Nokia Lumia 900 is the best phone at CES 2012
According to ZDnet and PopScience Nokia Lumia 900 has been named as the best phone at this year’s CES. I couldn’t agree more on that. 900, coming from N9 and 800, couldn’t feel any better in hand, it’s just a pleasure to hold and use.
Rumours say that 900 will be available on AT&T in March, but whenever it is, we only have to wait and see if people will be lining up to get this phone. Congrats to Nokia and the design team for producing such an outstanding smartphone. I’ll make sure I’ll get my hand-on on the first day of availability and will try to post photos or videos from AT&T or Microsoft Stores here in the US.
Update: Laptop Mag also nominated Nokia Lumia 900 as the Best Smartphone.
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This is the beginning of a comeback. Apollo, land quicker. -.-
Yes!!! Apollo N8 Successor, we’re waiting for you
um not it’s not a N8 successor…it’s just a bigger N9 -_-
I wish for 900 with Apollo
Go Nokia!!!
MMM… don’t get me wrong but… this “prize” sting as hell… there where techonologically better devices with better features that the actuall Lumia tier of devices… Ok it look gorgeous and do a lot of thing right… but the BEST???
It is the best phone out of the CES. Sure, Motorola had a phone with a bigger battery, HTC had a 16MP camera WP7, and stuff like that, but Nokia came up with a new and compelling design paradigm that is making people sit up and take note.
Features are nothing if not marketed properly. That’s what Nokia has picked up, and is now doing. And this makes it the winner from CES. Works out well and Nokia needs to keep doing it, keep wowing its audiences with well-designed, properly marketed products.
Partially agree with you, I say it’s gorgoeus but technologically it isn’t the best.
If I take it from at seller oriented point of view it win. But the little geek inside me got really disapointed, because appart from desing, the device simply do the same that other WP devices outa there
Of course sometimes I forgot CES is for reseller, let’s see whats is cooking for MWC in Feb, Nokia say that they will come with the fully loaded big guns.
Tell what other device you had in mind that came out of CES that is better. I agree w/ you that it’s nothing too special, but the award was for best phone to come out of CES, NOT best phone ever.
MMM, as someone post: the Xperia ION… It’s a hard choice, becuase for some reason the Sammy Note get my aproval, I’m not big fan o phones with screen goin over 4 inches, but the use of that particular device make me think and think. Another device was the one (a Lenovo) sporting the Intel SoC Atom processor, it appear that intel has finally gettin the right balance between power and energy efficiency, things start to get warmmy on the processor Arch camp… My 5 cent.
Which one would chose you???
PD.: PR1.2 for N9 appear to be ready check Navifirm…
PD.: At least until Nokia keep making devices folloring the line the RX-series (N770, N8XX, N900) and things like the N9 I will be happy, I love Symbian but for some reason it become the underdog, so Nokia give me that option and my money will get to your pockets
PR1.2 is not on navi firm. 22.2011.44.2 is not pr1.2 but pr 1.1 with some aditional language support. PR1.2 should be as we seen from pics is 30.2012.01-3.
Roger!!!
22. is for Arabic countries I think.
PR1.2 for my guess we need to wait till there is firmware that says
30.2012.02-5
They really don’t have manpower any more to make fast progress so I do not believe we will get 2012.01-xx RC firmware. I bet for February 02-xx
Best phone at CES 2012, but definitely not the best in the world. Little specs with exorbitant price.
Hi there, what is the price?
not known yet, but as usually in the US it won’t cost more than 200$ on contract. not sure if it will be available unlocked.
It’s going to be $199 with a two year contract.
Guess or some knowledge? $199 would be my guess too. Hoping for a surprise given how many times Nokia kept saying pricing would be aggressive.
I think the phone will be offered with a free xbox like in the UK. That will be ita competitive advantage.
I know, I was being a bit of a smartass, for which I apologize.
Alan, have you had a chance to hold the device, and if so, is there a noticable bezel or is the screen more or less flush with the body?
Other observations would be great to hear too of course!
No I didn’t hold the device, i only had 800 and N9 in my hands. I will get to hold it when it’s available and let you all know. Yes I think bezel on the top is a little bit bigger than on 800.
What is the best phone available right now?
depends which platform you asking
overall call/build quality Nokia is always the best (I’m still using 6630 and all the newest smartphones are just not up to the Nokia quality in terms of battery, call reception and call quality, played around of course with all iPhones, Androids, Samsungs and HTC and always wanted to get back to Nokia)
“….and always wanted to get back to Nokia”
NOW! you’re the man, where have you been so long?
Best device???
sorry, but Xperia ION blows it off the water
NFC, Radio, dual-core, better desing, bigger, better screen
nokia no more…
Man have i been eyeing down that ion! Hopefully There is an unlock for it! Wouldnt mind a little android love in my life. but if not Nokia and symbian/meamo will suffice.
Yeah the Xperia ION is kinda amazing.
This titles are part of what you pay for wen you rent space at CES business as usual
Acrually, the Sony Xperia S is the best phone among all phones at the CES.
Well, part of these “best” awards is also about “most significant/noticable”. I am sure that played to this a fair bit.
But also, its about the sum of the parts, something intangible. Or at least I hope it is, and that Nokia has managed to capture that (finally?) (again?), and that it bodes well for its sales and other devices later on.
something intangible????? ooo no its much simpler than that, rent enough square meters and you are king
Heh. If you are implying Nokia’s stand was the biggest, it was not. AND: as we all know (or at least would like to believe
), its not the size that matters but how you use it! :p
Okay so im starting to second guess on getting this phone… I travel a lot so do you guys think i’d be able to drop a regular sim card from a different carrier? This LTE business isnt to good for GSM Travelers if you cant put a different sim card in it. Looks like i’ll have to stick with my E7, N8, And N9 for now…
you can use SIM card with 900 too. It’s just will be up to AT&T whether they unlock it or not. I know AT&T doesn’t unlock the iPhones. But if 900 is unlocked sure you can use with any GSM provider.
I kind of doubt that you’ll be able to do that. This phone is really more geared for 1 market and 1 market only…the US. There may be variants of it released for other markets at a later time, though.
^^ Thanks for the response guys! @ Alan im almost positive there will be a way to unlock it, thats usually the case with GSM Mobiles. But I heard with some LTE devices you will need an LTE SIM. Hopefully not tho if an unlock comes(fingers Crossed).
@Hypnopottamus… Loving the name lol and another variant would be nice, but since I do live in the US i wouldnt mind a little LTE love :p Hopefully the unlock comes for it soon after the release!
My apologies
I assumed you were outside the US. Alan has answered your question. Another thing to be aware of is the fact that I think the Lumia 900 has a micro SIM card, not the standard SIM card. This may hinder you being able to swap from a different device.
Good point, and relevant for me as well. However, since you all those other fantastic phones and you are planning to use a local carriers GSM anyway, why not just take the N9, for example, with you when you travel and leave the 900 home?
I just hope there is some way the N9 and the symbian^3 series will get some more love in the near immediate future (I want my ESPN app for symbian lol, Skype video call or tango and more updates for all the beta map apps like live view). I use my E7 because its provisioned with My IT Reps at work, my Nokia N8 for pictures/ Back-up and well the N9 was because its simply awesome lol. But i do have At&t here in the states so i wouldnt mind LTE and if Nokia is gunna bring more support to the lumia line then i’d mind aswell make the switch.
This phone, like any other can be unlocked. If not by carrier, then through 3rd party stores. They unlock pretty much anything. Also, yes you will be able to drop any sim, but it will have to be microsim. If you are abroad, you will also not get LTE speed, but 3G instead where available. But the phone will work with any simcard if unlocked properly.
I know it, because I used Galaxy S2 Skyrocket LTE abroad after unlocking it. Didn’t get LTE speed, but 3G instead.
Hopefully this comes to Europe too
yeah, I think Nokia should release HSPA+ unlocked version of 900 for the rest of the world with only Nokia logo in front! )
Yupp, the ugly thing on those locked devices is the brand stamped on the phone, it’s just looks like subsidized
)
This just part of the marketing campaign. Paying people to say things about your product has been around for quite some time.
I know. And the UN is in control. Vote for Ron Paul.
Smoothcing, wining and dining, providing gadgets for free etc. is one thing, paying people off is another.
Everybody in the industry is paying people off, one way or the other, tho. If you think Nokia doesn’t do that, you’re naive… And their partner Microsoft is especially well-known for that.
That, however, doesn’t speak anything about Nokia (or Microsoft, or anyone for that matter) – those are the sad rules of the game…
Rules of the game indeed. Google does them, Apple does them, heck even RIM wants to do it too.
Let’s see what happens.
What I meant is Nokia is (as it should be) influencing the opinion, rather than directly paying for it. Standard practice, I agree.
If they were just sending checks to get the opinions they want, Symbian would probably have been praised by the same “journalists” too.
Oh dear…you’re so naive.
You probably also think that athletes are clean and size does not matter. The cognitive dissonance must be pretty massive for one to remain that naive.
As it happens, in another comment I said “we would like to think size does not matter”. :p Fortunately, I have no worries there.
And, as I said also, wining/smootching/perks etc. are part of the game. Directly paying – I doubt.
They are the same things. It’s called a bribe. And the law, where applicable, treats them equally.
For a most recent example, check the case of Ilkka Kanerva.
Never said it’s not. Although, the line is very murky and in many cases it does not meet the legal definition of a bribe. And its up to the “journalists” to try resist the impact of such smootching – given that everyone does it, perhaps its not that difficult.
The Lumia 900 addressed some of the shortcomings of the 800 – screen size, pentile screen. lack of FFC, lack of LTE,no gyro.
The Lumia 800 was a good start and the 900 builds ontop of this. Overall its the best Windows Phone in terms of specs and design.
Those clamouring for dual core are missing the point – WP doesn’t need more horsepower in the CPU department as its a well optimised o/s. Where there are legitimate concerns is the underpowered GPU.
5 stars
Europeans, asian, oceanians, africans, south americans, and even canadians don’t care, it is just for at&t, the most interesting device was the xperia s and its only sony branding (new beginning for this company) don’t be blind fanboys, we love nokia but others are impressing us more
I still don’t like the screen on Lumia 900. It feels that the screen is not installed right because it pops outside of that Body.
Maybe it’s because I have N9 and I like the feel when body and screen melt together.
I will stick with max 4″ until they manage to make device that has super thin bezel and they can make those sensors and FFC under the actual screen
+ 16:9 720p screen. 16:10 makes device too wide to my taste when screen gets to 4″.
I also can’t stand ipad because the screen is not 16:9. I hope Nokia Win8 tablet will have 1080p resolution.
mmm… Win 8 tablet 1080p… will depend on a lot of factor out of control for Nokia… so lets see…
One question, do you know How is goin the cross platform (X86&X64 over ARM and vice-versa) working app???
Bing Windows 8 and make an app for it so you can check each day. The windows 8 tablets/laptops may have both on board. ARM and? check out bings results today, very interesting and the real news counters paid medias stories that business will not be buying 8.
WP doesn’t use native 3rd party apps (and even most of the bundled-in apps) – they are compiled into fast byte-code and then interpreted in a .NET interpreter. That’s how Android works as well, it’s just more streamlined in the Windows world.
Apps written that way can be used everywhere where .NET interpreter is present and there are sufficient libraries that it relies on.
I agree.. Its a Nice phone, but it isnt the “Best”.
Even CNET picked Nokia Lumia 900 as Best SMARTPHONE of CES
Lumia 900 is best phone in CES if you measure how much it got publicity. Sony phone I haven’t really seen much talk about it anywhere.
MS& AT&T bribed them all, Sony Xperia S much more deserved it!
the best phone was xperia ion, followed by titanII, then maybe its the 900. the lumia did not have any breaking technology. =.=
I gotta say, the device is beautiful no question about it… my main problem is that it doesn’t seem to display Nokia’s top end device technological innovation… you know, the same sort of techno-lust it created with N95. It is just a bigger screen Lumia 800. Just as well it’s US only, made my decision about Nexus Galaxy that much easier.
experia s was easily the best n dats hard to admit but ps certified this could win me over! Xbox thing on wp i hav no use for, il still by n 8 succesor tho fact!!!!
Being the best phone on CES is not that important, being the best phone on MWC, that’s what count, that’s the phone people will talk about and I’m afraid it won’t be a Nokia.
maybe they’ll announce the N8 successor there hopefully even show a prototype