Nokia has just announced their first 2 new Windows Phone. According to CEO, Stephen Elop, these are the first real Windows phone. Although HTC might not agree with him. Two phone are Lumia 710 and Lumia 800. This, I believe, is Nokia's bet on Microsoft to keep-up with its straggling market. And I sure hope it would work. I always felt Windows Mobile OS is a great implementation with game changing ideas but it lacked the hardware that could advertise it. May be Nokia might be able to do it.
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| Nokia N9 |
Lumia 800 is actually Nokia N9 MeeGo phone ported to WinMo with some small changes. I happen to had the chance to get my hands on a N9. And I loved phone for the craftsmanship that Nokia put to it. There is no doubt Nokia is still the best Phone Maker when it comes to hardware design. The phone's unibody felt solid in your hand with curved gorilla touch screen. Meego felt really well done and worked flawlessly. It was a smooth experience. After a long time since 2009, when I changed my long time companion Nokia E90, I felt that this a Phone that I could buy. Well, I even went to a Nokia store only to find its still not available in Bangladesh! The phone is expected to be available in November.
Now going back to Lumia 800. Here are the differences between N9 and 800
| Nokia Lumia 800 | Nokia N9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Operating system | Windows Phone 7.5 Mango | MeeGo 1.2 |
| Display | 3.7-inch curved AMOLED | 3.9-inch curved AMOLED |
| Dimensions | 4.59 inches (116.5mm) by 2.4 inches (61.2mm) by 0.47 inch (12.1mm) | 4.59 inches (116.5mm) by 2.4 inches (61.2mm) by 0.47 inch (12.1mm) |
| Weight | 5.01 oz (142 grams) | 4.76 oz (135 grams) |
| Processor | 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 | 1GHz TI OMAP3860 |
| RAM | 512MB | 1GB |
| Storage | 16GB | 16GB or 64GB |
| Rear camera | 8-megapixel camera | 8-megapixel camera |
| Front camera | None | VGA |
| NFC | No | Yes |
Source: http://www.cnet.com/8301-17918_1-20126162-85/nokia-lumia-800-vs-nokia-n9/#ixzz1bvzkNazQ
The noticeable differences are the minor smaller screen size, higher processor, little bit weightier, no front facing camera, no SD card slot and no Gyro!
Initially Nokia announced that, they would have greater control over the Phone's software and Hardware choices when Microsoft is maintaining strict guideline with other vendors. However, we can see that, thats not the case here. Hardware choice seems to follow Microsoft Guideline and there is not customization of the OS: Its plain vanilla Window Mango!
Lumia 800
Judging from the form-factor and resemblance with N9, I could easily presume that Lumia 800 is a great hardware. Check this detailed review at: Arstechnica and CNet
I always loved Nokia and I believe their phones still provide best telephony experiences than any other phone in the market. I have been using Nokia's Smart phones (?) from the days of 6600. Then E61, E71, E72, E90. After using E90 for almost 2 years I felt I need to change to something else. Also note that while using all those Nokia phones I also carried phones from Samsung or other brands. My phone changing ride was an wild one. I kept on changing phone after phone for almost a year or so. HTC, Sony, Samsung.. Android, WinMo6.5... Then I went back to Nokia 97mini! Really, I did that. It was better than original N97. However, this time I felt the issue with Symbian since all the other Phones had either Android or WinMo. However, none of the OS could function as stably and as predictably as Symbian used to do. Moreover, Android and WinMo is build as Generic Multimedia Mobile OS where one of the functionality is Telephony. Whereas, Nokia was always about telephony and rest were bells and whistles. Probably this is why it is called "Feature" phone. However, this gave excellent telephony experience on Symbian. But Symbian was not something I wanted, its a wonderful OS done exactly "right" for Mobile devices but its outdated and was dying. Nokia continuously failed to revive one of my favorite OS.
I only wish Nokia do it right this time with Windows Mobile. I would seriously advice N9 or Lumia 800 for consideration. Let me know your thoughts.
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