The Nokia Lumia 1020 has finally arrived, and runs on the AT&T network in the United States. The bottom line is, if you are constantly taking pictures with a digital camera because your smartphone camera doesn’t make you happy enough, this is definitely a phone with considering. Nokia announced the 1020 as delivering the best-ever smartphone camera experience, and so far the reviews and opinions from industry analysts and consumers have definitely been in agreement in that regard.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 is available for a reduced sale price now starting at .
Also known as the Nokia EOS, the Lumia 1020 is available in yellow, white and black online from retailers like Amazon. The phone is currently offered at $269 with a standard two-year contract, and the biggest selling point is obviously the highly advertised and well received 41 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with optical image stabilization and Xenon flash. There are automatic and manual focus options, and the award-winning Nokia PureView technology has returned from previous best-selling Lumia models. Video capture runs 1,080P HD resolution and 30 frames per second, and a video light is on board for low-light situations.
The Lumia 1020 also delivers a dual capture function which allows you to simultaneously use both front and rear cameras, and that groundbreaking rear facing camcorder also delivers a 4x lossless digital zoom. The 41 megapixel camera on the back of the phone delivers an extensive special effects package and camera capabilities too numerous to detail in this short review, and brand-new PureView Phase 1 and Phase 2 mobile camera technologies are offered by Nokia for the first time. The front facing chat cam is a 1.2 megapixel model capable of recording video in 720P resolution and at 30 frames per second.
The Lumia 1020 also delivers HAAC mics capable of high-fidelity stereo recording, support for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 (upgradeable to WP8 Amber), a durable polycarbonate body and a large 4.5 inch AMOLED display. Resolution runs 768 x 1280 pixels and is delivered at 334 pixels per inch. That display is protected by a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, and boasts a polarizing filter. Talk time is a more than generous 19.1 hours after a full battery charge, with standby time running more than two weeks. The think tank on board the Lumia 1020 includes 32 GB of built-in data storage, 2.0 GB of RAM memory and an Adreno 225 GPU.
A dual core 1.5 GHz CPU is part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 system chip that powers the handset, and AT&T has included 7 GB of free SkyDrive cloud storage as well. Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, NFC and DLNA wireless technologies are present, and the handset offers Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby headphone sound enhancement. A Stereo FM radio with RDS display is on board, the Internet Explorer mobile web browser is present for web surfing right out-of-the-box, and popular applications Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, Picasa and Twitter are supported.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 can be purchased at a discounted price tag now starting at .
