Design

The Lumia 930 is frankly an unmissable device, assuming you haven’t gone for a black or white version of the device. From the front, you’ll find the 5” lightly curved display which takes 70 minutes to form and polish while in production. It’s surrounded by a think milled aluminium strip which resembles the Lumia 925. From the back, you’ll be hit in the face with the vibrant polycarbonate back (in this case, we received Orange) which also encompasses the camera and speaker.

The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass meaning it’s a little more resistant than other screens (and hey, it’s Nokia – so it’s bound to be able to take a beating) and the plastic backing has a soft feel to it while making it easier to hold the phone. The metal casing on the phone also acts as the antenna of the phone separated by split lines at the top and bottom of the phone which draw your eyes to the headphone jack (top) and the Micro USB port (bottom).

Due to the material used on the back of the phone, it picks up almost every smudge, mark or scratch you can find – which is disappointing since it really does degrade the quality a little. Some of the marks are quite easy to remove by just using your thumb, however, some smudges are rather tough to remove. Even when putting the phone in my pocket for the first 10 minutes of receiving the phone, it already had marks.

On the right hand side of the phone you’ll find the physical volume, power and camera buttons. The camera button will allow you to quickly launch the camera from sleep and is dual-detent, meaning pushing half way will initiate the focus and a full press will take the photo. Looking around the body of the phone, you’ll find tiny little holes which are microphones – offering the best audio capture possible and this feature was pressed hard at the launch event. The best audio is captured from the front of the phone.

Display

The screen is fantastic. Featuring a 5-inch Full HD OLED AMOLED display, it’s bright, beautiful and packs a resolution of 1920 by 1080 (1080p). The display can reproduce blacks quite well (one of the best we’ve seen) and the screen almost fills up the entire device thanks to the piece of curved glass ontop. Underneath the display, you’ll find three capacitive buttons which act as Back, Start and the Search button.