Nokia's launch of the Lumia 1020 has the tech community talking, from its design, smartphone specifications, and notably the 41-megapixel camera.
As a refresher, the Lumia 1020's features include a 4.5-inch screen with 1,280x768 pixels covered in Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The new Windows Phone 8 device has 32GB of internal storage for 2GB of RAM. A front-facing camera is installed featuring 1.2 megapixels. The Lumia 1020's camera also packs a 2,000mAh battery.
Nokia US' Facebook account featured the Lumia 1020, but it brought mixed views. A positive review was by Frank Ostrow, stating, "WOW! Nice camera/phone guys. I am totally geeking out over the specs. Well done."
Nokia US responded Ostrow's comment with a smiley-face emoticon.
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Ryan Bell wrote, "$300 on contract while the 920 was $100 on contract. The camera isn't worth an extra $200."
Louie Tartaglia shared, "The problem will always be carrier exclusivity.... this is a great phone with a Stupid stupid and preventable setback.... You have 199 million less potential users..."
"That is the most ugliest camera I've ever seen, noted Charles Amoah.
Robert Panco opined, "And unless you're blowing these pictures up to the size of a chalk board, those extra megapixels will do nothing for you but make the files unnecessarily large."
Aiesha Harvey stated, "I have the [Lumia] 920....and these phones are starting to look the same (I know nothing about phones) but just saying."
Omar Zeledon commented, "No Snapchat, Instagram, or even Vine. No thanks Nokia. As soon as my contract is up I'm going back to android."
Travis Rogers said, "I'll wait til you have 42 megapixels."
People also went to Twitter to tweet their early thoughts.
Can I have the Nokia Lumia 1020 please? #PhotographerPhone #41Megapixels — J.R. (@JRhuur) July 13, 2013
Yeh..! Finally #Nokia #Lumia1020 launched . I wanna buy this. <3 Nokia — Neesarg Y Banglawala (@neesarg_yb) July 13, 2013
The lumia 1020 is all about the camera , nothing else #fb — Nuwamanya Emmanuel (@emmanuwamanya) July 13, 2013
I kinda like the camera on the lumia 1020 and all of its ability though, but it still isn't android. So, I cant say more..
— sw∆®ovsʞi TM (@SuMaiden_) July 13, 2013
The new Nokia Lumia 1020 can be called an oversmart phone. — sagarcasm (@sagarcasm) July 13, 2013
The Lumia 1020 will debut first in the U.S. with exclusive carrier AT&T. The smartphone has an expected sale date of July 26 for $299.99 when signing a two-year contract. The Lumia 1020 will then launch in China and key European markets later this business quarter.
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