TweetToday, Nokia announced its first Lumia smartphones powered by Windows Phone 8: the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820.
The Nokia Lumia 920 brings a raft of technology firsts to the table, on top of all the great advantages offered by Windows Phone 8 and exceptional industrial design, making it our new flagship smartphone device and what we believe is the world’s most innovative phone.
Image is everythingThis is the best camera we’ve ever put in a smartphone. It offers the latest in PureView technology to allow for photography in much lower light conditions than has ever been the case on a smartphone previously. This is combined with genuine Optical Image Stabilization for dramatically reduced blur and movement.
In the words of Nokia EVP for Smart Devices, Jo Harlow, the PureView technology found in the Lumia 920 makes “it possible for a smartphone camera to take the kind of images usually only seen on a standalone SLR camera”.
The Lumia 920 also features PureMotion HD+ display technology, powering its generous 4.5-inch screen with the fastest, brightest, most-sensitive and highest resolution display ever seen in this market.
Power management for smartphones reaches unprecedented levels of usability with our largest ever battery (2000mAh). And now wireless charging – available on both the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 – makes topping up your power level faster and more convenient than ever before, both at home and in the office, and at venues such as cafes and airport lounges.
Our second Windows Phone 8 device is the Nokia Lumia 820. Here again, you’ll be able to experience all the new features of the platform in a stunningly designed package, a 4.3-inch screen, and the same fantastic performance levels offered by the 1.5GHz Dual Core Snapdragon S4 processor common to each device. The Lumia 820 meets the needs of the modern phone user with an exchangeable shell design for sports, going out with friends or staying charged the whole day.
Windows Phone 8 offers advantages like Internet Explorer 10, deeper integration with your PC, improved business grade security, together with the more personal, people-centred approach to showing and using information that has delighted users of earlier Lumia smartphones.
Finding the futureOn the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, our signature Location apps are extended and made more powerful:
Nokia Maps for Windows Phone 8 is going to work offline and will integrate walk navigation, an augmented reality view and venue maps.We’ve refreshed Nokia Transport to support search history, to get automatic over-the-air coverage updates, to be more user friendly and to integrate Nokia Maps walk navigation.Nokia City Lens is even better on Lumia powered by Windows Phone 8: you can now decide to get information only about the places in your line of sight and pin category tiles to the start screen.Location on the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 get a further, hardware-based boost with autonomous assisted GPS and GLONASS receivers. This means that you can see yourself on a map within seconds, even when you’re offline.
Our new Lumia phones come in a wide and vivid range of colours. The Nokia Lumia 920 comes in yellow, red, grey, white and black. The Nokia Lumia 820 goes two steps further with yellow, red, grey, cyan, purple, white and black models.
Both phones will be available in select markets in pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants later this year. Prices and release dates will be revealed in separate, later announcements.
There’s a lot to take in here. And we’ll be covering each part of these announcements in separate, detailed posts and videos. Stay tuned over the next days to learn more about latest in PureView, wireless charging, Location, PureMotion HD+ and to see the two new devices in more detail.
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http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100003396862887 Oiproks NemoIf not, Apple is sure going to patent it the next few hours…
http://twitter.com/841001 +1I like to think they do because they invented it.
malerocksI hope so…
http://twitter.com/mikeday1983 Mike DayIt seems that Pureview is now not a technology but a a marketing term.
http://twitter.com/vedhaspatkar Vedhas PatkarI read somewhere that there were around 70 of them.
http://twitter.com/vedhaspatkar Vedhas PatkarI read somewhere that there were around 70 of them.
http://twitter.com/vedhaspatkar Vedhas PatkarI read somewhere that there were around 70 of them.
http://twitter.com/vedhaspatkar Vedhas PatkarI read somewhere that there were around 70 of them.
http://twitter.com/vedhaspatkar Vedhas PatkarI read somewhere that there were around 70 of them.
nokiaiphoneplease correct your article, 920 is not the best camera phone! itis
NOKIA 808
NOkIA 808
are you blind or something?
http://twitter.com/mikeday1983 Mike DayMost innovative device ever???
Nokia 808
Nokia 808
No, it was the N900 or perhaps the N9. The 808 was behind even if it is still a great device. I would sold my car to get a N9 with the camera from the 808.
http://www.facebook.com/mikkohyvaerinen Mikko HyvärinenAs the article says: “the best camera we’ve ever put in a smartphone”. 808 is not a smartphone. Talking about blindness … please.
http://www.facebook.com/mikkohyvaerinen Mikko HyvärinenAs the article says: “the best camera we’ve ever put in a smartphone”. 808 is not a smartphone. Talking about blindness … please.
http://twitter.com/Charmilio20 EmilioWHEN?!?!?!
nokiaiphoneto be honest, nothing special about these two new lumia phone. everyone is waiting for iphone 5
http://twitter.com/AlexEfimoff Alex EfimoffI am not waiting for the iPhone 5
KaduschIt seems I need to wait for BB10 or perhaps Jolla. 
So sad… a good N9 successor would have been great!
Micha66Personally I’m currently waiting for the new BlackBerry. I own a N9 but I’m afraid we won’t see something similar from Nokia in the near future.
I am not waiting for iphone, I am completely happy with my Galaxy Nexus and Jelly Bean 4.1.1
http://twitter.com/mikeday1983 Mike DayMy Sonicare toothbrush from 12 years ago had wireless charging.
City Lens has been in betalabs for well over a year
Mapping was perfected on Symbian
The so-called “pureview” camera will get destroyed by the N8 and will not even be in the same league as the 808
NFC, been there done that.
“PureMotion HD” is as much of as a gimmick as “Retina Display”
Nokia music is good but hardly groundbreaking
That leaves the OS, which is now functional and stunning, not that Nokia had any real input to that.
Would I or anyone swap the 808 for this, I would definitely say no. Customer retention doesn’t seem to be a priority.
http://www.urban-society.de hassiaMr Day to each his own. I personally like the specs of the 808, not the design. So please do not equate the short comings which you do not like to everyone.
http://www.facebook.com/Ramiz.Sayyad Ramiz SayyadAwsm 
but I’m happy with my 710
way 2 go nok
tell me the price of nokia 808 after 920 announcement?
dead 808 is still priced higher than dead 900 lumia in my country.
KaduschI thought it is running Windows Phone 8? So why are there still 3 Buttons on the front of the device were I expected to see a as big as possible screen?!
Why don’t remove those and make the screen larger or perhaps the device a little bit smaller? You’ve done it already right at your N9 years ago.
http://www.facebook.com/Xtc40 Alexander HammerNo quad? No thx.. Why? Because you that’s why. No srsly I’ll wait for a quad core phone… You call this thing a “flagship” ? Nothing can be a flagship without having better hardware than the freaking s3… I was so exited about this but now I feel like someone continuously slapped me for 3 hours… Who cares for wireless charging … my toothbrush can do that.
http://www.facebook.com/Xtc40 Alexander HammerYou forgot to delete “fucking” in ”fucking toothbrush”… at least replace it with a ton of *’s
http://twitter.com/yusufozturk Yusuf OzturkWhat you gonna do with quad core proc today?
http://www.facebook.com/Xtc40 Alexander HammerAndroid doesn’t lag on a s3.. And I hate Android…
Why should I want less? 2000mAh why not 2300? Why dual core? Why not quad? I really don’t care if I Need it or not but I know what I want and what I want is a Quad core 2gb ram and wp8. I own a Sammy Omnia 7 and this thing beats all dual core Androids. I get relly pissed when a Company sells you something like a Iphone 4 and then minutes later sells you a freaking Iphone 4s … I wan’t the best they can do NOW. Every Company does this but I thought Nokia was the good guy. My bad.
Edit: Yeah I know this will make it more expensive but if I would care for Money I would buy one of those 9€ prepaid IStones.
http://twitter.com/dalydose Jeff DalyI’m more concerned with battery life than having “Quad Core” printed on the box. I have friends with all of that horsepower in their Android phones and they pretty much have CORDED phones now. They can’t stay off the charger for more than a few hours at a time.
I think Dual Core is the sweetspot right now. I complained about single core in WP7, mostly because it was a limitation and didn’t allow us to have 1080P video recording. There is no such limitation to Quad Core, so I’m not stressing it.
You sound like you want to have spec bragging and I don’t think Nokia is ever going to play that game, just to play it. You probably will be happier with an Android. There are choices and that might suit you. I’ll opt for the maximum blend of power, features and battery life.
MasterMuffinWindows 8 doesn’t need quad xore because it’s still smoother than android (trust me, I have sgs3 but my sisters nokia lumia 900 with only one core is as smooth)
KaduschIt still runs only Windows Phone. So no quadcore needed. If you want a Smartphone from Nokia you need to buy the outdated singlecore N9 or go somewhere else. Nothing to see here anymore. Sadly.
Great! when my contract is up 3 years from now (in Canada the phone contracts are 3 years) i’ll buy one!
steeliconAccording to GSMA.
Nokia Lumia 920 “PureView” vs. Nokia 808 PureView Pro
No Pentaband.
No MHL.
No HDMI.
No 3.5mm SD AV Out.
Heavier than Nokia 808 PV.
No AMOLED CBD.
No Dolby HD Audio.
No Nokia PureView Rich Recording.
No external card slot expansion (microSD)
No Xenon flash.
ND Filter is questionably absent.
No Adobe Flash / Flash Lite.
No FM radio.
No Radio Transmitter.
No Java support.
No high quality MEMS microphones.
No DivX/XviD out of the box support (questionably downloadable as app).
No MKV out of the box support (questionably downloadable as app).
The comparison list goes on and on and on…
BUT… now for the good news.
The Lumia 920 “PureView” will make the Nokia 808 PureView a household name. It will make the Nokia 808 PureView to be more sought after. The Lumia “PureView” will be sold in volume, so it is free advertising for the Nokia 808 PureView, considering 8.7MP vs. 41MP, people would rather buy the original true PureView Pro technology. Not to mention the draconian restrictions of Windows Phone 7.x/8.x.
LovrenaHmmm, so a big 185g package but:
- no HDMI,
- no Xenon,
- no microSD,
- no FM transmitter ,
- no Reach Recording and
- no real PureView (just some marketing BS).
Many important Nokia innovations that are only available for the good-old Symbian…
“Today we dine on Jellybeans” and “Things are about to change.” Bold statements. But when can we see that change?
steeliconMaybe now Nokia investors can only afford to eat jellybeans instead of real food the way the value of their shares in Nokia stock is plunging due to their BOD and CEO?
Micha66Don’t forget:
- no USB mass storage mode
- no Bluetooth file transfer
- no USB OTG
- no real multitasking
- no S-Video out
- no Qt Apps
- only Bing search
The specs are great, but it’s not just about the specs – there’s a lot of things in the 920 that make it a very usable phone day-to-day that you can’t directly compare with other phones:
- Wireless charging standard
- What will likely be an excellent camera (forget megapixels)
- A high resolution screen that also adjusts to its surroundings. Not just in brightness but in color too. You can even use gloves
In addition, there’s a beefy battery so you can still use the device more than a few hours. They’ve clearly focused on what adds the most value to people acting as people, which is why I’m excited about getting one.
Lovrena“Wireless charging standard”
- We all know that the efficiency of a wireless charging is far from ideal. So when Nokia is promoting the 5 star green charger there’s no place for some wasteful technology,
“What will likely be an excellent camera (forget megapixels)”
- In Nokia 808 the 41 MP is used for lossless zooming. I don’t care about the megapixels but the 1/1.2? sensor can deliver noise-free great night shots. An 1/3? sensor will never do such good job.
“A high resolution screen that also adjusts to its surroundings. Not just in brightness but in color too. You can even use gloves”
- Nokia used to have super bright 1000 nits ClearBlack screens. Lumia 920 offers 600 nits, so far-less sunlight readability – of course on double resolution. Gloves support is really nice, but not so many application offers such giant controls. Maybe one can dial and take calls, but the real-life usability is limited.
Sorry if my comment sounds negative. I love Nokia and love its innovations. I only want to see them delivered. Again.
http://seafoodie.me/ RyanTo be clear, I do agree with your points – it would be nice to have seen all of these features to make the ultimate superphone (esp. the 808's shooter).
My point here is that when I look at the rest of the choices out there (and what Apple is expected to announce), the 920 is clearly the most compelling in my opinion for the reasons I pointed out above.
LovrenaIt’s not possible to deliver one ultimate phone. The camera flagship is normally a bulky monster but can target a certain and not so small group.
The so called ultimate flagship may not need Xenon flash or 41 MP camera, but should pack all high-end features in a thin and lightweight (khm, trendy) package. For example MEMS microphones, microSD slots or FM transmitters are not really space consuming, while Dolby and DivX support are only software related. A real flagship should be truly versatile, full-featured, future-proof and should attract wide set of potential customers.
http://twitter.com/Hdrules HdnimavatNice coverage.. Mr. Ian and Nokia conversations team! Both phones are good enough to beat competitors in my opinion….looking forward to read Mr. Damian Dinning’s interview on new pureview features of Lumia 920 here.
http://kjmackey.blogspot.com KjM“This is the best camera we’ve ever put in a smartphone.”
Ian, you had to know this line was going to attract a lot of…attention.
I’m likely to disagree with the statement because I own the PureView phone – you know the one.
The one with the 41MP sensor that allows lossless digital zooming for still and moving images.
The one with the 41MP sensor that allows for oversampling to create the perfect pixel (or as near to “perfect” as this imperfect universe allows.)
Do you imagine DP Review might review the Lumia 920?
http://conversations.nokia.com Ian DelaneyIt will be very interesting to see the reviews, I am sure. But really, what we’ve been saying for a long time (even when we launched the 808) is that we’re over megapixels. They are an incredibly poor measure of any camera. Let’s judge a camera only by its results.
LovrenaIan, both of us knows that Nokia 808 is not about the 41 MP. It’s about the 1/1.2? sensor that can deliver 3x lossless zoom at 8 MP mode and excellent low-light photos. The new Lumia 920 has an 1/3? sensor with the same 1.4 micron pixel size. Yes, the lens is f/2 and not f/2.4 but that’s all. It is simply not possible to match the low-light performance of a roughly 5-6 times bigger sensor and there’s no way to match the lossless zooming. It is fact, and there’s no review that will say the opposite.
http://kjmackey.blogspot.com KjMMy sentiments exactly. I was even going to begin with “We both know it’s not bout the 41MP…”
You got there first, and eloquently.
In a perfect universe physics, and the arena of optics, trump marketing.
Micha66So desperated marketing maybe to call it pureview, too?
Davids KelleDesign = color full shit sry nokia u vass my favorite
http://profile.yahoo.com/PZU5RBXJEYKQN57CG5JGA7SFNY yahoo-PZU5RBXJEYKQN57CG5JGA7SFNYFlaggschiff??? das wichtigste ist nicht dabei, kein HDMI, kein Flash player, kein SD-Schacht, kein QuadCore, ansonste ist es ein schickes handy aber leider nur Durchschnitt!! Der aktienkurs wird wohl weiter runter gehen, Eigentlich Schade um Nokia!!
LovrenaThe from is English-only. So the translation:
“Flagship? the most important features are missing: no HDMI, no Flash player, no SD slot, no quad-core CPU. It’s good-looking but unfortunately only an average one! The share price will probably fall further, really sad about Nokia!”
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=765249427 Rafal WoloszynNo FM radio!
http://www.facebook.com/SexyMexicanito Antonio RamirezI hope they have external memory expansion.
http://twitter.com/majed_3 ???? ???????when it will be available for order? this is part of the event you miss today!!!
http://conversations.nokia.com/ Heidi LemmetyinenExact availability will be announced later. Stay tuned.
http://profile.yahoo.com/PZU5RBXJEYKQN57CG5JGA7SFNY yahoo-PZU5RBXJEYKQN57CG5JGA7SFNY[deleted - please post only in English. Check the comments policy.]
URNumber6Decent hardware, shame about the OS.
NOKIA are drowning in the icy waters because they’re being dragged down by the dead weight that is WPx and the worse thing is the platform they jumped off wasn’t really on fire in the first place, well not until Elop deliberately ignited it.
By killing Meltemi he’s sacrificed any hope of the ‘next billion’ too, that now belongs to Samsung, ZTE, Huawei, Xiaomi, etc…
Who really wants a J2ME device these days?
Every decision Elop makes is to the benefit of Microsoft even if it’s clearly to the detriment of NOKIA.
http://profile.yahoo.com/NV25ZPWMBDYFXEYR3AWQ43ZS5E Hein SZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz
http://twitter.com/AlexEfimoff Alex EfimoffAt the moment the PureView technology consists of:
- 41 megapixel sensor
- Floating Lens OIS
I hope to see them implemented in a single device a-la Nokia PureView 909
Please Nokia please tell us that you’ve listened and remembered to install an FM transmitter
Breakingillusionsjoining Nokia Forces with lumia 820 when it comes to stores
Joseph DaigleHow/where can we view the webcast from earlier? I do not live in the Eastern timezone, so missed out on the live webcast. I go to the nokia events page, and see “request is missing required parameter”, along with text at the bottom that says “when the live stream is over, webcast becomes immediately available on-demand”.
So where do I demand it? :-)
Joseph DaigleHow/where can we view the webcast from earlier? I do not live in the Eastern timezone, so missed out on the live webcast. I go to the nokia events page, and see “request is missing required parameter”, along with text at the bottom that says “when the live stream is over, webcast becomes immediately available on-demand”.
So where do I demand it? :-)
Joseph DaigleHow/where can we view the webcast from earlier? I do not live in the Eastern timezone, so missed out on the live webcast. I go to the nokia events page, and see “request is missing required parameter”, along with text at the bottom that says “when the live stream is over, webcast becomes immediately available on-demand”.
So where do I demand it? :-)
http://www.facebook.com/yoligon Yolimar Gonzalezwhat? THERE IS NOT A BLUE LUMIA 920, NOKIA WHAT´S WRONG WITH YOU? I loved the color of the lumia 900 and it looks weird the yellow phone with the blue speakers, Please bring it in blue
a_f_aMcDonalds combination… as another person pointed.. Mustard & Kethcup
Sri Ganesh BuddhavarapuEverything about 920 – hardware & software – screams sexy !! Until…….I found it weighs 185gms. It is heavier than GNote II ! Lumia 920 is a new benchmark for smartphone obesity….If it was <145gms, I would have bought it in an snap….well they don't sell it yet anyway….giving me a lot of time of time to overcome my impulsive purchase instincts and shop around…..well this seems to be the curtain closure of Nokia……due to pathetic marketing and disconnect from customers, sorry ads (beta testing over?) and shows …… it is a shame considering it looks brilliant and had an outstanding and exclusive potential to become a leader with WP8 with great technologies. No HDMI port, no microSD slot, no Radio, No voice recognition/assistant, no matte finish – very soon it is clear why this is doomed for bigger failure than Lumia 900.
FredrikIt’s unfortunate 920 only have 32GB of storage, 64GB would be much nicer. So I hope a 64GB model is released too.
But most of all I would like to see a 920 using Meego instead of WP8.
Can you please publish the live event? I want to see it. Thank you.
a_f_aI tried to watch online the event.. an event that would present a very intersting phone from my favorite brand.
However i was deeply dissapointed and the reason was not the product, not the streaming, not even the presenters (although they performed rather poorly).
My problem was Nokia itself. A Finish, European company that used to have a humble, humanistic approach to its communication.
Instead, i saw an American (Microsoft?) show…where “cowboys” and “cowgirls” were just quoting “cool” “super awesome” etc etc.
Did i miss something? Did Microsoft take over Nokia?
Tuo Nokia takaisin!!!!
http://twitter.com/bluechrism Chris MartinThis is going to be a really minor point for most but…
“pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants later this year” This phrase is very misleading, especially to us T-Mobile customers in the US who look for the hope that an unlocked device, especially one from Nokia, might support 1700mHz. (I think there are other carriers that use 1700 as well – Wind in canada perhaps?)
try rephrasing to say “pentaband LTE and quadband HSPA+”. much less misleading and I don’t get all excited about devices I probably can’t buy, due to the mess that is the US mobile market.
by the way, is it really so hard to do pentaband HSPA+ for Windows phone. On Symbian, pretty much every device was pentaband. these days it’s none.
http://twitter.com/bluechrism Chris MartinThis is going to be a really minor point for most but…
“pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants later this year” This phrase is very misleading, especially to us T-Mobile customers in the US who look for the hope that an unlocked device, especially one from Nokia, might support 1700mHz. (I think there are other carriers that use 1700 as well – Wind in canada perhaps?)
try rephrasing to say “pentaband LTE and quadband HSPA+”. much less misleading and I don’t get all excited about devices I probably can’t buy, due to the mess that is the US mobile market.
by the way, is it really so hard to do pentaband HSPA+ for Windows phone. On Symbian, pretty much every device was pentaband. these days it’s none.
http://twitter.com/bluechrism Chris MartinThis is going to be a really minor point for most but…
“pentaband LTE and HSPA+ variants later this year” This phrase is very misleading, especially to us T-Mobile customers in the US who look for the hope that an unlocked device, especially one from Nokia, might support 1700mHz. (I think there are other carriers that use 1700 as well – Wind in canada perhaps?)
try rephrasing to say “pentaband LTE and quadband HSPA+”. much less misleading and I don’t get all excited about devices I probably can’t buy, due to the mess that is the US mobile market.
by the way, is it really so hard to do pentaband HSPA+ for Windows phone. On Symbian, pretty much every device was pentaband. these days it’s none.
peterand when and where you will release them? I can’t believe it that you missed prices and dates!!!
Mac Morrisonreally hope there’s an ‘instagram’ lens when it launches
the only questions is red or yellow?
really hope there’s an ‘instagram’ lens when it launches
the only questions is red or yellow?
No FM radio, what a amsrt strategy… BRAVO
QrczaQ :-)No FM radio, what a amsrt strategy… BRAVO
perecFXShare price dropped by over 10 percent during the firm’s Lumia 920 announcement as investors remain unconvinced.
No HDMI, no 3.5 mm video out, no external card slot, no Adobe Flash, no FM radio, no radio transmitter. Looks the same as previous Lumia models which failed on market.
Nokia, you dead.
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