It is the star of Nokia in 2012. A high-flying touch phone with a 4.3-inch screen, Windows Phone operating system and all the functions of the most advanced smartphone. Highlights its excellent system camera and GPS of Nokia. For those who know its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 900 it is presented as an improved version of the Lumia 800. And it does so while retaining the strengths of the 800: A sleek design monobloc highly resistant, display of high quality, performanceagile and fluid without resorting to a dual-core processor that punishes autonomy. But this new high-end terminal comes with many advantages of its own.
Design and display
The panel is the main addition that the Nokia Lumia 900 is betting on. Although the Nokia Lumia 800 had a 3.7-inch screen - understood as a real 3.9-inch surface, inherited from the Nokia N9, with the exception of space determined by the capacitive buttons of Windows Phone -, this older brother rises the level and look directly into the eyes of the high-end of other manufacturers.
And the Nokia Lumia 900 knows that size matters. That is why it raises the size of its AMOLED Clear Black Display panel to 4.3 inches, putting itself at the level of the Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Sensation or Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc. Yes, this mobile keeps the screen resolution, which remains in the values WVGA its predecessor -that say, who stays at 800 x 480 pixels -.
For the rest, in design, as we say, the Nokia Lumia 900 retains the appearance of the mobile that precedes it, although determined by greater dimensions that makes it gain in size and weight.
Connectivity
Herein lies another of the novelties of the Nokia Lumia 900. And it is that despite continuing to take the Nokia Lumia 800 as a reference - 3G systems , Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and NFC hardware repeat, although without system-active functions-, the new model incorporates a feature especially focused on the American sector: the fourth generation LTE connection.
Nokia's plans in its alliance with Microsoft were for a return in style to the US market. And precisely this Nokia Lumia 900 is one of the workhorses of the strategy - despite the fact that the Nokia Lumia 710 has already been an outpost of the approach. That is why the presence of fourth-generation connectivity, which is widespread over the territory of that country, seemed like a fundamental point to make this device commercially attractive.
Multimedia and camera
Once again, it is time to refer to the Nokia Lumia 800. This Nokia Lumia 900 plays standard music and video formats, such as MP3, MP4, WMA, WMV, AAC, OGG or WAV, although the multimedia appeal of the device is in the native music applications, such as Nokia Music or Nokia Mix, with the option to listen, without downloading, up to fourteen million songs.
It also includes, through Windows Phone, access to the Xbox Live video game platform. Through this, not only can we consult the catalog of downloadable games to get the titles that interest us the most, but we can also synchronize our user account in the community of Microsoft's console , Xbox 360.
As for the cameras, the Nokia Lumia 900 also holds news. And the simple fact that you have noticed that we refer to this point in the plural is already a significant clue in this regard. We say this because the Nokia Lumia 900, unlike the model that precedes it, has a dual sensor combo.
The main camera is still based on a Carl Zeiss lens, spending a maximum resolution of eight megapixels in photographic mode and HD 720p when it comes to capturing video. However, now a secondary sensor is added, located on the front of the terminal, oriented as is logical to develop video calls.
System, processor and memory
The Nokia Lumia 900 rises above the competition in its segment and is presented as the terminal with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango of reference in the market. It is the system with which Microsoft responds to Android and iOS, characterized by a very intuitive and original environment, integrated with a multitude of native solutions from the Redmond firm -such as the Office suite, the Explorer 9 browser or the remote storage platform. in the SkyDrive cloud, with 25 GB exclusive for the user of this system.
To function, Windows Phone does not require a super processor: it is optimized for optimal performance with the 1.4 GHz Qualcomm chip that is standard on the Nokia Lumia 900, which has notable support in the presence of a memory 512 MB RAM. On the other hand, the Nokia Lumia 900 is supplied with 16 GB for internal storage without the option of external expansion via microSD cards.
Autonomy
Using a battery of 1,800 milliamps -a very remarkable charge, by the way-, the Nokia Lumia 900 is capable of developing, according to the manufacturer itself, a duration in intensive use of up to seven hours, extending up to 300 hours if it is about taking stock of autonomy at rest.
Feedback
For now, Nokia has made it clear that the Nokia Lumia 900 is a phone aimed at the North American market. The presence of an LTE connectivity profile makes it ideal for that region, as well as the fact that the Nokia Lumia 800 has not been presented there. However, the firm has not expressly ruled out the launch, in the future, of a version adapted to the rest of the international networks, so that a modified edition could see the light of day in Europe.
For the rest, it is a success to preserve the design that has earned the Nokia Lumia 800 so much praise, making the larger screen present in this device look closer to that of the rest of the high-end mobiles on the market. However, it is missing that they have not taken the opportunity to extend the video recording function to the FullHD standard like other top-of-the-line smartphones in the sector.
Data sheet
| Standard | GSM 850/900/1800/1900
HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 |
| Dimensions | 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 / 160 gr |
| Memory | 16 GB
RAM 512 MB |
| screen | Capacitive touch AMOLED 4.3 inch
resolution 480 x 800 pixels Orientation sensor Proximity sensor Ambient light detector |
| Camera | 8 Megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash
Autofocus 16: 9 video recording in high definition 720p Image geolocation |
| Multimedia | Playback of music, video and photos
Compatible formats: JPEG / MP3 / WMA / AAC / AAC + / WMV / MPEG4 FM radio tuner with RDS Visual Radio Java support |
| Controls and connections | Windows Phone 7.5 operating system Handle
1.4 GHz processor Side volume control Camera shutter button 4G LTE connectivity USB cable 3.5 mm output for headphones Office and PDF document viewer HTML 5 and Qt 4.7 support GPS navigator with Nokia Wireless NFC Drive Chip : HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 |
| Autonomy | 7 hours in 3G use and up to 300 hours in standby |
| Price | - |
| + info | Nokia |
