Review of the Nokia Lumia 800
You might have heard that Nokia, the former king of the mobile phone world, is struggling. Its future really depends on its latest release. The burden is quite heavy for the Nokia Lumia 800 but the company promises that its only beginning and more exciting products are set to follow.
The Lumia 800 was actually rushed into production taking only around half a year to build. Lumia looks like the the N9, plus the Mango, and some abrakadabra from Nokia.
Hardware
Nokia said that the Lumia 800 is an improved product or a refinement of the Nokia N9 but looking at its specs, it looks like the new phone is worse off. The Lumia 800 does not have the pentaband 3G configuration, no front facing camera, plus the notification LED has gone poof. The screen is also a bit smaller compared to the N9 because of the buttons below.
The Lumia 800 has a RAM of 512 MB only instead of getting a 1 GB. The storage is also not that appealing maxing out at 16GB instead of 64 GB like the N9. The phone also cannot be coupled with other Nokia accessories because it does not have the NFC.
Amid our complaints, we can see that the best features that you can find on the Nokia N9 were also implemented on the Lumia 800 starting with the nice industrial look. The brains of this phone is as the same setup as the Titan using the single-core MSM8255 processor clocking at 1.4 GHz. Those who have not see an AMOLED display before will also be very happy.
We compared notes with some reviews, and saw that there were some complaints that might be power related.
Software
The operating system of the Lumia 800 runs smoothly, runs fast, and looks good. The keyboard is very easy to use. You might not have the wide variety of apps yet but the core functions are handled well. For now you can tinker with Nokia Drive, Nokia Music, and App Highlights which points you to other apps like eBay, Kindle, or Accuweather.
Verdict
The Lumia 800 can be a good phone depending if you are the type who likes Windows Phone. It is a carefully crafted, simple, and efficient device but do not look for high resolutions, widgets, big storage, and other high end features.
