“The Lumia 1020 will bring new meaning to pictures and
continues to strengthen Nokia’s leadership in imaging,”
Nokia President and CEO Stephen Elop said in New York.
Nokia on Thursday launched new smartphone Lumia 1020 with 41 megapixel camera, saying it will strengthen the company’s leadership in imaging.
Naturally, the real star of the show is the 41-megapixel backside-illuminated PureView camera sensor nestled in the 1020′s rear end, and Elop is currently running through what makes it so special.
Nokia Lumia 1020 at a glance
General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100 MHz; HSDPA 42.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps; LTE bands 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 LTE Cat 3 100Mbps down, 50Mbps up
Form factor: Touchscreen bar
Dimensions: 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4; 158 g
Display: 4.5" 16M-color WXGA (768 x 1280 pixels) ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen; PureMotion HD+, 2.5D sculpted Gorilla glass 3; Super sensitive touch
Chipset: 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 225 GPU, 2GB of RAM
OS: Windows Phone 8
Memory: 32/64 GB of built-in storage;
Still camera: 41 megapixel camera with 6-element ZEISS lens, OIS, 3x zoom, xenon and LED flashes
Video camera: 1080p video recording at 30fps with two Rich Recording mics; 1.2MP front-facing camera with 720p video
Connectivity: dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, stereo Bluetooth 3.0, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, HERE Drive+ free worldwide navigation, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC
Battery: 2,000mAh
Misc: Nokia-exclusive Pro Camera app, Mix Radio, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor; available in Yellow, White or Black.
Dimensions: 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4; 158 g
Display: 4.5" 16M-color WXGA (768 x 1280 pixels) ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen; PureMotion HD+, 2.5D sculpted Gorilla glass 3; Super sensitive touch
Chipset: 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 225 GPU, 2GB of RAM
OS: Windows Phone 8
Memory: 32/64 GB of built-in storage;
Still camera: 41 megapixel camera with 6-element ZEISS lens, OIS, 3x zoom, xenon and LED flashes
Video camera: 1080p video recording at 30fps with two Rich Recording mics; 1.2MP front-facing camera with 720p video
Connectivity: dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, stereo Bluetooth 3.0, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, HERE Drive+ free worldwide navigation, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC
Battery: 2,000mAh
Misc: Nokia-exclusive Pro Camera app, Mix Radio, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor; available in Yellow, White or Black.
There's no doubt about it: photographs taken with Nokia's new Lumia 1020 device are enormously impressive if you print them out onto a large-format high-quality print measuring, say, 1.3m wide by a metre deep.
Actually, there are some sound features played up in the videos, too. The Lumia 1020 is touted as having digital high-performance microphones and the capability to record high-quality stereo with deep bass.
Nokia will start selling Lumia 1020 in the U.S. exclusively with AT&T from around July 26, at a price of $299.99 (Rs. 17,890) on a two-year contract.