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cyberworldukltd 14 May 2012
Good: Lumia's design
Bad: Lumia's cost
Comment: The Lumia's design will bring on a sense of déjà vu for anyone who has previously seen Nokia's N9 handset. The body is hewn almost entirely from polycarbonate and is available in three colours: black, cyan and magenta. The two long edges are curved like the old iPod Nano and the back is gently sloped at the top and bottom.
mancunian2009 7 May 2012
Good: Hardware and slick feel of the software
Bad: Lagging behind in Apps
Comment: Bought this one after a lot of research. Have owned iPhones and Android through HTC Desire hence can compare my user experience with other OS's.
To start off the design of the Lumia is spectacular, joy to use and feel. Have the black one but the other colors are suoerb too. It came with a default case which looks and feels great too. The size is the same as the Desire and I think is apt. I don't understand the huge phones coming outing the recent times, if you need a large one get a tablet. I went for the 800 instead of the 900 specifically due to the size.
Coming to the Windows OS. It has a very slick and premium feel. Works smoothly and is a refreshing change. Feels much more refined than the Android but doesn't have as many tweaks. In terms of apps, it is getting there but has a lot of catching up to do.
The main thing I'm waiting for is the Hotspot feature which is coming imminently I hope.
The integration of Facebook and Twitter into the OS works very well. Integrates very well with Google and Hotmail for mail, contacts etc. outlook mail works very well too.
The Nokia maps and Drive is a joy to use and is quite accurate and upto date.
Nokia Music is superb which allows four offline categories to be on the phone at one time ( can be replaced anytime )and all the others can be accessed through the web anytime. The music in the categories keeps updating so there's always new music.
The local scout feature is quite good but needs many more options to come on them as the list is quite selective.
Haven't used the Xbox live but I hear it's quite good.
Coming to the all important battery life. It's much better than my HTC Desire. Easily lasts a day with lots of email and Internet use with occasional GPs use with the usual phone and SMS use. It needs to get better and hope the future tweaks help improve it.
All in all very satisfied with the phone and hope the Windows and Nokia partnership gets better and provides us with a good alternative to Android and iOS
bddsh 25 April 2012
Good: toch ing part
Bad: not used in my country before
Comment: hown can i use it since we dont have 3g or other acceses?
how about drive cidy not given to me.i purchased from New delhi & took it ethipioa.
sonymad 17 April 2012
Good: Quality design Clever interface Speedy browser Intuitive contact linking Xbox integration
Bad: Internet text display dodgy at times No Flash video Zune player takes ages to copy video across Video recording not impressive Battery issues still prevail
Comment: UPDATED: We've now updated this review based on usage of the Nokia Lumia 800 for around four months, which has included the first formal OS update, so take a look at our updated findings, complete with star rating.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is the first Windows Phone handset to spring from the Microsoft / Nokia tie-up announced roughly a year ago.
The Nokia Lumia 800 shares its exterior styling with the previously substantially less hyped Nokia N9, a Meego-based smartphone, although the screen size is reduced from 3.9 inches (854 x 480 pixels) to 3.7 inches (800 x 480 pixels) to conform to the Windows Phone spec list.
The CPU, however, increases from the 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 to the 1.4GHz MSM8255 Snapdragon/Scorpion which certainly helps add snap to the Windows Phone Mango operating system.
The Nokia Lumia 800 (£400 SIM-free), although being the more expensive of the two Nokia Windows Phone offerings (the other being the £299 SIM-free/£199 PAYG Nokia Lumia 710) shares the Nokia N9's 16-bit AMOLED ClearBlack display whereas the Nokia Lumia 710 sports a 24-bit ClearBlack TFT.
This being said, even though the colour depth is theoretically deeper than in the Nokia Lumia 710, AMOLED screens are seen as better than the older TFT technology due to the more vivid colours and better contrast ratios.
Moving away from Nokia comparisons, the Lumia 800 also has to compete with the likes of the HTC Titan and HTC Radar Windows Mango phones. When we compare screen size we find the Nokia Lumia 800 feeling a little small with the HTC Radar and HTC Titan entering the fray with 3.8-inch and 4.7-inch screens respectively although all competitors are limited to the same 800 x 480 pixel resolution.
Obviously the iPhone has managed to be a success with a smaller screen at 3.5 inches, but the trend towards bigger displays is increasing all the time, and we have to say we're fans of those over four inches thanks to the improved internet and media experience.
This means that the pixel density on the Lumia 800 is a little sharper, but in our side by side comparisons we noted very little difference between them.
When it comes to internal storage the Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Titan are equal with 16GB of fixed internal storage, with the Nokia Lumia 710 and HTC Radar weighing in with 8GB a piece.
Based on the two manufacturer's product specs it soon becomes apparent that the Nokia Lumia 800 is intended to compete against the HTC Titan and the Nokia Lumia 710 with the HTC Radar.
When compared dimensionally with the HTC Titan (131.5mm x 70.7mm x 9.9mm and 160g) we note that the Nokia Lumia 800 (116.5mm x 61.2mm x 12.1mm and 142g) cuts a very slim profile, with a lighter yet reassuring weight.
The physical appearance of the Nokia Lumia 800 is a dream to observe and handle, with its smooth curves fitting snugly to the hand both with and without the protective case provided in the purchase packaging.
That said, if you're used to handling the current crop of super slim handsets doing the rounds in today's phone shops, you can't help but feel the Lumia 800 is a little on the chunky side, even compared to the iPhone 4S thanks to it being around 10 per cent thicker.
However, that's not to say it isn't an attractive device, with its large 3.7-inch AMOLED screen pushed to the sides of the chassis and a cool curved polycarbonate shell gives the phone a very premium feel indeed.
Nokia has worked very hard on the unibody design here, using top-mounted flaps to cover the charging port and SIM slot, but sadly leaving the battery inaccessible. Intriguingly, we're seeing a microSIM here, which seems to be the fashion for the next wave of smartphones.
The battery is something we can get on board with as this isn't the first Nokia device to have an enclosed power pack and makes sense if it allows a greater design freedom.
There was no easy option for battery removal on the Nokia N8 or Nokia E7, for example. The problem is that with a charge lasting no more than a day, the option to switch out the battery, as with the Nokia Lumia 710, would have been nice.
The microSIM is somewhat more of an annoyance, since we couldn't even carry an old Nokia as a back-up because the SIM card is a different size.
SIM card adaptors are available, but use them at your own risk since they have a tendency to wedge in some phones. Add to this the frustration when you find that some operators charge for providing a microSIM when on a standard SIM contract.
The SIM to microSIM switch comes down to the simple issue of space. In the phone, the microSIM sits within the metal assembly bottom right.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is quite reasonably priced, costing nothing on as little as a £26 Orange or Vodafone contract with Carphone Warehouse compared with HTC Titan starting at £31 pm with Vodafone and £36 pm with Orange.
killtheapple 23 March 2012
Good: Social phone
Bad: Nothing
Comment: Best looking phone I have ever seen.
Daiibrooks 20 March 2012
Good: nothing what so ever
Bad: everything.
Comment: you say the battery is good? i use my phone work and persnal life, its the worst phone ever regret getting it, bluetooth dont work? camera and video settings are crap, no good apps for what i need, all there is on there is facebook & twitter and all stupid social networking sites, its pathetic, really slow, every single phone i have had is nokia but a nokia lumia is by far the worst one ever would rather have a nokia 3210 again. at least i can trust it, this phone goes off when it wants hangs up on people!
pathetic waste of money if anyone wants to get one more fool them they will waste there money.. and to the person who said only apple lovers will hate this phone, not at all i use a ipod and thats it im no lover off apple im all for nokia's but this phone is SH*T!!!
J33356 25 February 2012
Good: Looks & Feels good
Bad: poor os & heavy
Comment: Owned a Lumia 800 for three months, so know what i'm talking about when say this phone has a long way to go before up to Android standard. The phone is definitely aimed at children, or persons up to 21 years. The facebook, twitter interface dominates the os. There is no way to instantly to see battery percentage or more important data use. You are as said in other reviews delving in to the menu for any relevant information that shoud be clearly displayed. The phone is very heavy & the camera button is slightly higher than the others & is easily caught when holding without the case. Any transfer of music or pictures, has to be done via cable to pc because bluetooth only works with a headset, not for data transfer ! very much a closed phone. The os is far too sensitive & keyboard is tiny. Another thing is the font, I'm in my 30's & you can't change the font size & its small. My eyes are not as good as used to be & found myself constantly holding the phone trying to make out things like mobile numbers when trying to relay to someone. The os has a long way to go & its such an ache swapping music & such, without bluetooth. I have now given up on the device & sold it & moved on to Google Nexus & its like living a dream after being in a nightmare. I think Nokia should call it a day, they appear to still be living in the 90's.
BTPhil 16 February 2012
Good: Superb Windows phone, quick response, ease of use, loads of features.
Bad: Battery life, but is being rectified.
Comment: Only an Apple lover will dislike this phone, Move over Apple Windows is coming, not only on phones but tablets as well. Can't wait.
Ian Mills 6 February 2012
Good: not much
Bad: everything really
Comment: Nasty thing, overly glossy and not anywhere near as good as the E5 that I have. Crappy touch screen for texting, everything is buried in menus and sub-menus, camera very average, this is not a business phone but might be idea for teenagers. Very disappointed, I will continue on with the E5.
I just don't feel that I'm in control of this thing, all the settings that I want I can't find, the screen is way too sensitive which means you go from one menu to the next without wanting to, getting back to where you were is a nightmare... why the heck did Nokia team up with MS anyway? This is surely playing at least third fiddle to anything that's already out there and what's the point of that?
Quentin Piers 1 February 2012
Good: Looks & feels great
Bad: silly usability issues - not 100% thought through
Comment: great looking phone with really nice feel. But some dumm problems around the usage of certain features like radio presets, offline maps and always going back to the browser. Have a look here for all my issues with this phone : www.nokia-lumia-800.org.