Published by Steve Litchfield at 8:52 UTC, September 4th 2014

Billed as an 'affordable flagship' at IFA 2014, Microsoft has launched the Lumia 830, with Lumia Denim software, 10MP 'PureView' camera and OIS, plus a replaceable battery and optional Qi wireless charging. Think of it as a cross between last year's 820 and the newer high end 930. News, plus some hands-on pics below.





From the press release:

Lumia 830: The affordable flagship The Lumia 830 offers the best of Lumia and the latest from Microsoft in a pocket-friendly design and price.

• The Lumia 830 captures high-quality images and videos, day or night, with a 10-megapixel PureView camera with ZEISS optics, Rich Recording and the thinnest optical image stabilization system to date on a Lumia.

• It delivers the best of Microsoft with pre-loaded Microsoft Office Mobile; the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim; and OneDrive with 15 GB of free storage, allowing content to be synced and shared easily.

• It comes with flagship Lumia innovations such as integrated wireless charging in a sleek and light aluminum and polycarbonate design.

Lumia 830 will begin rolling out globally this month, priced around 330 euros before taxes and

subsidies.



Technically, yes, Microsoft's new Nokia Lumia 830 has a 'PureView' camera, in that the 10MP shooter has OIS - so we're talking the Lumia 920 definition of 'PureView', but the super-fast shooting modes indicate that there's no processor-intensive oversampling going on here. Or indeed the potential for lossless zoom.

Of special note are the new multiple-capture modes built-in - it's not clear which of these will make their way out to other Lumias - I'm guessing just the 1520 and 930:

dynamic flash

rich capture

Both of these use hardware-driven multiple captures, in order to mix and match between flash/no-flash and HDR images in a fast-taken batch.





From the extended promo articles:

Continuing the Lumia design legacy, the stylish Lumia 830 will be available in bright orange, bright green, white and black. At just 8.5mm thin, it’s our thinnest and lightest Lumia to date, with metal and polycarbonate that screams premium design, durability and performance. Powered by a 1.2GHz Snapdragon quad-core processor, prepare yourself for faster and smoother web browsing and gaming action on the sharp five-inch ClearBlack display, which offers readability in sunlight and feels great thanks to super-sensitive touch technology with Curved Gorilla 3.0 glass.

The Lumia 830 comes with Lumia Denim, presumably the packaged and customised Microsoft value-added variant of Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1. Denim follows Cyan and should be available to other devices sometime in Q4, 2014.





Specifications:

Memory: 1 GB RAM, 16 GB internal user memory; 15 GB OneDrive cloud storage, micro SD expandable up to 128 GB

Display: 5” IPS LCD HD (1280 x 720), Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Curved Glass (2.25D), Lumia color profile, wide viewing angle, Nokia Glance screen

Processor: 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400

Camera: Main camera : 10 Mpix PureView with ZEISS optics and OIS, 1080p (Full HD, 1920 x 1080) @ 30 fps; Nokia Camera, Nokia Storyteller, Nokia Creative Studio

Size: 139.4 x 70.7 x 8.5 (volumetric) mm, Weight: 150 g

Connectivity: USB 2.0, BT 4.0, WLAN IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5 mm audio connector

Battery: removable 2200 mAh

Audio: 3 high performance microphones, Nokia Rich Recording with surround sound capture (Dolby 5.1), Uplink noise cancellation for calls, 3.5 mm AV connector

Networks:LTE RoW, GSM 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 1900 MHz, WCDMA 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz, LTE 1, 3, 7, 8, 20

Nokia Sales Package Accessories:

Charger: AC-60

Cable: CA-190CD

Battery: BV-L4A

Guides: Booklet

Note: there may be differences in country / customer variants

Promo videos

Two from Nokia so far: