The Register’s Nokia Lumia 800 Review – “a very attractive alternative to the iPhone”, better experience than Android.
Here’s the Register’s review on the Nokia N9. These folks would probably be the UK engadget equivalent in terms of their opinions of Nokia in general. You can feel that bitterness ebbing away slightly in their introduction,
“For the first time in ages, it’s possible to recommend a Nokia phone to somebody in the pub. Nokia’s first Windows-based device is the company’s most attractive consumer product for some years, at least in the modern era of touchscreen smartphones.”
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/10/review_nokia_lumia_800_windows_phone_7_mango_smartphone/
- First impressions of the software are likely to be very positive
- handling the basics of communications with less friction than anything Nokia has offered since the days of monochrome LED phones.
- WinPho 7 now offers a better experience for ordinary punters than its Android rivals.
- The design, based on oversized typography is very usable.
- Apparently not finding it that comfortable hardware wise. Odd, first criticism of design so far from anyone.
- They don’t like the fiddly microUSB door. I suppose something like a slide door would be easier, though may not conform to the design.
- AMOLED screen is excellent, giving a very black black indeed, and enough brightness and contrast
- Doesn’t matter that it has a PenTile screen.
- Browser – streets ahead of what’s on Symbian (well, that’s because that browser sucked ass since forever).
- Battery barely lasting a day, signal better than iPhone (not exactly feats either. Also I think other reviewers had more favourable battery life experiences. You know, the ones who liked the 800 design, which was all of them).
- Dialling a difficulty. I’ve commented this here and twitter many times. Like the N900, so many things can be done so easily, except actually initiating a phone call. Give me smart dialler please.
- Camera – “adequate”. I think Nokia gave them a dud unit. Now I know it’s not as good as N8 and there are apparently some comparisons where other manufacturers are besting the 800, but just adequate? Reviewer comments that it’s no N8.
- Both Nokia and Microsoft have a long way to go together on this new, but very promising platform. Microsoft badly needs a high quality and trusted phone manufacturer to make the software into a great product. Nokia badly needed a modern platform, and now it’s got one. The partnership doesn’t look such a bad idea at all, now.
- Aesthetics aside, the speed and ease of use of the Lumia 800 – and the remarkable People application – make this a very attractive alternative to the iPhone
http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/10/review_nokia_lumia_800_windows_phone_7_mango_smartphone/
Cheers all for the tip!
We’ll hopefully get to bring our own Nokia 800 content for you soon. Thankfully Katie from NokiaConnects (WOM) can sort that out for us. Nokia UK is absolutely terrible. Do you know we are on a waiting list for the Nokia C6, as asked last year? Hello, it is November 2011.
Does anyone have the email address for NokiaUK media relations?
Did you know there are supposedly 85,000 Nokia Lumias to be distributed (not sold), 25k for devs, 60,000 for media?
I was going to travel down to London on Saturday for an event supposedly by Nokia UK to get a Nokia Lumia 800. Great stuff, what a change. Pro-actively asking as if we want a trial. Though that’s a whole Saturday where I do my uni case work, I thought it would be worth it to prepare some Nokia 800 material. Er no that got cancelled and postponed. I don’t want to buy another train ticket which could be cancelled again last minute. I asked if they could send it by post instead – no reply. Emailed another address, no reply. Thanks for the love, Nokia UK. Perhaps we’re just not that well known enough yet in Nokia circles.
I should have just stuck with WOM/NokiaConnects. Having said that, Nokia in other countries seem to do a much better job with their bloggers. e.g. Michael got a N9 from Nokia Australia and he’s reviewed it, do video demoes and has been able to demo apps. I’d buy one right now if I wasn’t trapped in a contract with my WP Sammy.
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so what about browser test
all the browsers stock since Nokia devices will be using belle and 1ghz i would like to see that test
The title of the thread relates to the Lumia 800, but your opening sentence states: Here’s the Register’s review on the Nokia N9…
It is for the Lumia 800, right?
Jay me and many others, got an email yesterday offering, an 800 for develop, some got one without requesting it, Its not my cup of tea so I wont be pursuing that path, (not sure that will be enough to not get one
, ), but yeah it should be easy to get one and I’m really surprised you haven’t got one already.
..This might be a weird question, but why does it offer better experience than android? Really? Looks better? Heck no. Smoother? If you buy an android with a same price than the Nokia 800, not at all. (High end androids don’t lag) More customization? ..Nope. More apps? No. Easier to use? Maybe, but people are not retards..if android was hard to use, it wouldn’t have sold nearly as much as it has.
…So what is left?
Personal opinions, my young padawan
Erm..most of the points I gave were not opinion based.
yes they are.
and most of them pointless.
-”Looks better? Heck no”
Yes it does, subjective issue though
-”Smoother? If you buy an android with a same price than the Nokia 800, not at all. (High end androids don’t lag)”
the cheapest wp runs as smoothly as the most expensive dual-core android. So i’d say yes, definitely smoother
-”More customization? ..Nope”
customization is a two-edged sword. on one hand it allows a device to become more personal. on the other hand it leads to inconsistency. The reason why ios and wp are said to have “character” and android is such a mess. Then there are other things to consider too, security, stability, battery, performance. Third-party apps should not be allowed to mess with system settings. Microsoft’s learned her lesson from the old windows mobile days
-”More apps? No”
i don’t need more apps as long all the high-profile (big-name) apps are there. And they are
-”Easier to use? Maybe, but people are not retards..if android was hard to use, it wouldn’t have sold nearly as much as it has”
Then you might care to explain why Android has the highest return rate of all. Good luck explaining to your mom that a task manager is her best friend.
Which Android experience are you refering to? The Sucky blur version? the POS Sense maybe? The kiddy samsung version maybe? Android is a mess..
Yep. Pretty much have to install a custom ROM to get a good experience. CM or MIUI.
After read that review, i see that WM is not a competitor for symbian. May be after some years, but not now.
WM is indeed not a competitor, WP on the other hand..
WP on the other hand is not a competitor too.
Symbian on the other hand does not have a proper YouTube client.
At least mines a fact. yours is just your opinion.
Of course, thats my opinion. And i not needed in youtube client. :з) But cell signal level is more important for me than wi-fi.
Nokia makes Windows Phones, so Windows Phones have just as good cell signal as Symbian phones (and that was really the only reason to get a Symbian, so there’s no reason at all now).
Nokia N9 is better than Nokia Lumia 800!
Icons are better than tiles!
you are either kidding or trolling
See the name, R. Green -> Rich Green, former Nokia CTO that left after MeeGo got axed. Left because of ‘personal reasons’
anything is better than tiles, http://www.riagenic.com/archives/487
a Microsoft designer.
Icons are part of the industry since day one, (wp uses them all over the place in its UI), grids of icons apparently sell really well.
Tiles…. well apart from the 1% of the smart phone world market that have a WP phone seam to not like it… I find the mobile implementation of them even its far worse example… Well and not even all WP like them.
Tiles are icons, dynamic icons. End of discussion.
iOS icons are also dynamic as well as Grid10′s ones.
So, nothing new here.
Just a matter of design and feeling: want to pollute your screen or not.
I think uSoft has a bunch of patents about filling your screen and you life with awful things and nonsense.
db
Do you think Nokia made a mistake by choosing Windows Phone 7?
Android and iOS use icons and they are popular.
The public might not like the Tile UI.
Nokia should have picked Meego. It uses icons and really user friendly.
their only mistake is (personally opinion) theyre too late joining the ring of ios&andro, choosing incapable ceo-person as their leader, and getting waggy-tails with microsoft too much
Cool story bro.
+1000000^1000000000000000000000
N9 is a better device than the Lumia, I will give you that. The N9 was built to work with Harmattan, the Lumia was built to work with Harmattan. Only one of them runs Harmattan.
The N9 offers all of the unique features of the OS it runs, the Lumia is lacking features of its OS.
However, once you get into actually using the phones it is a different story. Lumia has Netflix, Amazon Kindle, Xbox Integration, RDIO, Zune, Microsoft Office, Flixster, IMDB, Bank of Ameraica, Ebay, Craigslist and on and on. The problem isn’t just that the N9 is lacking apps though, the issue is it is a dead platform so it will never catch up.
Personally I love the design of the N9/Lumia. I might buy it just because of that. But neither one would ever be my main phone because they are both lacking things I need.
+ 1
yeah, if meego device is starting to come out before android no doubt it will be popular, but its too late now *sigh*
media control people, most popular doesnt mean best, and to them many great kin hath been thrown..
Nokia should’ve stuck with Meego! Ditch Windows Phone, Symbian and S40!
that joke is getting old. Move on
Windows Phone 7 paid poster!
I end everything with an exclamation mark too!
Hell Yeah!
I wonder if the design complaints come from landscape use. The hard edges at the top and bottom might not be that comfortable when held in landscape mode.
1000s are saying android has better experience than wp. Just 2 or 3 saying opposite and that you are posting here
Links or your moms a bitch.
nah just kidding. but links or your comment is worthless.
i fked your mom..
naahh just kidding..
ur moms sexyy
naah
How does Windows Phone 7′s battery life compare to Nokia’s E Series (E72/E5/E71)?
I’m used to at least 4 days with my current E5.
I’m worried Windows Phone 7 is gonna last 1 day like those iPhones! Huhuhu!
What about the battery life of the N9/Meego phone?
I hope Nokia still makes smartphones that last at least 4 days battery life like the E5!
Nope, 4 days it won’t do. Not even close, but it does seem to fair better than most Android devices out there that can even have trouble with managinga day.
There are reports about WP devices handling 2 days with ease, some others only get 1,5 but a full day appears to be possible without any hassle.
Just don’t keep the camera open… Managed to exhaust my Optimus 7 in approximately 3 hours when I had to take photos of documents in an archive (how I hate archives without scanners).
That said, otherwise it’s with my quite constant use 1-1.5 day(s). That is quite a bit.
Same with Symbian, kept the camera open for a few hours once. Battery was dead before the day was out.
I make sure that I check the Task Manager on my Symbian Nokia E5 to save battery!
Windows Phone won’t be as efficient as a Nokia E series, no question about that. It’s a result of having a relatively large device with only half of it dedicated to screen.
You’ll start seeing similar performance coming out of Windows Phone some time in 2013 (at least I hope it’s 2013 and not 2012, as too early would fragment the platform) when Windows Phone supports the QWERTYbar form factor.
Its Michael from Austria , not Australia . If i m not wrong
I think you’re wrong. Pretty sure Jay knows where other contributors to his blog are from.
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