView 808 sensor from its Symbian days and adding a number of enhancements to bring it to Windows Phone.
The 41-megapixel Pureview sensor includes optical image stabilization, 6-lens Zeiss optics, and a xenon flash, making it the centerpiece for the rear of the phone. It can shoot still images at 38-megapixel in 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios. At the same time as it captures the high-resolution images, it also takes an oversampled 5-megapixel image using the sensor that can then be easily shared thanks to its smaller file size. The Lumia 1020 supports 1080p video capture, complete with 4x zoom and up to 6x at 720p. Nokia is releasing a Pro Camera app with the Lumia 1020 to take advantage of the sensor and manually adjust flash, focus, ISO, white balance, shutter speed, and exposure. It also includes a number of editing functions to crop and alter photos. Nokia is bundling a leather wrist strap with the Lumia 1020, making it even more point-and-shoot-like, but a optional Camera Grip accessory provides a casing for the device with extra battery, a shutter button, and even a tripod mount.
Camera aside, the Lumia 1020 is largely unchanged from the specifications of Nokia's Lumia 920 and 925. Nokia is adding 2GB of RAM instead of 1GB, and it's opting for a 4.5-inch AMOLED display like the Lumia 925. There's some microphone improvements, but the device will run the same 1.5 Ghz dual-core S4 processor as the 920 and 925. One change is the dimensions. The camera is obviously rather large on the rear, but Nokia has managed to keep the device thinner and lighter than the 920. It's not as slimline as the 925, but it's 10.4 mm thick and weighs 158g.
Nokia's Lumia 1020 will debut exclusively on AT&T in the US for $299.99 on a two-year contract. AT&T will start taking preorders on July 16th revealed, with a full launch on July 26th. The Lumia 1020 will be available in matte black, white, and yellow at www.att.com/Lumia1020. Nokia will also bring the Lumia 1020 to China and select European markets this quarter, with an exclusive version for Telefonica.
Comments
I mean besides a beautiful camera what else do you think can persuade consumers to buy this over a GS4 or IPhone 5?
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 12:07pm
T-Mobile had several articles yesterday, X-Box had several articles so did Playstation. I get what you’re saying but I’m just saying separate articles doesn’t necessarily warrant a bias towards one company over the other
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 12:11pm
Wouldn’t that be enough reason for Nokia to switch OS I mean as a business owner of Nokia if I see that the operating system I choose doesn’t care about their product and it’s hurting my sales then I would move OS.
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 12:14pm
I would say a real camera before I would say smartphone in comparison to others in the industry but I get what your saying
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 12:16pm
yes but do those official apps receive the updates like the others?
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 1:08pm
Missing the entire point of my comment.^^^
What I was saying that Nokia has the hardware to sell but the lacking in the software/OS department which is hurting them on their sales
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 1:13pm
Tech press viewed the HTC One better because of the design it came with, that was across the board. Every tech news site chose the HTC One because it felt premium and the GS4 had plastic and touchwiz though I will point out that once the Google Edition of the GS4 came out all the Tech press flipped they’re views.
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 1:21pm
?
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 1:22pm
their* sorry
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 1:27pm
Talk about bring up an irrelevant factor
By Eazy75217 on 07.11.13 2:09pm
Pricy.
By avarma on 07.11.13 11:09am
pricey?
By mathew.milani on 07.11.13 11:10am
Definitely steep for an on contract device.
By ryan_socio on 07.11.13 11:11am
It is. It’s not going to appeal to the mainstream, for this reason. ’Dat camera though.
By mattkicksass on 07.11.13 11:13am
Indeed, this camera has a great phone.
By EverythingElseWasTaken on 07.11.13 11:14am
Tehe
By beatsandmelody on 07.11.13 11:23am
It’s also an AT&T exclusive. Way to limit your product to 1/4 of the market, Nokia.
By mattkicksass on 07.11.13 11:38am
1/4 of one market that doesn’t give a shit about Windows Phone anyway.
By VoxMediaUser622334 on 07.11.13 11:39am
And only windows phone version way to limit it’s potential.
By yaotly on 07.11.13 3:53pm
Windows Phone is better than Android and iOS it has been proven.
http://www.unwiredview.com/2013/03/14/windows-phone-8-wins-pc-mag-readers-choice-satisfaction-award-apple-ios-android-and-blackberry-follow/
By JasonVorhess on 07.11.13 7:08pm
Obvious troll is obvious.
By Martim on 07.11.13 8:50pm
Considering the pool of subscribers in the US, AT&T has a bit more than 1/4
By Sined on 07.11.13 11:49am
What is with the exclusivity? It’s like they want to fail.
By Ebony & Ivory on 07.11.13 11:49am
just like apple
By Stylinred on 07.11.13 10:27pm
It saddens me that Nokia continues to ham-string itself by tying itself down to one, shitty, ambivalent carrier. Nokia needs this device on all four carriers now.
By westex74 on 07.11.13 11:56am