Now that we are nearing the release of the Lumia 900, we hear many things that reviwers are gripping about. Number one thing I thought was fixed was the Camera. What seems to be the big problem with this compared to the iphone 4s which carries the same megapixel lens. Are the devices being shipped with the fix that Nokia did for the 800 series
Test shots with the demos in my store are very nice and easily as good as a 4s imo. You do have to have a steady hand though I've noticed.
Watching more reviews, I thought the battery life was suppose to be overwhelming, Sounds like the battery life doenst last much longer than the competitors with LTE
From the specs and sample photos the camera on the Lumia 900 is quite good (for a cellphone) but not great. For details take a look at this article:
NOKIA LUMIA 900 VS. APPLE IPHONE 4S CAMERAS
I think some of the disappointment comes from the high expectations some reviewers have for a top-of-the-line Nokia phone. The N8 set a high bar for camera performance, beating out even $400 compact cameras. But the Nokia Lumia phones aren't aiming for N8 (or even N95) level photography.
The key to a good digital camera is the one spec that is hardly ever published: the size of the image sensor. The sensor is the area that functions as the "film" of the camera, and the bigger the sensor the better the camera. It's the same physical principle that you can better photo print to frame and hang on your wall from a larger negative rather than a smaller one.
The Lumia 900 (and almost every other smartphone) has a 1.7" sensor. In comparison the Nokia N8 has a 1.2" sensor. That's about four times larger than a standard smartphone. (Which is also why the N8 is a bulky little thing and not a uber-thin smartphone.)
I know those numbers probably don't mean anything to you, but here is a visualization of sensor sizes.
Nokia’s 41-Megapixel Camera Phone Sensor Compared to Other Sensors
The point is, the Lumias aren't designed to inherit the N8's camera phone crown. That honor goes to the Nokia Pureview which puts a huge 1.12" sensor in a phone to produce a 41 megapixel image. That's closer to a compact DSLR than any kind of point-and-shoot sensor.
So the Lumia 900 camera can be fairly compared with the HTC Titan and the iPhone. But the N8 and Pureview are far out of its league.
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Well, now that we're out of the smartphone beta test, I figure I can compare the phones that pulled us out of such a state. On one hand, we have the brilliant Lumia 800. On the other hand, however, is it's big brother, the Nokia Lumia 900. Today, I plan to weigh the pluses and minuses of these two great devices and help decide once and for all who the best post-beta smartphone is.
Form Factor
Since this is purely a hardware battle, considering it's the same software, let's jump right into form factor. Both the Nokia Lumia 900 and 800 have a wrap-around seamless polycarbonate shell encompassing everything short of the glass, however, the 800 is made of a more dense polycarbonate, affording it a bit more heft and reassurance and making a seemingly bulletproof phone seem less fragile. The other big difference is the glass used, the Lumia 900 has a flat panel glass front where the 800 opted for a curved glass that allows your fingers to slide much more easily and giving an overall uniformity on all sides of the device.
The main issue with the lumia 800 was the charging door, it required a hard press on a mound of plastic on the top of the device, some users complained of the door itself bending out of shape. While this has not occurred to me personally, I see where it could. The Lumia 900 resolved these issues with a visible charge port that is easily accessible without tricks.
Overall, a charging port doesn't save the phone, the Lumia 800 wins this battle.
Screen
As mentioned before, the Lumia 800 has the curved glass, but what about the visuals? Much to my shock, the viewing angles on the Lumia 900 are better than that of the 800. You get a much broader range of sight and the colors retain vibrancy. While the head on view should be even, the auto-brightness sensor on the Lumia 800 seems to underperform in sunlight. The Lumia 900 remains strong. My only issue with the visuals on the Lumia 900 has to do with the capacitive buttons, they glow a slightly dingy looking yellow rather than white. This pertains to the buttons though so the 900 takes the cake on this one.
Sound Quality
Well, both through headphones and the loudspeaker, the Nokia Lumia 900 is louder. However, in my personal experience, you sacrifice just a tiny bit of sound quality. This is not, however, noticable without considerable effort. The call quality on both is simply amazing and through a set of sennheisers it's hard to not fall in love.
For this one, I have to give it a draw.
Yeah, but how does it feel?
This is a tough one, and for this test I operated both devices for two days with no case. The Lumia 900 is a massive piece of hardware, I can palm a basketball pretty easily and it still feels pretty sizable, if you're a big screen phone type then it's excellent, however, the Lumia 800 feels as though it was designed to fit comfortably in any hand.
The 900 seems to have a finish on the polycarbonate that isn't quite as smooth, it detracts from the overall uniformity of the device but aids in gripping it. Neither of these devices feel bad in hand, but for the overall market, I'd suggest the 800.
Extra! Extra! Read all about it!
Well, as far as extras go, the 900 wins on FFC alone, the FFC takes decent pics and is perfect for video calls. If the 800 had this feature, there'd have been no competition.
Bugs! Defects! *squash*
Well, Nokia is quick and generous in knocking out those bugs, but what did we have for each device? The Lumia 800 was plagued with a messed up battery and volume, and the 900 has a purple tint in low brightness, a connection issue, a creaky screen corner, and a tinny rattle when it vibrates. Now, I'd like to state that I've encountered none of these issues despite having the Lumia 800 three weeks prior to launch and the 900 on launch day. I feel as though these issues were few and far between but complaints are always louder than praise. I do know, that if I did have such issues, Nokia Care would promptly resolve them by whatever means necessary. However, as I must compare them, I have to give the point to the 800 as all of it's issues are software fixes, you can't patch a creaky screen with an update.
Overall:
While neither of these phones are a bad pick up by any means, the points are in favor of the Lumia 800. If you need a FFC, get the 900 by all means. You will not be disappointed either way. I use both as daily drivers, my 1 year old also has a lumia 800 as does my wife. You can't really go wrong with any of them, either way you're getting the best support, both software and customer. Most importantly though, you're getting the best combination of software and hardware to ever hit the mobile market.
Well, thanks for taking the time to read my random review. Enjoy the rest of your Tuesday.
Thanks for the insight mate. My contract is now up so I'm overdue and upgrade for my Omnia 7....
Can't be bothered waiting 6 months for Apollo so it's either the 800 or 900 for me. Being in the UK I've only had a play with the 800 and absolutely loved it. Loved how solid it felt and the size seemed great. I'm not sure if I'd be able to deal with something bigger than my Omnia 7 since I've got fairly small hands.
Still, I wanted to wait until the 900 was around so I can at least try both out for size. Out of curiosity, is the 900 noticably bigger than say the Focus (/Omnia) or maybe the Galaxy S2 since that's the same size screen?
Other than the FFC and Larger screen (depending if size is important) it seems there isn't really much of an advantage to the 900...
It feels similar to s2 in terms of size, the sharp edges though make it a little bigger at the corners. I'd suggest the 800 first, but they're both just amazing.
z33dev33l said:
It feels similar to s2 in terms of size, the sharp edges though make it a little bigger at the corners. I'd suggest the 800 first, but they're both just amazing.
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Thanks for the info. I always remember disliking the S2 for it's size. Me and my baby hands!
Awesome comparison.
A 1 year old child with a mobile phone??? Whatever next? A 2 year old girl wearing lipstick?
He wants to be like daddy and he loves the sesame street and other shows I pin to his homescreen. It's also a great tool just in case he wanders off at some point.
nice little review, I also have both the 800 and 900 and both phones are excellent. I have never encountered any of the problems either with both devices. the 900 is a big phone but for me with LTE the 900 wins for me.
Lte is a myth in my area, but I don't see a need for faster internet.
Right, well I went into a Phones4u today as they now have them in-store and had a play.
It is very nice, however it seemed like the scroll speed of the screen was pretty slow and it was quite off-putting.
Also with my baby small hands i think it really is too big. I couldn't reach all the corners with my thumb without having to shift the phone around in my hand.
My Omnia 7 is about as big as I could go I think. The 800 may be the one for me it seems. The 800 also just felt a bit more solid to me. I do a lot of outdoor activities out in the mountains and would be terrified of something that big in my pocket / bag getting smashed / damaged.
It's my personal preference, I'm remodeling and my 800 will be the only device I trust to bring with me.
z33dev33l said:
It's my personal preference, I'm remodeling and my 800 will be the only device I trust to bring with me.
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It's silly really, the only thing that is putting me off getting the 800 is the fact it came out in November and it seems like an old device now!
z33dev33l said:
It's my personal preference, I'm remodeling and my 800 will be the only device I trust to bring with me.
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I gotta say from being a nokia lumia 900 user, there are some weird sensitivy bugs with it, and seeing an 800 in person was nice, the 800 felt like it was better made. I have a question, when you are on a heavy website like engadget or theverge on the desktop view does the pinch to zoom lag? I have a titan sitting around and it doesnt do that, and also i have tried this with multiple 900 and found the same problem.
I'm trying on both the 800 and the 900 and encountering nothing. Honestly, the only site that ever gave me trouble was xda.
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I'm trying on both the 800 and the 900 and encountering nothing. Honestly, the only site that ever gave me trouble was xda.
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well, thanks for telling me, I know there have been number of people reporting this issue, has your lumia been dropped though?
Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express
Mine hasn't, my son's has and there's no issue there.
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I gotta say from being a nokia lumia 900 user, there are some weird sensitivy bugs with it, and seeing an 800 in person was nice, the 800 felt like it was better made. I have a question, when you are on a heavy website like engadget or theverge on the desktop view does the pinch to zoom lag? I have a titan sitting around and it doesnt do that, and also i have tried this with multiple 900 and found the same problem.
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While Engadget (desktop) was loading, pinch to zoom wasn't completely smooth. After the page finished, it was as smooth as any other site.
Both phones are just GREAT with incredible formfactors but really love the Lumia 900.
Kenzibit said:
Both phones are just GREAT with incredible formfactors but really love the Lumia 900.
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I could like the 900, but for 3 reasons, two of which were mentioned in the comparison:
1 - the 900's polycarbonate not only feels less dense, but is also textured. Both lend to a cheaper feel, IMO.
2 - I just can't get past that flat panel of glass with metal ridge. I'd prefer to take my risks with the curved display. It lends immensely to the original form factor and feel.
3 - the 900 is physically the same size as the Titan/TitanII, yet has a smaller display. This shows HTC's ability to pack a display in a housing. I was really expecting the 900 to be the near the size of the HD2. The 900 is just too huge for my desires of portability and single-hand use/typing.
I agree, the 900 is a lovely device and I'm trilled that people are taking to it so well. I was worried that I might like it more than my 800 and would have to swap. I went to an AT&T store just before release and asked a rep to show his 900 to me. I immediately had my love for my 800 validated and reassured.
Announced a new smartphone Doogee Valencia2 Y100 Pro.
MTK6735 is a new, 64bit processor with support for 4G LTE, GPS + GLONASS + BDS, accelerator MALI-T720 and the first processor from Mediatek with CDMA2000 support.
It seems to xda-developers.com is the first smartphone with this processor.
Specification
IPS Screen 5.0"
HD - 720*1280 pixel
CPU MT6735 (64-bit, 4 cores,1.5GHz)
RAM 2Gb
ROM 16Gb
Android 5.0
2200mAh
And new phone have metal case. Probably some alloy:
New photos (not sure - real on render):
Doogee anaounced colors of Y100 pro - gray and silver
Doogee Y100 specs: http://www.doogeemobile.com/doogee-y100.html
It's a Y100 specs, not Y100 pro.
And Y100 received Lollipop 5.1
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It's a Y100 specs, not Y100 pro.
And Y100 received Lollipop 5.1
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Sorry, DOOGEE Y100 Pro Specs: http://www.doogeemobile.com/doogee-y100-pro.html
Presale at banggood at $120. But available at 6 July
Also on everbuying presell for Doogee Y100 - $119.99
unboxing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beuae_VB2Jg
Antutu screnshots: http://www.banggood.com/DOOGEE-VALE...TE-MTK6735-Quad-core-Smartphone-p-979299.html
20209 points, CPU Frequency 221 ~ 988 MHz ... it's not MT6735, it's MT6735P
No gyro, no e-compass, no led notifications
I'm little scared to search on internet photos from primary camera.
Looks like this pre-order this wasn't best idea...
Yes, 6735P with 1.0Hz
But GPU is MALI-T720 with 4 core. Enough for most 3D games.
Review: https://youtu.be/FsNGlXRV6sY
CPU: 6735P
LTE bands: 1,2,3,4,7,17,20
Back camera: Sony imx219 .. 8MP
Front (selfie) camera: ov5648 5MP
Camera samples: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/fva3i3a07f167/Doogee_Valencia2_Y100_Pro_Camera_Samples
this samples looks really good, they sucessfully avoided to make some stupid mistake like on y100.
From thiw review: https://youtu.be/DqonGy6fwZU?t=8m39s battery is only 1800mAh.
1800 instead of 2200 mAh battery? Liars.
News about backcover: http://www.doogee.cc/news_detail/newsId=248.html
That backcover is a lie also because they advertised it as "full metal unibody" and after that they made up this "plastic metal powder coating piece of s**t"
Root?
¿How to make root in this device, please?
Try Kingroot
Hello,
Do you know where I can found windows driver for this phone
thanks you
xonich said:
Hello,
Do you know where I can found windows driver for this phone
thanks you
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www . doogee . cc/servicexiazai_detail/newsId=234.html
on the tools button will get you to a tool.rar file in that there are some windows drivers...
VKWorld is releasing 2 phones, starting at $55! Both phones will come with 2GB of RAM while the VKWorld T5 will have an MTK6580 processor and the T5 SE will have the MTK6735 processor. You can check out the videos posted by VKWorld below:
Check back in this thread for the latest updates, unboxings and reviews for both these phones! Ask any questions you might have below as well.
VKWorld T5 Specifications:
5" 1280x720 2.5D Curved glass (75% screen to body ratio)
MTK6580 Quad Core Processor
2GB RAM, 16GB ROM
Android 5.1
8MP/5MP Cameras
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
WCDMA 900/2100MHz
Size: 145 * 8.5 * 71.5mm
2000mAh Battery
VKWorld T5 SE Specifications:
5" 1280x720 2.5D Curved glass (75% screen to body ratio)
MTK6735 Quad Core Processor
2GB RAM, 16GB ROM
Android 5.1
8MP/5MP Cameras
GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
WCDMA 900/2100MHz
Size: 145 * 8.5 * 71.5mm
2000mAh Battery
Anyone been able to get ur computer recognize this device when you plug it in?
I would rather to buy the Bluboo Maya for only $69.99.
Jonesblake said:
I would rather to buy the Bluboo Maya for only $69.99.
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VKWorld T5 is interesting butunfortunately it has 5' scereen .
Bluboo Maya has 5.5' 2,5 D Gorrila Glass 2 and 13 MP camera with Sony sensor.
Maya has Android 6, which is more efficient
One can make a choice.
Cool
Vkworld T5 has 13 MP Back camera this is cool
But i already have bought a Maya at $69.99, and get notification that the order can be shipped on today July 10th.
review is online yeaah
salam friends.
I see nobody posted review of this phone here..
iF you want, you can watch it on my channel. youtube it:
Wkworld t5 review by TechUtopia