Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 quick hands-on

A few days ago, we were able to spend a few minutes with Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone 8 smartphones during Microsoft PH’s launch of Windows 8. Check out our quick hands-on of the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Nokia Lumia 820.

Let’s start with the Lumia 820. Compared to the Lumia 920 and its predecessor, the Lumia 800, the Lumia 820 has a different form factor having a flat glass on top of its 4.3-inch (480 x 800, 217 ppi) display instead of a curved one. The rest of the body is covered with an interchangeable shell made of glossy plastic.

As far as build quality is concerned, the Lumia 820 feels solid and nice to hold but the design makes the device look bulky when in fact it is lighter and slightly thinner than the Lumia 920. Thanks to the 1.5 GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 225 GPU, 1GB of RAM and enhancements brought by WP8, UI navigation is smooth and snappy.

Nokia Lumia 820 specs:
4.3″ AMOLED display with ClearBlack @ 480×800 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz dual-core, Krait processor
Adreno 225 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB internal storage
microSD support
LTE
NFC
8MP rear camera, LED flash
1080p video recording
1650mAh Li-Ion battery
Windows Phone 8

Now for the Lumia 920, the flagship retained the curved form factor of its predecessor, the Lumia 900. Although bigger, the 920 managed to be a bit thinner than the 900. It’s polycarbonate unibody houses the 1.5 GHz dual-core Krait processor, Adreno 225 GPU and 1GB of RAM.

Despite having the same processor, GPU and RAM as the Lumia 820, the Lumia 920 has more edge in terms of display quality thanks to its 4.5-inch (768 x 1280, 332 ppi) PureMotion HD+ IPS display. Like its smaller brother, UI navigation on the Lumia 920 is also smooth and fast. However, at 185g, the Lumia 920 packs some weight. Even heavier than the Galaxy Note II (183g).

Nokia Lumia 920 specs:
4.5″ 720p display PureMotionHD+ @ 1280×768 pixels
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz dual-core, Krait processor
Adreno 225 GPU
1GB RAM
32GB internal storage
LTE
NFC
8MP rear camera, LED flash
1080p video recording
2,000mAh Li-Ion battery
Windows Phone 8

To conclude our quick hands-on of the Lumias, we can say that both smartphones have left us with good impressions. As of the moment there are no details on local pricing and availability but we’ll surely update you once Nokia PH makes it official.

Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

https://www.yugatech.com

33 Comments

deuts says:

12 years ago

Gusto ko na nyan! I want one!
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mike says:

12 years ago

Lumia 920:”8MP rear camera”
That’s no ordinary 8MP camera. That is a 8.7MP Pureview Camera with Optical Image Stabilization.
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Adamex says:

12 years ago

I hope it’ll be available soon! I want to get my hands on the gray version! :D
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Bryan says:

12 years ago

If only they introduced 820 as Pureview, I would surely get one. I’m hesitating on 920 since it’s big. would be hard to move around inside our factory.
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poypoy says:

12 years ago

any significant difference of win7 and win8?
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Request says:

12 years ago

Please do a comparison of the iPhone 5 camera and the ones on the 920. Thanks in advance!
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ceegii63 says:

12 years ago

confirmed today Lumia 920 has PENTABAND 3G/HSPA+ and may have multiple unlocked LTE bands

kaya naman pala pumayag NOKIA na exclusive sa ROGERS CA at ATT US for 6 months eh pwede naman pala ang Unlocked versions sa Tmo US at Wind CA
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Ronald says:

12 years ago

Based on early reviews it seems that Windows Phone 8 has NOT addressed the wifi disconnect issue! This is a big flaw!

I have a Lumia 710 and while I love the design and the app selection has improved, WP7 DISCONNECTS FROM WIFI WHEN YOU LOCK AND PUT THE PHONE ON SLEEP. And there’s NO option to keep wifi on.

So when you’re on wifi and lock the phone, it disconnects, thus you don’t get any alerts, kik/whatsapp/fb messenger/Line/Viber other IMs nor Skype/Tango calls.

Going on 3G and locking the phone keeps the cellular data on but for people who want to keep their cellular data usage low, using wifi (without disconnecting) should work.

Disappointed.

:(
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ineedlumia says:

12 years ago

Please do a giveaway of this phone when it comes out. I REALLY WANT AND NEED THIS!!!! :)
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Robby says:

12 years ago

HTC 8S na lang kung hindi lang dahil sa Nokia Drive.
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doggydog says:

12 years ago

im hoping nokia will fail big time. same with windows phone 8. im looking forward to them failing. boring ks sila at out of time na.

android at ios na lang
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Dave says:

12 years ago

If Windows Phone 8 only has Instagram, Temple Run and other popular iOS and Android apps I’d really switch to a Lumia 920
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topgun says:

12 years ago

Games Please..
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ARTPOP says:

12 years ago

May “FM Transmitter” feature ba to? I have a nokia n900 kasi at isa yon sa mga features na gusto ko. Kung meron, i think itatapon ko na sya (bulok kasi, may problem sa charging) and mag-uupgrade na ko to 920 kung meron. Kung wala, siguro magsasamsung na lang ako.
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Reui says:

12 years ago

it has no FM Transmitter AFAIK.
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aLo says:

12 years ago

I’m planning to buy lumia 800 but after viewing some video reviews and reading some articles about these 820 and 920, It changed my mind, I’ll wait for these.

Does anyone know the exact release date and the price of 820 and 920?
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anunsyo says:

12 years ago

sa tingin ko kailangan pa improve ng nokia os nila para maibalik nila reputation nila kasi tulad ngayon very popular and iOs the andriod..
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edisson says:

12 years ago

please answer naman po ang tanong ko. ano po bang pinagkaiba ng 820 sa 920 maliban sa size at camera?
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