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Nokia Lumia 800 review
With moderate use you will easily get a full working day out of the Lumia, especially as the Battery Saver feature can be turned on at any time to conserve juice.
These battery figures put the Lumia in the same league as Samsung's Galaxy S II. With Apple's IOS 5 battery bug running amok, the Iphone 4S ran out of juice before the Lumia 800, but that might change when Apple issues a fix.
The Lumia 800 will be available for free from around £26 per month on a 24-month contract when it arrives on 16 November. SIM-free devices are expected to cost around £470. This makes it more expensive than a SIM-free Samsung Galaxy S II, which can be picked up for just over £400, but the Lumia is cheaper than the Iphone 4S, which starts at £499.
The comeback is on
Does Nokia stick it to Apple and Samsung? If you're going to use apps and the camera on a daily basis the Iphone 4S is the better choice even though it locks you into Apple's ecosystem.
The Galaxy S II has the most customisable interface thanks to Android and is the only one of the three capable of playing Flash-based video content, although with Adobe about to scrap mobile support for the mobile Flash software this might not be a unique selling point much longer.
The Lumia is definitely worth your attention if you're a business user. It will cater to enterprise email, social networking, music and travelling needs just as well if not better than the IOS and Android devices. The excellent build quality, great screen size and unique apps make it a better bet for business users than the Windows Phone Mango HTC Titan.
In Short
Nokia's comeback is off to a good start with the Lumia 800. The high-end specifications and unique services help to make it the best Windows Phone handset available and a worthy alternative to Apple and Samsung devices.
The Good
Beautiful design, Amoled screen, free Nokia music and navigation apps, reasonable battery life.
The Bad
No micro-SD card slot, disappointing camera.
The Ugly
No Adobe Flash support.
Bartender's score
8/10
Tags: Hardware
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"If you're going to use apps and the camera on a daily basis the Iphone 4S is the better choice even though it locks you into Apple's ecosystem."
Excuse me, but doesn't Windows Phone 7.5 lock you into Microsoft's ecosystem? Doesn't Android lock you into the Google ecosystem? Just stick to the facts and leave the religion out of it, will you?
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So true. But it is the difference in between the ecosystem that should be obvious to you here. For one example, with Apple you pretty much stuck with either 3,4, or 4s. that's it my friend. And if that don't matter, then you're okay. So it is a fact andoid ecosystem is wider and more open budy.
Dear Lawrence D'Oliveiro: No detachable SD card in WP7 is a very calculated "omission". Rather than having customers putting in less than stellar quality cards, MS decided to not allow that feature. I have one LG E900 w 16 gb of built in storage and one ZTE Blade with an extra SD card of 8gb. In order to access the SD card in my Android phone I have to open the back cover of and remove the battery to access the SD card slot. How I would do that witout a rebbot is beyond me. My LG E900 has 16 MB of storage, which if enough for me. On my Blade I frequently get the message that I am running out of memory, I have yet to get that message on my WP7.5 Mango unit.
It seems to be a fundamental limitation of Windows Phone that you cannot add or remove storage without rebooting. That’s why these phones don’t have SD card slots.
Probably runs out of drive letters or something. Or maybe it’s a Windows Registry corruption problem.
"If you're going to use apps and the camera on a daily basis the Iphone 4S is the better choice even though it locks you into Apple's ecosystem."
Excuse me, but doesn't Windows Phone 7.5 lock you into Microsoft's ecosystem? Doesn't Android lock you into the Google ecosystem? Just stick to the facts and leave the religion out of it, will you?
Minor inaccuracies aside, I thought that was a well balanced review.
I have been reading a lot of tech site and newspaper reviews, and a lot of them were awful and biased.
it's so clear you have hacked that camera panel to death, i have had a nokia N97 mini for 2 years now and there not a mark on it, that kind of wear and tear on that camera body has so obviously been done so purposely to make a point !
For goodness sake - the 'scratches' you show in the photograph of the camera panel are apparent because you haven't removed the protective plastic film that covers the panel. This will impact on the quality of photographs too, and increase light glare. Have you never unpackaged electronics before?
I stopped reading this article when I got to this sentence in the second or so paragraph: "The 12.1mm chassis is moulded from a single piece of polycarbonate..." I wish these pseudo-expert technology writers would do a little bit of RESEARCH before gabbing with their big mouths. The phone's case is not moulded, it is machined, and that makes a huge difference with respect to the quality of the feel and the strength of the case.