First Impressions: A MeeGo fan’s take on the Lumia 900
Thought I’d be a bit different and take a B&W shot
Earlier today, Nokia Australia sent me a trial Nokia Lumia 900. We all know how big of a fan of the N9 and MeeGo I am. I have been using a Lumia 800 since February, but it still hasn’t fully replaced my N9. Admittedly, nothing ever will as Swipe UX and the hackability of the N9 are something unbeatable (unless there is a successor).
Anyway, here are my quick thoughts after a few hours:
- Amazing screen, both size and the screen itself (such an improvement from Pentile)
- Although physically, quite a lot larger, not uncomfortable
- Bezel takes some getting use to
- Ease of having exposed USB port; Although not as sleek and elegant
- Sim tray requiring Sim Pin can be annoying, especially when travelling without the pin
- Buttons are too compressed (although that may just be my trial device, not sure)
- Love the white charging cable to match the Stormtrooper
- Prefer curved screen, although understand that there were integrity issues
- FFC that is actually useful from launch
So far, I am pretty happy with the Lumia 900. Of course, I will give my review later on, along with some comparative shots of images from the N9, Lumia 800 and Stormtrooper (I love using the nickname, good stuff Ali). If there is anything you want to know specifically, let me know.
Michael
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I guess the curved glass integrity issue has now been resolved.
Are you referring to rumour of the next WP device having same size screen as 900, but curved, or do you know more?
Sames happens to me buddy. It is very difficult when you get to used the swype UX.
I always swipe my ipad hehehe
Let’s just say I believe that rumor may have some merit..
Not certain of course.
Well dsmobile said it so…
It’s true.
Well, DSMobile’s info has its limits also, especially nowadays. So not everything he says should be taken as “truth”.
And, there are other sources as well.
Even if it has, will Samsung start producing higher res screens with RGB instead of PenTile? Alternately, will Nokia switch to SLCD or something from AMOLED?
Michael, I have an Australian N9 and still haven’t received PR.1.3 update. Is that the same for you? I am looking forward to your review of the Lumia 900.
My N9 is actually a Singapore Variant, with a flashed AU FW, but it is the one that died. My Italian N9 had 1.3. Navifirm shows the updates for Aus are out. Product code? I’ll take a look
Michael, The product code is: 059L698 16GB. I have been checking weekly. It took 3 weeks to get PR. 1.2 after its announcement. Thanks for checking.
You’re right. Honestly, I suggest flashing it. About 0.1% chance 1.4 will come, so no need to worry about not getting OTA update, plus, it will allow you to use the Vanilla FW. From tweaking experience, it is a lot better.
Prefer Lumia 800 dimensions. Hope Nokia’s next WP 8 flagship will be available in that size as well.
Yep me too. I’d lust over a thinner lumia 800/n9 design. A four-inch screen is quite enough.
off topic…but after pr1.3….. me thinks..battery life has improved quite a nit to necome noticeable on my phone
I myself sold my Nokia N9 and bought a Lumia 900. Such a relieve to have a device that just works out of the box , has a big screen, it user friendly and has everything fully integrated.
Don’t miss the N9 at all and I recommond a Windows Phone to everyone.
Good to know, though there are hardcore n9 users out there and I can see why.
I had the lumia 800 for a day and the camera is so terrible I couldn’t stand it !!! Using nokia 808 now:)
I had the L900 for 4 months….
Got so boring having far less hackabiliy/extensibility than the N9.
It’s now on loan to someone else, I went back to my N9 (& Androids/iPhone).
“Although physically, quite a lot larger, not uncomfortable” Size matters only while playing videos which pretty much not the case with Lumia 900 as it doesn’t support most of popular video formats and even worse Zune software spoils 720p/1080p videos by converting them to lower resolution with low video bit rates that videos look very bad.
“…but it still hasn’t fully replaced my N9. Admittedly, nothing ever will…”
That’s how I look at my N9 too.
Though having the N9 in the L900′s chassis, better still – in a SGSIII screen size, would be adorable.
i am sad too see swipe is useless at nokia. Donate it to someone who use it.
N9 = swipe
808 = pureview
lumia = shits, nothing new!
+900 so true
Subpar camera
Have anyone try to port MeeGo harmattan into any other phone beside N9/N950
No, not until the entire system becomes Open Source or leaked. I suspect it will be leaked enough, like Maemo5. When it happens we will hopefully have a CSSU for the N9, and may see some ports, but I doubt it will be good on anything, except the Galaxy Nexus.
Have both and prefer the 900′s screen size, fluidity, microusb access, email capabilities. With the N9, prefer swipe UX, sleep screen and its notifications, centralized notifications, clean no front button look and prefer the browser over IE9 (hopefully IE10 much better).
Good point about browser, IE9 on WP 7.5 supports only english and Latin chars. International languages like Hindi, Arabic.. etc not supported. From leaks of WP8 SDK it seems to be fixed, but…? Can we expect a fix in the upcoming WP7.8?
The N9 browser has better support for local languages.
Only thing I prefer in the N9/Lumia 800 is the curved glass, makes playing wordament so much easier
I was allways nokia user sens the first nokia phone was out in market at 1994, and naw i own the N5800xm, N97mini and N9, but no way i will ever go for one other nokia phone…no way at all…the last update to N9 has proven very well how nokia manipulates with own costumers to drive them(us) crazy…think of that, i have to crack and modify the firmwares to make much more advanced then nokia payed employes can do for it’s costumers…nokia s u c k s for real this days!
I own N9 too, and think I have to switch to Android or Windows phone.
The design is great, but the lack of some options makes me thinking abour switching.
Also, the recent update is not that great. There are just small bug fixes, but no additional functions. I will wait for maybe Galaxy Note 2 or nokia Windows phone 8.
Ps Is there any other device.that has great planner or organizer like that in
Galaxy Note?
What are you smoking, do you understand the context under which the N9 is being supported these days?
The team has been drastically shrunken, especially over the last 10mth+.
They’ve done a bloody amazing job to deliver what they have, given the circumstances under which they’ve had to deliver.
It’s still far more feature-packed & polished OOTB than most android phones, & light years ahead of WP7x WRT feature count.
And any issues/limitations are constantly being rectified by the community, if they haven’t already been by Nokia.
Something that can’t be said for many other makes/models….
n9 is n9… fUcK the rest
I’ve spent 15 minutes with a Lumia 900. For my daily driver, i’d be fantastic. I’m sure the limitations might get to ,w eventually, being I like dickin’ with things.
WP8 will be great.