Smartphone Beta Test: Zeiss (and mini rant)

I am not sure how well these smartphone beta test videos are working for Nokia Lumia. I really don’t like the emphasis on other products.

We, as geeks, know the 900 takes OK pictures – much better than other Lumias but it isn’t the best. I don’t like how it is portrayed as Nokia’s best in camera.

In 2010, Nokia’s N8 destroyed people’s expectations of imaging on a phone. I just had to power up my N82 last night to use instead of my soon-to-be-sent-to-repairs N8 and its night extreme low light people pictures (with Xenon) are far superior than many of today’s camera phone offerings, including the Lumia or any WP.

If consumers find the 900 to be producing much better pictures than their previous phones then that’s good. But what if they realise it’s not as Nokia claims? It would tarnish any possible attempts to actually show superior image quality when they come back with Lumia PureView. Well, they could easily, instead of talking about the competitor handset SHOW photos/videos taken by the phone as proof – and only then show the same pictures as produced by a competing handset. No talkdown needed, just proof – what’s better in the particular feature Nokia is shouting about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbhbWKowoUI&feature=uploademail

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Category: Nokia, Video, Windows Phone