Nokia Lumia 920 is the flagship Windows Phone 8 Smartphone from Nokia. It is the successor of the Nokia Lumia 900, which was almost made redundant by the launch of the Windows Phone 8 OS. Lumia 920 boasts of lots of technology advances among which are wireless charging, HD display, advanced navigation technology, advanced imaging technology, and the best business software Microsoft has to offer.
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A Stylish and Powerful Smartphone
Nokia Lumia 920 looks familiar. It looks just like the Lumia 800 with the same polycarbonate body, just glossier. In fact, Nokia has managed to completely differentiate the style of its high and medium range Windows Phone range that they will be hard to miss in a crowd. Lumia 920 follows this tradition.
With dual-core processors now supported by Windows Phone 8, it was expected that all ambitious high-end and medium range Windows Phone Smartphones will support dual-core processors. Nokia Lumia 920 did not disappoint boasting of a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, the first Nokia Lumia Phone to go dual-core (it actually shares this record with Nokia Lumia 820, which was unveiled along with it).
However, what is important in a smartphone is performance not specs. Does Nokia Lumia 920 perform? Early hands-on review by lucky tech journalists and bloggers who have actually seen this phone in action, suggests the phone is very smooth, following in the tradition of current Nokia Lumia Phones in the market. It features 1GB RAM.
Nokia Lumia 920 comes read for business. It bundles Microsoft Office suite as well as Microsoft Lync. The device also supports Microsoft's cloud storage service, SkyDrive and comes with 7GB SkyDrive storage.
Nokia Lumia 920 is also packed with Nokia's own tools like Nokia Music, Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, and all new Nokia City Lens, a cool augmented reality/navigation app that shows you interesting information about points of interest in your surrounding when you point the camera at them.
PureView Camera
Lumia 920 heralds PureView Technology on Lumia Phones. PureView with Optical Image Stabilisation and a Carl Zeiss lens takes imaging on phones to a new level. With PureView, Nokia Lumia 920 takes in considerably more light than competing smartphones allowing for blur-free and bright photos and videos in all lighting condition even at night and without flash.
As for the Specs, Nokia Lumia 920 features an 8.7 megapixels camera with full HD video recording and dual-LED flash. The camera features autofocus, touch focus, Optical Image Stabilisation, Geo-tagging, and so on. It features a secondary camera with 720p HD video recording. You can easily share your video with NFC and on Facebook and other social networks.
HD Display
Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ display, offering a great view and responsive touch. The display resolution is 1280 × 768 pixels. Like the Nokia Lumia 800, it features Corning Gorilla Glass with beautifully curved edges.
Wireless Charging
Nokia Lumia 920 has wireless charging built-in. Although this does not mean you can charge your phone from a metre away, it is quite novel. The idea of charging your phone without plugging anything into it is simply cool, just place it on top of a wireless charging mat, pillow, or stand and charging begins. Call it convenient charging.
The good thing is that, Lumia 920 Qi-compatible, making it good to go on most wireless charging accessories in the market. Nokia will be selling its DT-900 wireless charger in separately in Nigeria.
High-speed Internet
Nokia Lumia 920 supports penta-band 4G LTE for super fast internet access offering downloads of up to 100Mbps (up to 50Mbps upload). In the Absence of 4G coverage, Lumia 920 offers the next best thing: quadband HSPA+ with up to 42.2Mbps download speed. Outside 3G/4G coverage the Lumia 920 supports GSM with data services on GPRS and EDGE. It also supports Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n for connecting over WLAN networks.
Pricing and availability
Nokia Lumia 920 is now available in Nigeria. Nokia Lumia 920 can also be ordered online at Nigeria's leading online store Jumia
Nokia Lumia 920 comes at a price of N89,000 to 102,000 depending on location.
Features and specs of Nokia Lumia 920
- Windows Phone 8 OS
- Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz Dual-Core Processor
- 1GB RAM
- Micro SIM
- Qi-Wireless Charging
- Storage: 32GB built-in, 7GB SkyDrive
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Office Apps: (Excel, Powerpoint, Word, One Note)
- Gyroscope, Digital compass, 3D Accelerometer
- Colours: yellow, red, white, grey, black
- GSM Quad-band (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
- 3G/3.5G (UMTS/HSDPA) quad-bands (850,900/1900/2100MHz)
- 4G LTE penta-bands (800/900/1800/2100/2600MHz)
- Wi-Fi Hotspot (up to 5 devices)
- Bluetooth 3.1
- Voice command/dial
- Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin integration
- GPS Navigation with A-GPS with Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport, Nokia City Lens, and Nokia Maps
- GLONASS
- Wi-Fi Positioning
- NFC
- SMS/MMS
- email/push email/IM
- Music player (MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB)
- Video player (HD, Mpeg4, WMA, 3GP)
- WLAN 802.11 a/b/g/n
- Photo/Video editor
- Internet Explorer 10 Browser
- Battery capacity: 2000mAh
- Standby: 400 hours (3G)
- Talktime: 10 hours (3G)
- Full Specs: Nokia Lumia 920
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