Nokia Lumia 800 Review

The Nokia Lumia 800 is the final effect of difficult work and active development in the time that was available since they appear the partnership with Microsoft earlier this year. Nokia has stated that 2022 volition be the year to look out for innovative hardware, powerful handsets (with possibly dual-core chips) and much more. The Lumia family also includes the 710, a more affordable option.

The Lumia 800 is a solid telephone with a unibody and a unmarried slice of injection-moulded polycarbonate. The Gorilla toughened glass appears to "fold" into the chasis to provide the blueprint a shine surface. The screen is a ClearBlack AMOLED display, which ensures there's enough attending focused on what'due south existence projected. The technology used in construction allows the Lumia 800 to exist used in sunday light. Existence powered past a 1.4Ghz fleck and fuelled by a 1450mAh battery, the Nokia Lumia 800 is a perfect handset for those who are arriving to the platform or looking to upgrade. Head on past the intermission for the run through.

Blueprint & Hardware

The Nokia Lumia 800 features a unibody with curved glass that well-nigh "folds" into the i piece body. Beingness 61mm x 116mm and 12mm thick, the device itself is thin, like shooting fish in a barrel to handle and feels slap-up when in use. Coming in at 142g, the 800 is fairly light and in line with other handsets. The single slice of injection-moulded polycarbonate ensures antenna functioning is at maximum efficiency to forestall signal loss and call drop outs. Although many could be put off by what seems to be a re-introduction of the N9, which runs MeeGo, experiencing what's packed into this minimalistic design reminds the consumer merely how much development has gone into perfecting the end upshot.

Lumia 800 Design

The Lumia 800 sports an 8MP camera with f/ii.ii Carl Zeiss lens, another feature brought forward from the N9. The Lumia 800 lacks a front-facing camera.

Powering the device is a unmarried core 1.4Ghz processor (Qualcomm MSM8255), which notwithstanding proves to be ample amount of power for tasks ran on Windows Phone. The amount of storage available to owners is 16GB, with no SD card slot, but to liven up the mood at that place'south 512MB worth of RAM and a 1450mAh battery will ensure connectivity and usage tin can last a fair amount of time.

Unfortunately there are a few annoyances that lie with the Lumia 800, which is all down to the buttons located on the device. The physical buttons on the right-side of the handset are non the sturdiest of buttons plant on electronic devices, and the rattling that can be heard when handling the handset doesn't fit the overall strive of perfection Nokia has taken with the unibody. While we're attacking the buttons on the Lumia 800, the capacitive keys, that already notice themselves in the "hate" listing of Windows Phone owners, are far too close to the display. If you thought accidentally pressing the search push was easy, you've witnessed nothing yet.

The colour selection brought in by Nokia with the N9 take been carried across - black, cyan and magenta - and pigments run right the way through the polycarbonate body equally opposed to simply being applied to the surface. Should you happen to scratch or dent the handset, it volition not appear visible to the naked center due to the colour under the surface blending in with the external. The design is slick and modernistic, but at that place are a few hiccups here and there that should take been ironed out.

Nokia Lumia Specs

Screen

Lumia 800 Screen

The three.7" ClearBlack AMOLED screen is the highlight of the Lumia 800 with the curved drinking glass spanning from top-to-bottom. The brandish is on par with the HTC Titan and Radar, but its hidden play tricks is allowing usage in the sunshine, something that can't be achieved with other Windows Phones easily. Helping to create the illusion that the screen is part of the phone is the Nokia'south ClearBlack tech, where blacks appear blackness and it'due south fairly hard to distinguish where the screen ends. The curved drinking glass besides ensures that, when viewing the screen from multiple angles, content shown is well-baked and quality is maintained.

Photographic camera

The Nokia Lumia 800 takes the camera from the N9 with an 8MP sensor and f/2.2 Carl Zeiss lens being packed. There's also dual LED flash present to light upwards your life when capturing those memorable moments. How does it perform out and about? Cheque out our quick shots of the Nokia Arch in Stratford, U.k.. We likewise put it to the test with the Samsung Omnia seven, which arguably has the all-time photographic camera out of first generation handsets.

800 vs Omnia 7

800 vs Omnia 7 2

They say images speak louder than words, and so we'll get out you lot to draw your own conclusion from the above comparisons. While performance and quality is solid, it'due south however no lucifer for a digital or SLR. The 800 will be perfect for capturing any moment with the quick camera wake up function in Windows Phone. Also as capturing photos, 720p video can be recorded along with VGA. Check out our quick test of the 720 capabilities of the Lumia 800 in the below video. Excuse the current of air, we don't accept the best weather hither in the Great britain.

Software & Apps

Lumia 800 Drive

The Lumia 800 comes packed with Windows Phone Mango, the latest version of Microsoft'due south mobile operating organization. As well as the usual vanilla features, which can be read up on with our Mango update coverage, Nokia has installed a handful of apps that are unique to the Lumia family of devices. We've covered these apps previously and links will exist provided for further detail.

Kickoff up we have App Highlights, which is targeted at Windows Phone users who are not familiar with both the platform and what apps are available on the Marketplace. The app itself focuses on local developers in regions, too as the "must have" and near popular apps to-appointment. Next up is Contacts Transfer, an app solely developed with Symbian users in heed. Should you be moving from Nokia'south quondam OS to Windows Phone, Contacts Transfer will enable you to transfer your contacts via Bluetooth, which are so uploaded to the Live ID and stored in the cloud. Neat, eh?

Nokia Drive is Nokia's free GPS turn-by-turn navigation app, which is pre-installed on each and every Lumia handset. The app sports vocalisation guidance and offline maps that tin can exist downloaded prior to starting a journey. Handy if you lot're thinking on going abroad and would like to avoid high data costs. Nokia Maps, which is to be released to every Windows Telephone in the coming weeks, volition brand finding local points of interest easier.

Finally we take Nokia Music, a gratuitous Spotify-like streaming service that enables the user to stream mixes and download them for offline usage. Songs within a mix can be individually purchased from the Marketplace and at that place's a fair number of genres nowadays to cull from. Local gigs are also displayed with farther detail.

Functioning

Lumia 800 Games

The operation of the Lumia 800 is pretty much standard when information technology comes to Windows Phone. With the improver of background agents in Mango, email accounts with push enabled and general usage we managed to pull out about 22 hours before we were left in the easily of the battery saver. Although general use will vary from owner to possessor, information technology should be noted that bombardment life may or may non exist longer lasting.

The chip that the handset features is clocked at i.4Ghz, which will drain the battery through heavy usage, but provides the Lumia 800 with a notable push when launching apps, spider web browsing and other CPU intensive tasks. The reception and phone call quality is fairly stable, thanks to the materials used in device construction. Windows Phone Mango runs smoothly on Nokia's showtime handset, and the hardware compliments the operating arrangement when the screen is active. It should be noted that tethering is currently not supported by the Lumia 800 at present.

Conclusion

Now that you've read our written review of the Nokia Lumia 800, why not check it out visually? The video beneath is our quick walk through of what the handset offers and how it could change your life after buy.

A smartphone is used throughout each solar day and allows millions of people to communicate with one another while on the motility. Whether it exist my social networking, calling, video conferencing or texting, these devices should be designed and built to be admired. Nokia has hit this blast on the head with the design of the Lumia 800, it makes y'all look forward to using it, to picking up a call, and playing Xbox Alive titles.

Every bit mentioned in the video the 800 will be available in black from November 16th while the magenta will hold you lot back until the 28th. The handset will cost £399.00 (€420) and comes with a charger, manuals, USB cable, protective case and earphones. Hopefully the U.S. Market place will see the Lumia 800 early next year.

Is the Lumia 800 worth the purchase? Yep, especially for new (or potential) consumers, since the handset packs some impressive features and is powered past Windows Phone Mango. The blueprint is slick, the feel is soft and the experience is impressive. Nokia take some mode to go to regain control of the market, but the Lumia family of devices is a pace in the correct direction.