Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia Lumia 920 on a cordless charging station

In early December 2012 ( Switzerland )

0.70 W / kg

GSM

  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900

WCDMA / UMTS

  • Band I ( 2100 MHz )
  • Band II (1900 MHz)
  • Volume V (850 MHz)
  • Volume VIII (900 MHz)

LTE

  • Band 1 (2100 MHz)
  • Volume 3 (1800 MHz)
  • Volume 7 (2600 MHz)
  • Volume 8 (900 MHz)
  • Volume 20 (800 MHz )
  • WLAN 802.11a / 802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • GPS and GLONASS
  • NFC

3.5mm Headset Jack American port ( headphone jack )

  • Cordless charging
  • Operation with gloves possible

The Nokia Lumia 920 is a smartphone in the Lumia series of the Finnish manufacturer Nokia, which will replace 900 with successive improvements in the previously published as the new Nokia Lumia flagship model. It has been available since the beginning of November 2012. On May 14, 2013 Nokia introduced the successor - the Lumia 925 - before with almost unchanged technical data.

Specifications

The Lumia 920 is after Lumia 900, Lumia 800, Lumia 710 and Lumia 610, the fifth Nokia smartphone model with the operating system Windows Phone from Microsoft, where for the first time, the version 8 is used. The unit is housed in a made ​​as a monoblock polycarbonate housing with dimensions of 130.3 mm × 70.8 mm × 10.7 mm, has a 1.5 GHz dual core processor from Qualcomm ( Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 Plus ), a RAM of 1 GB and a non-expandable mass memory of 32 GB. Visually it is very similar to the first model in the series, the Lumia 800, but is larger and better equipped. The Lumia 920 features a 4.5 inches measured IPS touchscreen with ClearBlack technology and a resolution of 1,280 × 768 pixels (WXGA ) with a pixel density of 332 ppi and a 1.2 - megapixel camera on the front and an 8 0.7 - megapixel digital camera on the back.

Available was the Lumia 920 first in the colors yellow, red, gray, white and black, in the U.S. for AT & T in cyan. Since March 2013, the unit also in the color cyan is generally available.

The Lumia 920 supports GSM and WCDMA-/UMTS-Netze. In addition, LTE mobile compounds 3 (1800 MHz ), 7 ( 2600 MHz ), 8 ( 900 MHz) and 20 ( 800 MHz) in the frequency bands 1 (2100 MHz), it is possible, but have a higher power consumption for a row and so that the shorten battery life. Data connections can be made in LTE with a maximum data rate of 100 Mbps in GSM networks via EDGE, UMTS connections via HSDPA with a maximum of 42 Mbps and; Wireless networks are supported by the 802.11n standard.

The Specific Absorption Rate ( SAR ) is specified by the manufacturer of 0.70 W / kg. As a SIM card, a micro-SIM card is required.

Functions

First Windows 8 smartphone free and complete navigation software Nokia Drive has been revised for the Lumia 920; the country-specific maps can be downloaded via Wi-Fi or cellular network to the device, making an offline navigation. In addition, the applications Nokia Maps and Nokia Transportation were renewed. New Nokia City Lens is the app, so that the card application has been extended to augmented reality features.

The Lumia 920 uses the Pure View technology and has the first smartphone camera optical image stabilization; thus be jerky movements when taking a photo or video, as well as reduced night shots in low light conditions possible. Furthermore, the smartphone by induction wirelessly charged after Qi ( Wireless Power Standard). A wireless charger but not included. The Pure Motion HD technology used in the screen provides a clear display even when you scroll screen contents, also the touchscreen can be operated even with gloves.

Introduction and sale

The Nokia Lumia 920 was officially unveiled on September 5, 2012 along with the Lumia 820 at a press conference of Nokia and Microsoft in New York by the two CEOs Stephen Elop and Steve Ballmer. The sale started in November of 2012.

In Germany the sale at Vodafone, Mobilcom debitel and in the free trade began on November 5, 2012.

In Switzerland, the sale will start at the beginning of the month December 2012 exclusively instead of at Swisscom.

Nokia could with China Mobile the largest with 680 million customers Provider China win, who will offer the device with the mobile standard TD- SCDMA. In the United States the smartphone will be available exclusively at AT & T.

The price was the introduction in the online trading for delivery within Germany for about 600 euros. The price varies abroad, the sale went very well. In the UK ( at Clove, the local distributor ), in Australia and in some Walmart stores in the U.S., the unit was temporarily sold out. However, specific figures were not yet available.

Awards

In 2012, the Nokia Lumia 920 has been awarded twelve Media Awards:

  • Gizmodo Australia - Best Mobile Phone of 2012 Readers Choice Award
  • CNET - The Best High End Smartphone
  • V3.co.uk - Top Smartphone
  • International Forum Design, Germany - iF Award for Outstanding Design
  • Mobile Magazine, Denmark - Mobile Award for Best Smartphone Design
  • The Next Web - Best Smartphones of 2012
  • Mobil, Sweden - Top Score Award
  • Arstechnic - Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best Phone Mapping
  • Mashable - Top 25 Tech of 2012
  • Mybroadband, South Africa - Best Smartphone of the Year
  • BGR - Best AT & T Smartphone

In 2013, the Nokia Lumia 920 also received the Mobile News Award for the most innovative handset.

Criticism

During the presentation of the device, the optical image stabilizer of the camera has been praised and shown videos that suggested to have been rotated with the Lumia 920. When it became known that these shots were taken with a professional film camera, Nokia apologized for the incident. Nokia offered the Aufdeckern of the incident in the wake of the opportunity to check the quality of night shots themselves. The photo and video quality could then be used to test prototypes of third parties.

The readership of the mobile magazine Areamobile.de chose the Lumia 920 for "Smartphone of the Year 2012". The test of the magazine in November 2012 gave an overall rating of 88% ( very good).

In the test of the magazine Connect the device scores especially in the areas of housing, display and camera. Low deductions were for the high weight, as well as for the low in sending direction telephone volume.

Also, the online portal network world underwent the Lumia 920 a detailed test and came to a very positive conclusion.

In the test- issue 3/ 2013, the Stiftung Warentest, the Lumia 920 as one of the best Windows Phone 8 smartphone rated the quality good judgment ( 2:4). The quality of the best Android and iOS devices can not reach it though.

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