

Nokia is in a desperate position and its trying everything to get back to its past prominence. Samsung and other companies have shattered Nokia apart on its own playground. Nokia adapted the old school methodology and released its flagship Lumia 1020.

The Lumia 1020 is one of the most beautiful smartphone when it comes to the design. The design team has done an excellent job in designing their flagship. Nokia is trying to follow Apple’s path of keeping a standardized design for its products. The negative aspect of the design comes out to be its bigger form factor, which is 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm and weight of around 158 grams. The thickness and the weight definitely adds some bulk to our pockets.

We all know that the Lumia 1020 may not be best in class if we consider the hardware and software specifications. If we consider Samsung Galaxy S4 then it is very true that it can beat Lumia 1020 in most of the grounds and will come up as a solid all-rounder overall. The Lumia 1020 packs a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon Krait processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with Adreno 225 GPU. It also packs a fair amount of 2 GB RAM and an inbuilt storage of 32 GB which cannot be expanded. It also supports LTE network and most of the connectivity features.

The version of Windows Phone 8 which the Lumia 1020 runs has some restrictions and only allows processors up to 2 cores. Moreover, due to the display constraint of the Windows Phone 8, Nokia could only provide a 4.5” AMOLED Display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 which is far behind the current flagships having Full HD resolution. Thankfully, Nokia has coupled the display with it Clear Back technology to redefine the image quality. Nokia has also supplied us with some additional features to adjust the color tone and saturation according to our needs and usage. The display is protected with the latest Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for extra tough protection. Overall the build and the display of the smartphone comes out to be very solid.

The most attractive selling point of the Lumia 1020 is its Pure View 41 Mega Pixel Camera. It is the same camera module which made a debut with Nokia 808, the last Symbian Smartphone. There is Optical Image Stabilizer built on to the camera module for enhanced low light photography. It is coupled with a Carl Zeiss lens and a powerful Xenon flash for better image appearance. The camera is also capable of recording Full HD videos @30fps with 4x digital lossless zoom. It also has a front camera of 1.2 Mega Pixels capable of recording videos at 720p resolution. We have to admit that the camera is indeed excellent and there is no other phone that can match its camera quality.

Lumia 1020 can also emerge as a great multimedia device for you. The Nokia Gallery, Music and the Video Apps are excellent and lets you watch and listen to all the major formats without any pain. The Nokia Maps app gives a good competition to the Google Maps and it provides accurate directions to the users.

Overall, Lumia 1020 leaves us impressed. There is no doubt that the Windows Phone 8 is no match for Android and iOS. But, if you are looking for a good replacement for your Android phone or you are a hardcore Nokia fan boy then rush to the nearest store and get your device.