Nokia Lumia 810 hands-on review roundup
The Nokia
Lumia 810 has
been announced as coming to exclusive to T-Mobile in the coming weeks. Similar
to the Nokia Lumia 820,
we check out what the first Nokia Lumia 810 hands-on reviews have to say about
this Windows Phone 8 smartphone.
T-Mobile
used the Pepcom MobileFocus event at MobileCon 2012 in San Diego to allow
people to get their first hands-on experience with the Nokia Lumia 810
The
Nokia Lumia 810 takes the 4.3-inch of the Nokia Lumia 820 and the
interchangeable shell design, so you can add extra features such as wireless
charging, and the same feature-set inside. However, the big difference is a
tweaked body shape with a more angular take on the Lumia design.
It’s
coming exclusive to T-Mobile in the US in the coming weeks but let’s check out
what the first journos to get their hands on this smartphone thought:
The
Verge
When
T-Mobile announced that it had an “exclusive” on the Nokia Lumia 810, we found
the differences between it and the Lumia 820 so minor that it was hard to take
the exclusivity seriously. Nevertheless, when T-Mobile put a unit on the table
at MobileCon we felt it our duty to take a look, even though it wouldn’t power
on. The 810 is not a small phone by any stretch: the bezels are large, the
corners much squarer, and the thickness is noticeable. It’s 11.2mm thick,
according to T-Mobile, a full 1mm thicker than the 820. The reasoning is
ostensibly that the back cover is removable and can be swapped for another
color, each of which includes the necessary electronics for wireless charging.
The thinner 820 has the same feature, however, and a higher level of build
quality overall.
Techcrunch
The
Lumia 810 from T-Mobile comes in both black and cyan variants, and will have a
4.3-inch OLEG WVGA screen that could be very good-looking in practice, one
might imagine. There’s also Windows Phone 8, an 8 megapixel rear camera and a
1.2 megapixel front shooter for Skype and other communication apps, which could
take very nice pictures, it’s reasonable to assume.
What
we do know about the 810 is that it feels quite substantial compared to most
contemporary smartphones, like in a way that actually isn’t altogether a good
thing.
The
Lumia 810 could easily use a diet, in fact, and there’s a lot of space taken up
around the not-yet-active screen devoted to bezel. It’s a bold, aggressive
design choice, and one that could result in a chunky chic appeal, but it could
also backfire. In a world where thin and light are the name of the game, this
is a phone that stands apart, as you can see by the side-by-side shots with it
and the iPhone 5.
Engadget
Technically,
the 810 is being dubbed a T-Mobile “exclusive” in the US, but that takes on
very little meaning when given its use of a AWS-friendly HSPA+ 42Mbps radio. It
bears some family resemblance in specs and looks to its cousin, the Lumia 820,
but it still keeps to a distinct design; the 8MP rear camera panel is laid out
vertically (see also: Lumia 800) rather than horizontally, the LED flash is off
to its side, and the 1.2MP front-facing camera is on the opposite side of the
earpiece. It’s still a little thicker and heavier than we’d like to see on a
midrange device, which is mainly a result of the 810′s exchangeable wireless
charging shells (it’s available in cyan and black).
The
Lumia 810 also features a 4.3-inch OLED WVGA (800 x 480) ClearBlack display
offering a pixel density of 217ppi. Naturally we’ll need to put this to the
test once we’re allowed to turn it on, but we expect this to be roughly the
same quality as the Lumia 900. We’ll
let you know when more specs come our way, but in the meantime take a look at
our hands-on images below.
Know Your Cell
T-Mobile will soon be offering the exciting
Nokia Lumia 810 and we just had a chance to play with it at the MobileCon
show. Unfortunately, this unit wasn’t powered on, so it’s tough to tell how
well the screen will look. That’s kind of a shame too, as I’m sure that the
4.3-inch OLED WVGA display will be stunning.
The Nokia Lumia 810 will come in a variety of
colors including the eye-catching cyan, which we were able to handle at the
conference. It has a very nice feel to it with its polycarbonate body. The
Lumia 810 also has some good heft to it: not too light but not too heavy.
16GB of internal storage and it will be one of the
showcase devices for Windows Phone 8. We’ll get our review of the Lumia 810 as
soon as possible but check out these additional photos until then
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