Nokia unveils new Lumia 920, 820 smartphones

Sep 05, 2012 21:29pm

Nokia revealed its first smartphones - Lumia 920 and 820 - which run the next version of Windows (Windows Phone 8 OS), a big step for a company that has bet its future on an alliance with Microsoft.
The Lumia 920 has a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD WXGA (1280x768) IPS LCD, ClearBlack, super sensitive touch display. It comes with Nokia's largest ever 2000mAh battery.
Nokia's Lumia 920 has 1GB of RAM, 32 GB mass memory. The company also offers 7GB of Skydrive storage. The Nokia Lumia 920 comes in yellow, red, grey, white and black.
The Nokia Lumia 920 sports an 8.7 megapixel (with Nokia PureView advanced optical imaging stabilisation and Carl Zeiss optics) rear camera and a 1.2 megapixel front camera. Its connectivity options include NFC, Wi-Fi hotspot and Bluetooth 3.1.
The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with built-in wireless charging. It can be charged without being plugged in; the user just places it on a wireless charging pod.
Nokia also unveiled a cheaper, mid-range phone, the Lumia 820. The Lumia 820 has a 4.3-inch ClearBlack OLED WVGA 800x480. It comes with a 1650mAh battery with support for Qi wireless charging.
The Lumia 820 is armed with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor. The phone has 1GB RAM, 8GB mass memory with microSD memory card support and 7GB free SkyDrive storage.
The Lumia 820 sports an 8 megapixel auto focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, aual LED flash. It has a front-facing VGA camera. Nokia Lumia 820 comes in red, yellow, grey, cyan, purple, white and black.
The Lumia 820 doesn't have the special camera lenses, but it sports exchangeable backs so you can switch colours.
The Lumia 920 is also powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor.
The company has not yet revealed pricing and availability details of these new phones.