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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
Convenient shutter button, Makes one-handed operation a breeze, Additional battery in grip for more shooting time
Adds bulk to the camera
The Lumia 1020 is a marvel of technology in of itself. The phone is a photographer's companion and the Camera Grip for the Lumia 1020 does add significantly to that image. It actually is quite useful and photographers would not really not care much about ...
Great Picture Quality, High Resolution Pictures with great details, Good video with great sound clarity
Uneven weight distribution, Non removable battery, Heavy Phone
Lumia 1020 is no doubt the best camera smartphone as if now in the market, as per our observation no other device comes closer to this one neither iPhone 5S nor Samsung Note 3 and we are not talking about megapixels here but the photo, video quality and s...
Best camera phone in the market, Intiutive camera UI, Refocus app is stunning, Crisp and vibrant display, Fluid WP8 experience, Free voiceguided sat nav, Impressive sound quality, Sturdy build.
Shottoshot time should have been less, Not many games available on WP8 platform, Lacks memory card slot, Camera protrusion on back
The Lumia 1020 is undoubtedly the best camera phone in the market. Not just the great optics, but Nokia has done an excellent job with the camera software. Apart from that, it flaunts an excellent screen, great sound quality, sturdy construction, and a b...
Amazing camera performance, Colourful screen, Looks good, Good build quality
Poor battery, Camera is slow to get going
The Lumia 1020 is built on a hardware platform that has established itself to work rather well with the Windows Phone 8 operating system, as we have seen in the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 925. What is somewhat of a bomb feature about the phone is the PureVie...
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Abstract: In this camera shootout, you can see how the LG G2, Sony Xperia Z1, BlackBerry Z30, Nokia Lumia 1020 and Samsung Galaxy Note 3 differ while taking the same shots. The test shots are of dawn in Delhi, a long shot of the India Gate and a night shot.DAWN SHO...
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A great sensor, lens and optics stack coupled with advanced manual controls from Pro Cam app makes Lumia 1020 the top camera smartphone of this year. Lumia 1020 as a package offers a great display, smoother OS experience, top of the line camera and fair b
Nokia introduced the Lumia 1020 in India for Rs 49,990 to surprise a lot of people. Due to the festive season, one can enjoy good discounts on this smartphone. Lumia 1020 is the ultimate smartphone for imaging professionals and enthusiasts who love to car...
Expensive, Nokia Pro Cam app lags, Windows Phone is very limiting
Nokia Lumia 1020 is priced at Rs. 49,999 which makes it slightly more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and considerably pricier than other flagship devices like the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, Sony Xperia Z1 and Sony Xperia Z Ultra. Nokia can tha...
Abstract: They say the best camera is the one that's with you. Many of you may not agree with the statement, but hey, do you always take your DSLR all the time? Times change and we change with them. Whether to choose fancy DSLR or a dedicated camera phone is natura...
