I think it's time for a single thread for the Lumia 1020 (previously known internally as "EOS"), now that it has a name and that the official Nokia announcement is on Thursday, July 11th. The main selling point of the phone is its 41-Megapixel (38MP effective) camera, this time paired with Windows Phone 8, as opposed to the previous high-resolution Nokia camera, the PureView 808 (which ran Nokia's old OS, Symbian).
Here are the other specs we have so far (from WPCentral):
The prices will be $602 off-contract, or cheaper with a contract through AT&T. There will also be a $70 camera grip that also doubles as a extended battery, though no word its capacity just yet.
The design is unsurprising to anyone familiar with the current Lumia lineup, but it's a very reasonable price at $600 for what promises to be a high quality camera with dual Xenon/LED flash, OIS, and such a high resolution camera. Even if you aren't looking forward to shooting 41 Megapixel images, OIS plus downsampling/scaling down would produce very clear and beautiful shots for a camera phone. I'm expecting it will be slightly better than the PureView 808, which I never owned myself, but definitely would have purchased had it been on Windows Phone and launched at ~$600.
This phone is definitely exciting and is hopefully the shape of things to come - I would love to see slimmer, near-DSLR quality smartphones at this price point. I know a lot of Android users will be disappointed that this is on Windows Phone, but Windows Phone is very good in my opinion, and there are camera/smartphone hybrids (like what Samsung is going) already for Android. I'm debating whether I should buy the Lumia 1020, but only because I purchased a HTC One recently and don't want to have 2 smartphones and the One is "good enough" most of the time... though I would still love to have a smartphone with the quality of a midrange to high end mirrorless camera.
Here are the other specs we have so far (from WPCentral):
"Amber" is a Nokia's latest update to WP8, with some new features like a Pro camera app.
- It has optical image stabilization (OIS) built in
- It takes the image in a 32MP and 5MP at the same time in 16:9
- The 5MP image is over sampled dropping 7pixels into one “super pixel”
- It shoots 38MP in 4:3
- “Nokia 909” was an early name for it but it will be “Lumia 1020” for release
- 2GB of RAM, an increase of 1GB from other high end Windows Phone 8 devices
- 32GB of internal storage, no SD
- WP8 V 8.0.10322.71
- FM radio (Amber)
- Flip to silence (Amber)
- NFC is on board
- Optional wireless charging backplate will be available
The prices will be $602 off-contract, or cheaper with a contract through AT&T. There will also be a $70 camera grip that also doubles as a extended battery, though no word its capacity just yet.
The design is unsurprising to anyone familiar with the current Lumia lineup, but it's a very reasonable price at $600 for what promises to be a high quality camera with dual Xenon/LED flash, OIS, and such a high resolution camera. Even if you aren't looking forward to shooting 41 Megapixel images, OIS plus downsampling/scaling down would produce very clear and beautiful shots for a camera phone. I'm expecting it will be slightly better than the PureView 808, which I never owned myself, but definitely would have purchased had it been on Windows Phone and launched at ~$600.
This phone is definitely exciting and is hopefully the shape of things to come - I would love to see slimmer, near-DSLR quality smartphones at this price point. I know a lot of Android users will be disappointed that this is on Windows Phone, but Windows Phone is very good in my opinion, and there are camera/smartphone hybrids (like what Samsung is going) already for Android. I'm debating whether I should buy the Lumia 1020, but only because I purchased a HTC One recently and don't want to have 2 smartphones and the One is "good enough" most of the time... though I would still love to have a smartphone with the quality of a midrange to high end mirrorless camera.
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