The Nokia Lumia 900 is one of the most exciting smartphones to hit the market yet, mixing the excellent Windows Phone operating system with a phenomenal screen that puts rivals to shame. It’s a great all-round package, and the first of the reviews are in. Read on to find out what the experts are saying.
CNET ’s Natasha Lomas points out that the Lumia 900 “looks big and bold in the hand.” It’s the huge 4.3-inch ClearBlack display that will attract most consumers, however, and Lomas adds, “the display generally looks bright and colourful, with blacks appearing velvety and deep.” “The touchscreen itself is nice and responsive,” says Natasha, “jumping around on cue to even light taps and swipes.”
Pocket Lint ’s Stuart Miles explains, “The Lumia design is different from the norm, is eye-catching and people will spot that and comment, so be prepared. The design is seamless with a clean curved look void of screws or panels.” We love the idea of watching films on the Lumia 900, but Miles highlights its ability as an eReader as well: “It’s perfect for reading a book via the Amazon Kindle app or watching a movie or TV show via Netflix.”
When compared to the Nokia Lumia 800, Stuart explains, “if you fancy the idea of a bigger screen this is the better of the two. It's more brash than the Lumia 800, but the experience is good. The screen's resolution is stretched to its limit at this size, but that's not enough to push it over the edge as in the Titan series from HTC.”
As with Lomas, Dave Oliver, from Wired , picks up on the sensitive touchscreen and deep blacks, adding, “it's beautifully sensitive, and Nokia's ClearBlack technology offers rich contrast with exceptionally deep, dark blacks offsetting the slightly oversaturated colours.”
Performance impresses, with Oliver pointing out, “it ain't slow, and the relative simplicity of the Windows OS certainly seems to be in its favour, since it whips through the apps with ease, even when you have a bunch of them open and running.”
“The latest Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is the operating system,” explains Dave, “which is beautiful to look at, and easy to find your way around, even if you're a Windows Phone newbie.”
So far so good, then, and the positive reception continues over at Stuff , where the website says, “with beautifully bright Windows Phone live tiles to distract you, the AMOLED and ClearBlack screen is by far the most 'glanceable' of the 2012 pack so far.”
“It's perfect if you want to view all of your social feeds in one place or take advantage of excellent bespoke software, such as Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive and Nokia Music. Like the iPhone, the Lumia 900 lacks Flash support.”
But what do you think of the Nokia Lumia 900? Would you opt for this larger than life handset – with a screen that’s perfectly suited to watching movies on the go or browsing the web – over the excellent Lumia 800? Leave a comment and let us know.
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