Nokia Lumia 920 - a device on Windows Phone 8, which was worth buying

Today, Nokia is practically not represented on the market and, after working with Microsoft, once again begins its ascent to the heights of the market. Most of the new devices of the company do not represent something very interesting, but a number of old models sometimes interest buyers. One of them is the Nokia Lumia 920. At one time it was the flagship on Windows Phone in an interesting design and colors and, perhaps more interestingly, with a very good camera. Review of Nokia Lumia 920 will tell about the device and what happened and did not work with the Finnish company.

Specifications

When considering the characteristics of the Nokia Lumia 920, remember that the device sold on the market 6 years ago, and at that moment was more than the actual device. Today, the filling of the phone is outdated, and it is at least incorrect to compare the device with the modern market representatives.A complete list of parameters in the table:

Options	Lumia 920
Screen	IPS, 4.5 inches, 768 * 1280
Housing	Plastic and glass
Chipset	Snapdragon S4, 2 * 1.5 GHz
Memory	1 / 32Gb
Camera	8.7 MP, 1.2 MP
Interfaces	Bluetooth, LTE, GPS, NFC
Battery	2000 mAh
Dimensions and weight	130.3 * 70.8 * 10.7 mm, 185 grams

Nokia Lumiya 920 is a model whose technical characteristics were not significantly different from its competitors. At the time, the device competed with the S3 from Samsung, iPhone 5, HTC 8X and won in some moments. For example, the Lumia 920 had the largest native memory, but there was no slot for its expansion. In addition, it is one of the first models that allowed the owner use LTE networkshowever, at the time of the release of the apparatus they were not so widely distributed in Russia. Another great feature is NFC chip.

Nokia Lumia 920

On a note! It should be understood that in 2012 this function was used not for contactless payments, but for quick connection of peripheral devices and file transfer. To send data from one smartphone to another, equipped with NFC, it was enough to touch the shells.

 

Design

Phone Nokia Lumiya 920, and many other models of the company stood out clearly against other brands. As the main material was used durable polyurethane. With a sufficiently small size, the phone is large in terms of thickness. If we compare the device with other representatives of the market, then its weight and thickness differ significantly in a big way. To some it might seem like a minus.

The design of the device is designed so that there are no decorative ornaments and nothing else at all. All that is - in the case. The front panel has a small colored frame around the display, which seems to be inserted into the case. It should be understood that this display is smaller than it seems, since there is another frame around the working surface - black. On top of it is a camera and a speaker, at the bottom there are three touch buttons - back, Win and search. On the back panel in the center there is a black insert with a camera, next to it is a flash.

At the top there is a SIM card slot, a microphone and a headphone jack. At the bottom of the speakers and power connector. The left side is not involved. Right - on, camera, volume. Case Nokia Lumia 920 has a pronounced bulge, it is rounded. It is comfortable in the handbut that’s what gives the thickness.

The device was sold in white, black, gray, red and yellow. All shades except black are glossy.Each phone bundle has headphones of the same color as the device. Despite the excessively bright colors, the device does not look toy or frivolous. When he gets into the hand, it becomes clear that the device is made with high quality and deliberately. From minuses - the glossy surface does not hide prints, and it needs to be wiped constantly. A plus - Gorilla Glass second generation.

Display

The screen of Nokia Lumia 920 was created using IPS technology, has a resolution of 768 * 1280, a coating of Gorilla Glass 2. At the time of the release of the device, the display was considered one of the best in brightness, contrast and color reproduction. If Samsung at that time started the tendency to make colors so poisonous that they hurt the eyes at the maximum brightness, then the Lumia 920 had no such problem. The model had good viewing angles, the correct operation of the automatic brightness control.

The speed of the response of the matrix device showed excellent results, as it was implemented new at that time PureMotion HD + technology. If simplified, it speeds up the response, and the device really looks fast in this regard. A nice plus - you can work with the sensor in glovesThe exception is made of leather goods.Another pronounced feature of the screen - the depth of black. He really looks like that.

Important! Despite the advantages, the apparatus has a minus. Those buyers who had a chance to work with Windows Phone remember the tiled structure of the desktop. The downside is that programmers from Microsoft did not immediately rewrite applications for the device, and at high resolution in Lumia 920 some tiles looked blurry and unclear.

Camera

The Nokia Lumiya 920 camera is a moment of interest, because at that time the company was actively winning the hearts of photo fans, and this is what came of it. The main camera has a resolution of 8.7 megapixels, optical stabilization and dual module. The front camera does not have high parameters - its resolution is only 1.3 megapixels. She is able to shoot in HD, the main writes in FHD. The flash is used not only for its intended purpose, but also to accelerate the focus.

As with any camera, there are several shooting modes, manual settings. The model has a large aperture and optical stabilization, which allows you to collect a large amount of light during shooting. This affects the quality of photos. Lumia 920 shows good shooting results at any time of the day, perfectly captures landscapes, macro, portraits.

The minus of the camera is in a small matrix, due to this, the detail of the pictures is slightly lame, but only those who understand the issue at a professional level will notice this. According to reviews, the camera in the Lumia 920 is even better than inexpensive soap dishes, and at the time of the release of the device, this was high praise.

The video quality in the device is very worthy. Here, again, the optical stabilization is a very necessary function for the camera of the smartphone.

Autonomy

By modern standards, the battery capacity in the Nokia Lumia 920 is small, but at the time of the release of the device it was more than enough. Due to the smaller display size, as well as the processor, which is weak by today's standards, the battery allowed work on the phone for about two days. In this case, the user could sit for about 3-4 hours on the Internet and make about an hour of voice calls. The brightness of the phone was set automatically, that is, to the maximum.

On a note! To say how the phone behaved in games, it is impossible. Today on Windows 10 a huge number of serious games, both on its mobile version, and for stationary PCs.At the same time there were practically none.

The device has a mode low battery consumptionwhich rigidly disables almost all applications and leaves only the most needed functions - calls and SMS.

Performance

For 2012, namely, it is the year of release of the Lumia 920, a Qualcomm dual-core processor and 1 gigabyte of RAM was enough for any task. Considering that Windows Phone 8 had almost no games, it was possible to call the phone fast and multi-tasking without any quotes. The device quickly processed requests, performed any tasks, perfectly reproduced FHD video. Finding any action that was difficult for the Lumia 920 was impossible.

In addition to the overall high-performance phone could please users a good supply of fast memory. In 2012, not every smartphone could boast 16 gigabytes, not to mention the 32 gigabytes installed in the Lumia 920. Of these, the user could fill in about 29 gigabytes, the rest was occupied by the OS.

Wireless operation

It was mentioned above that the model allows you to connect to the LTE network, and this is the first device in Russia with this feature.In addition, the device provides an NFC chip, dual-band Wi-Fi and the ability to distribute the Internet from the phone. It is worth noting that for its time the phone for wireless communications was really a progressive device.

Another interesting feature of the model is offline navigation. Corporate software from Microsoft was not always in the mobile devices carrying minuses and sometimes allowed to do what the device could not on Android. The user could download a map of any city and region into the device’s memory, and then, without connecting to the network, lay routes and find their location. Also in the model is a pre-installed program for expanding the map of the city, since it displayed points of interest and a search for urban transport.

On a note! It should be noted that in the version out of the box, the latest application did not always work correctly and certainly not in all cities. New firmware allowed to correct this situation.

operating system

In 2018, talking about the features of Windows Phone 8 is not relevant, but it should be noted that the Lumia 920 used newer firmwarethan in previous smartphones on this system. What has changed in it is described below.

1. Have an opportunity change the size of the tile as well as its color. It will be more accurate to say that the number of flowers has increased, and they have become less poisonous.
2. On the desktop missing empty bar on the rightthat just took the place.
3. Arrow "back" went to the bottom cornerPreviously, she was in an uncomfortable position, and often users touched her while performing other actions.
4. Another change affected lock screen - it is possible to add information from applications that support this function to it. For example, you can make Facebook photos spin in one of the tiles on your desktop.
   
5. There is also an opportunity see the track being played or disable / switch it.
6. An interesting innovation in Windows Phone 8 -children's Corner. In one of the corners of the smartphone, you can leave the area of ​​applications allowed to the child. They will open even when the device is locked on the password, and the baby will not be able to climb where it should not be, but will be able to play a game or watch a cartoon. This is a kind of protection of the phone from children.
   
7. Realized the opportunity Add in the settings of the device that software that will not automatically turn off in the background mode. This will save battery power, and also makes the phone fast. The owner of the device knows that the application it does not need will automatically close after a certain period of time, and those that are necessary for work will be constantly active.
8. Appeared system synchronization to the cloudThat will allow you to reset the device to the factory state, and then load all the settings from the cloud.

Conclusion

For its time and at the time of the Nokia Lumia 920 was the top-end smartphone on Windows Phone. In this unit there are practically no flaws. The price of the model was 25 thousand rubles, which was far from budget at the time, but the device was worth it.

On a note! The sad fate that befell a company from Finland is not related to how they made smartphones, but rather with an operating system that many users didn’t like and turned a wide circle of customers away from these interesting devices.

Nokia Lumia 920