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Nokia Lumia 800

The Nokia Lumia 800 is a great buy for getting a new and fresh smartphone. It looks gorgeous and apart from some small issues will make you quite happy that you got it.

Posted on: Friday, February 03, 2012 14:09 IST | Vinod Unny

Updated on: Friday, February 03, 2012 14:20 IST

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Estimated Street Price

29,000/-

Whats Hot
- Amazingly clear and scratch proof screen; Exclusive apps for Windows Phone

Whats Not
- Very flimsy microUSB cover; Slightly underclocked CPU

The Windows Mango OS based addition from Nokia boasts of an amazingly clear and scratch proof screen, exclusive apps, and impressive specs, but has a flimsy microUSB cover and a slightly underclocked CPU.

The Lumia 800 runs the latest version of Windows Phone (WP) and is really a pleasure to use. If you’re used or using an iOS or Android device, WP would come as a breath of fresh air over the old staid rows and pages of icons that you get to see. But since we’ve covered the features of WP before, this review will only take a look at the Lumia’s specific hardware.

The Lumia 800 has a 3.7” ClearBlack AMOLED capacitative multitouch screen with Gorilla Glass that makes it completely scratch proof. The curved AMOLED screen makes the 800x480 resolution really shine through and looks gorgeous. Just below the screen are the 3 capacitative touch buttons for Back, Home and Search. One of the small issues I had with the buttons was that they are placed too close to the screen with no discernible difference about where they start. All the other metallic buttons are on the right side – the volume rocker, power/lock and camera.

The camera button allows you to not just wake the phone when on standby but even takes you directly to the camera even if the phone has a screen lock – a feature that Apple copied into its latest iOS5. The 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss lenses make for a really powerful and nice camera which also shoots 720p video. On top are the micro-SIM and micro-USB slots along with the 3.5mm headphone jack. Another issue here is the plastic cover of the micro-USB slot. It’s extremely flimsy and the charging cable managed to bend it when plugged in. You will need to be really careful when using the cover.

Internally, the phone uses a Qualcomm single-core CPU. Quite enough for the graphics capabilities of WP. However, the chip has been underclocked for some reason which shows up in the WPBench app with slightly lower performance scores than that of other similar WP phones, albeit very minor differences.

Nokia does have some exclusive apps in the phone. The first one is Nokia Maps. This is a mapping and local discovery app for the phone. By using this you can find stuff like restaurants, movies etc. around you and find an address. Nokia Drive is a full featured GPS based navigation system with voice capability. While testing this, I found that Nokia Drive was way better than the Bing Maps for my city (Gurgaon) and even much better than Google Maps. I was not only able to find my way back home (which comes after a complex series of turns) but also the shortest and one with least traffic. While Google Maps was able to find the address, it struggled with turn-by-turn directions and never gave me the shortest way back. Drive is highly recommended for use in India. Nokia Music is another exclusive app which is a kind of free internet radio that streams music from Nokia’s store.

Specifications:
Windows Phone 7.5 OS
1.4 GHz Scorpion
16 GB storage, 512 MB RAM
3.7 inch ClearBlack AMOLED multitouch screen 480 x 800 pixels
8MP camera with Carl Zeiss lenses that can shoot 720p video
116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, 142 gm
1450mAh battery

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fayas said on 3/2/2012 12:46:25 PM:
its an awesome phone.

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DEVKUMAR said on 3/1/2012 3:28:10 PM:
it's so smart and i felt pc in my hand.

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Rahmathulla said on 3/1/2012 1:06:51 PM:
Awesome

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DINESH.V said on 3/1/2012 11:18:25 AM:
BEST SMART PHONE AND IT TIME TO CHANGE ORDINARY PHONE TO THIS EXORDINARY SMART PHONE.EVERY MOBILE USERS WANTS HIS DATA SECURE ANA SAFE.LUMIA GIVE THAT SECURITY

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Sridhar said on 3/1/2012 11:02:03 AM:
Superb

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samba shiva said on 3/1/2012 10:28:54 AM:
The best smartphone from nokia till now. and it is having sky drive memory up to 25 GB. share linked in and socil network contacts linked in so much of features commited me to like it

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Aparnna A R said on 3/1/2012 10:15:16 AM:
Stylish and easy to use

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Rini R said on 3/1/2012 10:07:45 AM:
I Like it...

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Kunjumon J said on 3/1/2012 9:51:51 AM:
Very good, user friendly phone

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Vineeth K said on 3/1/2012 9:50:09 AM:
Excellent and user friendly

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Rakhikrishnan. N. R said on 3/1/2012 9:46:08 AM:
Lumia is the best phone in New generation. Stylish and colourfull.

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Excellent and user friendly

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Excellent style and easy to use.

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Best among the smart phone catogory.

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