Nokia Lumia 800

Proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, compass ( magnetometer), 3D accelerometer

0.94 W / kg

EDGE Class B, GPRS Class B, HSUPA category 6, 5.76 Mbit / s HSDPA Cat 10, 14.4 Mbit / s, Dual Transfer Mode (MSC 32) GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900, WCDMA 850, 900, 1900, 2100

Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n, USB 2.0 via MicroUSB, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR and A2DP, FM receiver, GPS, A-GPS, CellID, SA - GPS, Wi -Fi positioning

3.5mm AHJ connector

GPU: Adreno 205 GPU

The Nokia Lumia 800 is a smartphone in the Lumia series of the Finnish manufacturer Nokia. It is the first Nokia mobile phone with the operating system Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft, the long-term aim to replace the Symbian platform, Nokia. Nokia hoped that with the device a regain lost market share, and Microsoft an establishment of its operating system as a third major system in addition to Google's Android and Apple's iOS.

Functions

The unibody polycarbonate casing and the camera of the Lumia 800 were taken from the Nokia N9; However, there is no front camera for video telephony available. The 3.7 inch (9.4 cm) AMOLED display with Nokia's ClearBlack technology consists of scratch- resistant, curved Gorilla glass and is designed to offer good readability outdoors. The CPU Snapdragon MSM8255 Scorpion type is powered by 1.4 GHz clock frequency. There are 512 MB ​​of RAM and a 16 GB of mass storage available; a memory card slot does not exist. The built-in 8- megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss optics triggers quickly and to produce good photos with a dual- LED flash even in low lighting conditions.

The Lumia 800 only Micro- SIM cards may be used. The charging time of the battery is approximately 2 hours.

First Windows Phone 7 Smartphone with Nokia Drive has the Lumia 800 a free full navigation software; the maps can be downloaded for 180 countries directly on the device; , an Internet connection is required - for navigation was yet - in contrast to the Symbian version " Nokia Maps" also missing features such as traffic information, lane assistance, or POI display. Since version 2.0 in March 2012, the navigation can be used offline; continue also functions as a lane assistant and the display of speed limits are therefore available.

The " mix radio" service, an Internet radio, where you can continue to go to the next song, is available in Germany since May 2012.

Also tethering is supported since May 2012 Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710, through an update.

Introduction and sale

The Lumia 800 was October 26, 2011 presented together with the Nokia Lumia 710 at the Open House Nokia World in London. The Lumia 800 is since November 15, 2011 in Germany, first in black, then in cyan, fuchsia ( magenta), and available in white. The German Telekom became the first mobile operator in opposition to pre-orders. Nokia has equipped all Windows Phone handsets from the Applications Nokia Drive and Nokia Music. Just two weeks after launch the Lumia 800 in the UK was sold out, while initially not recorded Vodafone Germany in the assortment.

Criticism

Users complain partly to a short battery life of the device; Nokia released two software updates that address this has been improved; Since January 2012, these updates are available. In March 2012 another update was released, which was initially only available in Asia and the UK. Updates must generally be installed via Microsoft's Zune. The potential for Symbian Updates Over-the- Air ( OTA) are different for Windows Phone currently not possible.

For the Lumia 800 is no memory expansion via SD card is possible, and it is neither an HDMI output for connecting an analog video output USB OTG still available. Also the device memory when connected to a computer can not be used as an external drive. Thus, the device has significantly less expansion options and interfaces than some previous Symbian devices. Also available with almost all Windows Phone devices Tethering was not initially supported by the Lumia 800 and retrofitted by an update in May, 2012.