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August 2013
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The editors liked
Unparalleled photo & video quality
Lots of manual controls
Solid construction
41mp sensor! Excellent low light performance. Lossless cropping. Provides an amazing amount of zoom without much bulk. Excellent build quality thanks to polycarbonate material and Guerrilla Glass 3 display. Display is supersensitive. Great video quality.
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Eyecatching and the best smartphone camera available today. Lives up to the hype. Excellent build quality and small improvements in design make the Lumia 1020 the crown jewel of Windows Phone for mid2013.
The camera is amazing
Thin
Lightweight and comfortable architecture
Stable mobile OS
Large display
Longlasting battery
That camera
With the grip
It even feels like a camera
I continue to enjoy Windows Phone
The best image quality available on a camera phone
The ability to zoom up to 3x without losing quality
Two stage shutter button gives cameralike experience
Excellent LCD screen visible even in bright light
Inclusion of a proper flash
Beautiful
High-quality design
Excellent camera performance
Crisp
Sharp 4.5 AMOLED display
Fantastic camera
Brilliant way of handling zoom
Gorgeous display
Excellent call quality
Best camera ever on a smartphone. Excellent manual camera controls. Easy-to-use OS.
The Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone's camera captures extremely high-resolution images with fine detail
And puts creative controls at your fingertips
Sharpest photos ever from a phone
Pro Camera app provides lots of creative control
Great flash
Bright and colorful display
Optional Camera Grip offers DSLR-like feel
Solid and well built
Exceptional camera
Incredible camera experience
Standout design
Great battery life
Top-rated camera quality
Good display quality
Good speaker quality
Easy to navigate
Easy to read on
Market-leading camera
Quirky design
Smooth performance
Decent battery life
Best smartphone camera available
Gorgeous AMOLED screen
Great exclusive apps
Good sound volume
Clear call quality
Spectacular camera
Solid performance
World-beating camera performance
Windows Phone 8 as consistent as ever
Solid build quality
Good call performance
Seriously
Excellent detail preservation both in low and bright light conditions
Very low noise level with no chroma component
Accurate exposure in extreme low light conditions (where other camera phones fail)
Pleasing photo rendering with flash
Good exposure
C
Best-in-class imaging experience
Good battery life
Solid build quality and materials
Beautiful display
Great camera with 41 megapixels
Fine build quality
Sufficiently fast
LTE module
The editors didn't like
Still a bit expensive
Specs are underwhelming
Weak battery life
It's pricer than most other highend smartphones. Sometimes lighting and focus in shots are off and a reshoot is required. There is no burst mode
And there is a significant delay in between shots. The device also takes a long time to charge
And tends to
Expensive and niche
The Lumia 1020 will only appeal to those who are photography buffs. Though it improves upon the Lumia 920
It only does so in welcome but minor areas. Camera Pro app also needs some improvements. Design is a bit more awkward than prev
Still missing quite a few apps
Especially games
Camera may be too good for simple social network sharing
Glance Screen is a wasted potential
Doesn't come in cyan
That bulge
With the grip
It's pretty huge
Windows Phone today is barely changed from Windows Phone as it was 9 months ago
A little slow
Especially between shots
Limited range of apps
No faster than the Lumia 920
Still a premium price
Shutter lag (1-2 seconds between shots)
Incomplete app ecosystem
More expensive than other flagship smartphones
Big and heavy for a 4.5" smartphone
Big. Expensive. Slow shot-to-shot times. Windows Phone is out of the mainstream for photo apps and communities
A niche device
The Lumia 1020 is $100 pricier than most high-end smartphones. The lens makes it a little bulky. Multiple camera apps are confusing. It lacks manual f-stop control and presets for common shooting scenarios
Bulky backside
Noticeable lag on shutter and shot-to-shot time
Windows Phone still trails in apps and features
Pricey
Too many separate photo apps
Lack of expandable storage
Older hardware
Flash white balance issues
Pro cam app lags
Non-expandable
Subpar battery life
Processor is a bit dated
Resulting in sluggish camera-response time
Consumer testers found the phone's shape awkward
Less portable compared to smaller/slimmer phones in testing set
Windows app store is limited compared to Apple an
Design is bulky
No HD 1080p support
Features
Nokia has built the Lumia 1020 around a fairly modest dualcore 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 SoC — the same as used in the Lumia 920 and 820. Those two handsets have 1GB of RAM
But the memory has been boosted to 2GB for the Lumia 1020
There's
Windows Phone 8 lacks certain apps
Windows Phone 8 still has some quirks
No microSD card support
Battery is not removable
Expensive $300 price tag
Big and awkward
Photography ecosystem is weak
Hard to get at full-size photos
Big
Cumbersome design
A bit costly for a Windows Phone flagship
Nonremovable battery
Nonexpandable storage not as excusable with a 41MP camera
Strong color shading with indoor lighting and occasionally outdoors
In low light conditions
Overly long exposure times lead to motion blur
Slightly tendency to underexposure outdoors
Occasional white balance inaccuracies outdoors or with fluorescent l
Published: 2013-11-20, Author: Jordan , review by: whatmobile.net
Abstract: We’ve seen many smartphones claim that they produce the best image, but which one actually does? The two most niche camera phones on the market, the Lumia 1020 and Galaxy S4 Zoom have been out in the wild for quite some time, and we’ve been able to see me...
There is no doubt that the Nokia Lumia 1020 is a good phone, especially for those interested in photography. It is well made, looks great and has an excellent camera. However, there is simply no getting around the fact that it's a Microsoft phone and with...
Abstract: To capture a scene, we traditionally power up the camera, zoom and focus on an image and then hit the capture button. For most shots, this is more than ample to capture an image but what if there was another way? Imagine being able to capture a single ima...
WOW! the end of another interesting review, if this review has taught me anything its that anything is possible with smartphones as a few years ago I couldn't have dreamt up the 41 megapixel sensor for a phone! It's insane but it just shows you what a bi...
I'll end this article in the same way as I started it, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is an amazing camera. See what I did there? As good as the Nokia supplied software is I do feel like it could be so much better.It's only me being picky with the OS and the inner...
Published: 2013-10-18, Author: Andrew , review by: CNET.co.uk
Best camera phone for image quality; Great build quality; Decent battery life
Windows Phone 8 app store still poorly stocked; Dual-core processor doesn't compete well against cheaper Android phones; Pricey
With its 41-megapixel sensor giving superb image quality, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is a great choice if photography is your chief concern. If a wide choice of apps is important though, Windows Phone 8 won't be to your taste. Instead, you'd be better off looki...
Abstract: The new Nokia Lumia 1020 has landed in the UK bringing with it 41 million reasons to give your camera or lens. Featuring a 41MP camera, the Nokia Lumia 1020 brings Nokia's imaging prowess to the Windows Phone era and sports a 41MP camera, Xenon flash, Pur...
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Published: 2013-10-14, Author: Richard , review by: itpro.co.uk
Outstanding camera; Good battery; Smooth performance
Expensive; Bulky; Windows Phone OS needs work
Nokia aims to attract users with the 41-megapixel camera and it's great - but the price and lack of features in Windows Phone makes the Lumia 1020 hard to recommend....
Abstract: The Lumia 1020 is the most capable camera smartphone on the market but it's about more than just the 41MP image. Thanks to Nokia's PureView technology and oversampling, the 41 million pixels can be used to create some stunning images. The large image size...
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Published: 2013-10-10, Author: Jordan , review by: whatmobile.net
Fantastic Camera, Performance very smooth, Nokia Music means free music
Screen res could be higher, A bit bulky, OS needs improvement
