Nokia 1020 - photos, prices and reviews

The Finnish company Nokia - one of the recognized leaders of the world market of mobile devices. Traditionally, this brand is perceived by Russian users as a supplier of devices with the highest build quality, stable in operation and user-friendly.

Among the most prestigious devices released by the brand is the Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone. What are its main features? What are the undeniable competitive advantages? Is it possible to say that this phone fully reflects the quality and comfort of use peculiar to the brand?

Many experts who tested the smartphone, they say that the characteristics laid down by the manufacturer in the Nokia 1020 allow you to talk about the appearance of a completely new type of device - a "camera phone." Why this is so, you can try to understand just by looking at the device. A huge and functional camera is located right in the middle of the case. It has unique characteristics in terms of the resolution level, as well as the quality of the used parts - the lens, the stabilizer, the shutter.

However, the brand-manufacturer has something to boast, not including the equipment of the phone with an impressive eyepiece. What exactly will surprise us with the Nokia 1020 gadget? At least in that the device supports most of today's communication standards. That's why specialization of Nokia 1020 can not be called narrow. It is a multifunctional Windows-device designed to become a worthy competitor to products from the leaders of the world market of mobile devices.

Design

The phone comes in several basic colors: black, white, and yellow. But the device controls (such as the power button, volume level control, and shutter buttons) for all black modifications. The shape of the smartphone's body from the geometric point of view is most similar to the parallelepiped. The corners are elegantly rounded. The back panel of the case is almost perfectly flat.

The main camera of the smartphone stands out very strongly against the backdrop of the case. But this is not surprising, since this hardware component of the device is thoroughly "crammed" with additional electronics. It is, in particular, an optical stabilizer and a mechanical type shutter. Especially for fans of photography, Nokia has implemented a special design element - the holder of the Camera Grip. By using it, the owner of a smartphone can give his device a form that is as close as possible to the design of a classic camera. The holder is equipped with a mount, on which you can fix the tripod.

Most experts note the highest quality of materials used in the manufacture of the smartphone case. By itself, design experts are also praised. There is no likeness of backlashes, inconsistencies of edges or any elements that would not fit into the design of the case. The smartphone, as experts say, ideally sits in the hand.

The next most important item of our today's review of the Nokia 1020 is next.

Performance

The smartphone is equipped with a powerful dual-core processor chip Snapdragon S4, running at 1.5 GHz. The device has 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of standard flash memory (support for additional modules, though not). Parameters, most experts believe, are impressive, which is quite consistent with the tasks assigned to the device. There are opinions that the pre-installed amount of flash memory is not enough. But there is also a counterargument to this thesis: the device has more than a wide range of communication capabilities. Almost at any time, you can overwrite photos on external PC media, an external hard drive or another mobile gadget.

Does Windows control the ball?

With its main task - the processing of photos in maximum resolution - a smartphone, as experts found out, the testers, copes perfectly. There are no inhibitions and hangs in the work. Running most applications is done without any special overlays. This, experts believe, may be to some extent connected with the architecture of the Windows Phone OS, which has some advantages in terms of using hardware resources in front of other platforms (primarily Android).

Camera

Smartphone Nokia 1020 is equipped with a camera with a huge resolution of 41 megapixels, capable of taking photos of the highest quality. This hardware component of the device has a powerful xenon flash, LED backlight, and also a gate driven by a mechanical method. Installed in the Nokia 1020 camera is made by one of the world's most famous manufacturers - the company Carl Zeiss.

Just think, the amount of graphics files saved from the camera can reach 20 megabytes! To understand how much this is, we recall that even the best quality photo saved in social networks ("Vkontakte", "Facebook" or "Classmates"), hardly reach 1-2 MB. The camera can also record video resolution in 1080 points.

The phone also features a Rich Recording module, which provides very high quality sound recording in virtually any key and range. When you shoot a video, you can be sure not only in the ideal picture, but also that the soundtrack will be on top.

The device is also equipped with a front camera. It, in turn, is not so powerful, moreover, inferior in terms of resolution even to some budget models of smartphones. This parameter of the front camera of the device is only 1.2 megapixels. But this hardware component, experts believe, is far from defining in terms of functionality of the Nokia Lumia 1020. The characteristics of the additional camera are a minor issue.

Display

The screen of the device has an average size of 4.5 inches. It is based on modern technology AMOLED. The resolution of the display is 1280 by 768 points. It is clear that in the best quality photos will be visible on screens larger than the size (those with PCs or tablets). But the sharpening technologies used in the display (such as ClearBlack, for example) squeeze the maximum out of the possible, experts believe. The surface of the screen Nokia 1020 is protected by high-strength Corning Gorilla Glass in one of the newest versions - the 3rd.

Some experts believe that the display, made using AMOLED technology, has advantages over solutions designed on the basis of IPS. In particular, in the Glance Screen mode, the Nokia 1020 screen consumes very little battery power. There is an opinion that IPS has better color rendering. But there are counter-arguments, one of which is based on the fact that Nokia has recently released the GDR2 plug-in, which allows the maximum personification of the screen color. It is unlikely, experts believe, that the brand-manufacturer Nokia Lumia 1020 has not thought out such a nuance as the ratio of the performance of the main camera and the quality of the display. Engineering tests probably showed that the AMOLED screen is just the optimal solution.

Battery

The battery installed on the phone has a capacity of 2 thousand mAh. This resource, as the experts found out, in practice, enough to view the video at a resolution of 720 pixels for about 8 hours. This is a very good result (however, for such a battery - quite expected). The battery, as in many other devices of the Lumia line, is not removable.

Marketing perspectives

It will be useful, making a review aimed at comprehensively studying Nokia 1020, a little deeper into the economic side of the issue. What are the chances of a smartphone to take its rightful place among the best-selling devices in its class? Many experts are sure that the phone is unique to the market. For Android 1020 devices, the Android platform, experts believe, is certainly not a competitor. As for Apple-devices, the rivalry of brands is possible only in certain segments of the market.

At the same time, the target group of device buyers is also rather narrow. The smartphone is most likely to be played by people engaged in professional photography, as well as by active travelers. In addition, the phone has an excellent chance of occupying a niche in the market structure thanks to a unique combination of features and high performance.

In the environment of experts there is a thesis that the distribution of this smartphone can contribute to the company Microsoft, which produces an operating system for it. One of the possible methods for promoting the device is "aggressive marketing." In particular, there is a version that Microsoft is going to organize a campaign in the US in which it will offer owners of mobile gadgets on Android and iOS-platforms to exchange their devices for free with Nokia Lumia smartphones. Of course, that modification, which we are talking about now, can enter into the number of such devices. And this is taking into account the fact that the price set by the manufacturer-manufacturer on the Nokia 1020 can significantly exceed the price for Android and iOS-devices.

Connectivity

The smartphone supports working with cellular networks in almost all existing standards, including 4G. There is support for high-speed data transmission Band 7 (this standard - one of the most common in Russia). The smartphone is equipped with modules within a very wide range of communication capabilities. This is GPS, and GLONASS, and, of course, Wi-Fi. There is support for Bluetooth 3rd version, as well as NFC - technology for fast contactless data transmission (in practice it is most often used on modern ticket offices in stores). There is a built-in radio operating in the FM-band. Most experts who made up the Nokia 1020 review, speak of the smartphone as a high-quality device, perfectly coping with communication functions.

What users are saying

Most users of the smartphone responds about it as an excellent product. Many people call this camera phone the best in its class, which has no worthy analogues. Gratitude reviews the device receives, including from people who are engaged in professional photography. That is, we can say that Nokia was able to please the target audience.

Users praise the smartphone for speed, convenient interface, a comfortable procedure for synchronizing with other devices. Many people note a wide range of functionality, not directly related to the main task entrusted to the device (that is, with photography). We are talking, for example, about the speed of the browser, the performance when working with various applications.

Nokia keeps the brand

Users, as well as experts, note that the device shows the traditionally high quality for Nokia phones to perform communication functions. Communication device holds well in any standards. The voice of the interlocutor is transmitted in excellent quality. In addition, Nokia phones are famous for their high build quality. In this respect, the camera phone also confidently holds the brand, the owners of the device believe.

Nokia makes discounts

Many users distinguish one interesting marketing feature that is characteristic for smartphone sales. The fact is that the price of the device tends to decrease dynamically. Some buyers noted an interesting fact: when launching the market, the gadget cost about 27 thousand, and after just a few months - already about 22 thousand. The characteristics laid by the manufacturer in Nokia Lumia 1020, users believe, justify the price of the device.