Spending more $$, Nokia Lumia

[Joe Bob]

One of my biggest kvetches is the crappy cell phone pics and the typical freebie phones and no GPS w/o having to pay for a service. I have a decent Casio point and shoot @12.1 and a good sized card with great standby battery and will take 250 plus pics at full rez.

Well Nokia claims to have a 41 MP camera in the new model. Anyone have it yet?

[scottmandue]

Get an iPhone... it will make your iLife so much better... join us... you will be so much more iHappier

I really like the windows phones... and I always loved Nokia reliability... recently sold my soul to android/Samsung and it is pretty ding/dang good, no complaints.

But when the contract on the sammy/galaxy is up as much as I like it and as well as it works I will be looking at the Nokia (compared to a Galaxy4)

[Joe Bob]

The "I" thingy I own is a Ipod and it's the last......shudder.....

A GPS, high rez camera with phone is what I have been waiting for. My crappy Samsung is EOL and I'm thinking that the 1020 may be the one, as long as it isn't in red.

[rhogg]

My daughter and I both have 920s and have been very happy with them over the past year. There are 3 other Nokias in our extended family 800, 710, 520 and everyone is happy.

Lots of 1020 reviews around. Check dpreview dot com for obsessive detail. I have been happy with Nokia's phone cameras going back to my N95. Noika's current camera app has the best controls available on a smart phone.

I am thinking about the 1020, but might hold out for the next one.

[gtc]

In the comparisons I've seen, the 1020's camera isn't much better than the 920's.

[Joe Bob]

How long does the battery last as a dash cam? Can the memory be upgraded like GoPros or Contours? Does it have a built in GPS or do you have to do an online app?

[Z-man]

Size doesn't matter....

41 Megapixel doesn't necessarily mean better camera. But I do not have any experience with the Nokia line. What are the other specs of the camera? (lowest f-stop, shutter speed range, image stabilization...etc ?)

I just got an iPhone 5S, but haven't taken pics with it yet -- but they say the f 2.2 on the camera is better for low-light conditions. And - if I'm going to take quality pictures, I have my Nikon point and shoot as well as my Nikon DSLR.

And cellphone with a camera will have its compromises -- you can't have your cake and eat it too!

-Z-man.

[JavaBrewer]

I recently posted about the diminished picture quality of my Lumia 920 (and GPS issues) after performing a SW update. I was alerted to a new WP update over the weekend and did the install today. GPS works again, quickly locates satellite - have not tested the phone.

My close friend works for Nokia and has been sporting the latest, I believe the 1020. The picture quality from his phone is outstanding.

Nokia makes really nice hardware - easily as good/better than Apple IMO.

[azasadny]

I've had the Nokia Lumia 920 for almost a year and I love it!

[Steve Carlton]

Same here. I expected a better camera than the 920 has with its Carl Zeiss lens. The pics are hit and miss, and the images fall apart when zoomed in on. 41MP is a ton and you wind up with large files to contend with on your computer. With digital cameras in general, large MP is usually a bunch of hype. It's only useful if you can crop a small portion of the image and still have a good, printable image. And MP has nothing to do with image quality outside of resolution, like white balance and dynamic range.

[gtc]

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[hightuned]

Originally Posted by scottmandue

Get an iPhone... it will make your iLife so much better... join us... you will be so much more iHappier

I really like the windows phones... and I always loved Nokia reliability... recently sold my soul to android/Samsung and it is pretty ding/dang good, no complaints.

But when the contract on the sammy/galaxy is up as much as I like it and as well as it works I will be looking at the Nokia (compared to a Galaxy4)

The iphone is great exept for one feature, it forces you to use itunes which i think is worst crap anyone ever came up with!

[Steve Carlton]

Just picked up a Lumia 1520. 6" hi-res screen vs 4.5" in the 920. Like a friggin' mini tablet. Love the idea of a huge screen...

[Joe Bob]

How much?

[azasadny]

I really like the camera on my Lumia 920 and almost every one of my pictures turn out far better than I expect them to. I'll be getting my wife and daughter each a new 1020 through Verizon in March when their AT&T contracts are up. The only issue I've had with my phone is the craptastic AT&T "service", it's the worst!

[stealthn]

Working with a client on an Enterprise Mobility project and they chose 1020's and 5S', the picture on the 1020 is much better than the iPhone, but can't hold a candle to my Canon 8 Megapixel SLR.

I guess it depends on what you want, for pictures use a camera, for posting your junk online get a 1020