Forum > Manufacturer Discussion > Nokia > Nokia Lumia 1020

On 2013-08-20 18:24:47, G3ORGE wrote:


It seems that Microsoft themselves don't take Windows Phone seriously, they are moving at a snail's pace, they are very quiet about it, that does not inspire confidence.

So naturally third parties won't bother. Developing an application takes a lot of time and resources, WP has a tiny marketshare, and considering how many partners in the industry Microsoft has bullied in the past and mistreated, it's not surprise that no one is doing them favours by developing applications for them. Apple has a very powerful following and even when they were down, their supporters stood by them, Microsoft does not have this privilege, their strength was in them positioning themselves in such a way that it was not possible to avoid them. Now when people have other options, they go there.

And the bottom line is that, if you think about it: iOS and Android, are more mature, have much more functionality, even iOS is more open than WP, which is extremely restricted, they have much more applications AND they are progressing faster. So if you spending money, where will you go?

Nokia on their part, while their designs are great, IMO, they dropped the ball with cameras. Lumia 1020 is not a successor to 808 it should've been, it's neither fish nor fowl, it's neither a slim device, nor is it the best cameraphone(808 is) with the biggest/best sensor. It also seems that Nokia was unsuccessful in porting Symbian's imaging algorithms to Windows Phone, because all their WP cameras take very mediocre pictures. And while the iPhone and Galaxy S are moving towards more natural and realistic looking images, Nokia is moving the other way. They are chasing trends instead of setting them like they did before with the N95, N86, N8, 808.

As I stated before, I would've bought 1020 if it was really better than 808. But a superb camera is literally the only thing that can sell me a WP. And Nokia knows this very well, that's why they are advertising cameras over and over, what else can they offer? Nothing really.

On 2013-08-20 19:22:20, Sonysta wrote:
Thanks Cu015170 for sharing these new pictures !

It's amazing the amount of noise that appears in images, except the image of drink by the pool, all other images are disappointing in this regard !

Sad to see what Nokia is becoming after the departure of Damian Dinning !

On 2013-08-20 22:43:38, etaab wrote:
I think those images have too much noise to be honest. I think whoever has resized them down has used a poor quality app to do so which has probably a much higher jpeg compression.

Im still on the fence. Overall, I still think the 808 is probably the better option for more natural colours and a real raw image, but the 1020 seems to produce better results with a little help from software.

And i'll say it again, every time a new phone is announced with a high spec camera, we slate it here on Esato. But as soon as it hits the stores and the proper users get a hold of it, the impressive shots come. Seriously, ive said that same statement about 50 times on Esato this past ten years.