Nokia Lumia 1020 update: Successor still being developed; How does it fare against HTC One M8 and Nokia Lumia 900?

By Staff Writer

Sep 29, 2014 04:14 PM EDT

Nokia Lumia 1020 has an impressive camera, but aside from that, its less-than-stellar features resulted in its retirement. However, Microsoft has plans to improve on the smartphone and to offer something better, though it remains to be seen when the new gadget will arrive.

When it was first released in July 26 last year, Nokia 1020 provided a unique selling point: it was a camera phone with excellent shooting capabilities, recalls Breathe Cast. It was recognizable for its 41MP camera, which boasts of 7152x5368 pixels, optical image stabilization, and Carl Zeiss optics. The article says that Lumia 1020 shoots better than Apple iPhone 5S, Nokia 925, and even HTC One, while KpopStarz notes the camera is better than most Android and iOS handset sensors.

The main selling point of the phone is its camera, which Hallels shares to have 38MP effective pixels. It also boasts of Xenon and LED flash. A feature called dual capture is also available. Recording videos can be done at 1080 resolution with 30fps.

The specs of the product include a 4.5-inch display with 768x1280 pixel resolution and 332 dpi. It also has 64GB of storage, shares Breathe Cast. Moreover, it has a curvy body and only weighs 158 grams. In the display department, The Fuse Joplin adds that Nokia Lumia 1020's display screen is better than the Nokia Lumia 900, which only has a 4.3-inch WVGA Clear Black screen.

However, with the camera aside, the Nokia phone allegedly did not perform that well.

According to Hallels, when compared to HTC One M8, Nokia Lumia 1020 pales. HTC One M8 as a Quad-Core 2.3 GHz processor Krait 400, while Nokia Lumia 1020 only has Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU. The amount of RAM is only the same for both devices at 2GB. In the shooting department, Lumia takes the cake, however. HTC One M8 only has 4MP rear facing camera and a camera sensor. One other notable difference between the two is the operating system. HTC's offering uses Android, while Nokia Lumia 1020 is running on Microsoft Windows 8, upgradeable to 8.1

Impressive as its camera may have been, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is already at the end of its life, shares KpopStarz. According to the article, it has been phased out as early as September 5.

In its stead, something better is expected to arise, but Tech Radar reports that it is still under development.

According to Tech Radar, Microsoft, which is the new owner of Nokia, is looking to produce "high-power cameraphones." A year after Nokia Lumia 1020 has been released equipped with Nokia's Pureview technology, many are wondering If there will be improvements in the supposed successor. When asked about it, Corporate Vice President of the Phones Business Unit Jo Harlow confirmed, "We continue to invest in the area to bring the next greatest thing in high end imaging."

© 2024 VCPOST, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission.

Join the Conversation

Real Time Analytics