Nokia introduces Lumia 900 for US (LTE, 4.3" AMOLED)

[dgree03]

Beautiful phone! Maybe it might push me to try Windows phone? Oh right AT&T only? Wtf

 

[jrichie]

I had an iPhone 4 and now am a very happy owner of the lumia 800.

It is a far far better operating system than iOS on a phone.

For me, iOS is great on an iPad only. A phone should be a supplier of dynamic information not boring icons.

Each to their own though, but I think there are too many people getting sucked into iPhones.

I do hate android though and still don't get why people buy it, except that it is cheap.

 

[smoledman]

Any official specifications on this yet?

That would be nice to know.

 

[mkrishnan]

That would be nice to know.

Per here and here....

For those who missed the official announcement, we should note that the Nokia Lumia 900 would arrive on shelves with a 1.4 GHz single-core application processor inside, as well as with a 4.3-inch touchscreen display with Corning Gorilla Glass, capable of delivering an 800 x 480 pixels resolution.

Nokia packed the new device with an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with the ability to record 720p videos, as well as with a 1-megapixel camera on the front for video calling.

The Nokia Lumia 900 will hit shelves with 512 MB of RAM to complement the Qualcomm APQ8055 + MDM9200 (WCDMA) CPU, as well as with 14.5 GB of mass memory that cannot be expanded using MicroSD memory cards. However, users will benefit from access to SkyDrive cloud storage.

In addition to offering support for LTE Band 17 (700), and LTE Band 4 (1700/2100), the new smartphone also arrives on shelves with WCDMA Band I, II, V and VIII connectivity, as well as with GSM (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz) capabilities.

WiFi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth capabilities were packed inside the new device as well, along with a BP-6EW 1830mAh battery that can deliver up to 7 hours of talk time, 6.5 hours of playback time, or up to 300 hours of standby time.

Nokia’s Lumia 900 is being launched with Micro USB port, 3.5mm AHJ Connector, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Magnetometer Sensor, Ambient light sensor, and 3D Accelerometer. It also sports a built-in GPS receiver to offer access to navigation services.

There are some hands-ons coming up also. TechRadar noted the lens:

The 900 also has an 8 megapixel 28mm f/2.2 Carl Zeiss lens on the back and dual-LED flash. The 28mm focal length is an especially wide angle for phones, which means you can get more into the frame.

Oh, and the sound bite from Steve Ballmer on NPR was funny.

Well, it looks not bad. If this new Windows OS is good, though, I still think it's going to get OS/2'd and not very many people will ever use it. From the flash preview of it, I thought it was interesting but not a gimme over iOS.

 

[noisycats]

I really, really like that design. Specs I'm ignorant to, and Microsoft I'm leary of, but I do like the external look of that phone. Well done Nokia.