Nokia Lumia 830

A review coming from Hardcore Nokia fan.. Till now. Model 830 730 Processor S400 1.2 Quad S400 1.2 Quad Ram 1 GB 1 GB Camera 10 MP zies 6.7 MP Zies Sec-cam 1 Mp 5 MP Screen 5 Inch 4.7 Inch Battery 2200 MAH 2220 MAH Price Rs 28200 Rs 15000(Almost half) I am still wondering why did they price lumia 830, almost double the price of 730. For this price range they could have made the hardware a lot better. As this kind of hardware is obsolete from the market completely now. even the smaller brands have higher specs. I think after Nokia's overtake, microsoft is decieving indian customer's now. India is still the nokia's largest share of customer around the world. Almost as many as rest of the world. Still they launch their new products all over the world first and then finally in india after a long wait. Their Products are sold at a highest price in india as compared to any other countries, some times more than double rate. All there products have, is a camera, nothing else much. Their app store sucks, till now. Google has kicked their ass and blocked them from using any google apps. Since microsoft, our beloved brand nokia has fallen down the standards really low. But tell you what Microsoft, we Indians are not fools. We have enough options now and you amongst them, sucks most. Good buy Nokia.

Its been a mostly sad turn of events in Smartphone industry the past 2-3 years. Earlier phones were valued on its features and actual real life usefulness of these features. Phones instead of being focused with its real features and uniqueness, the evaluation of phones were done by just reading numbers on the spec sheet, the number of Cores, its clock speed, amount of RAM, amount of pixel per inch, number of Megapixels etc. This was perpetuated by manufacturers themselves, and the entire industry followed it. OEM started releasing upgrading merely by the change of cores or pixel numbers while the basic experience didn't change. Only a few companies notably Nokia and Apple stayed out of this mindless spec race. Nokia was however particularly a victim of this race as some of its finest devices in the high end suffered badly due to this. Anyway when Lumia 830 was released we hear the same complaints of lower specs than competition. More interesting is the fact that Apple is never drawn into this criticisms. Lumia 830 has a Quad core Snapdragon 400 processor same as the Lumia 630 but steps way ahead of its league when it comes to the others like Camera. It has a 10 MP pureview camera which makes it the cheapest phone with OIS. I have personally tested the camera and have to say this is the best camera you can find till you go all the way to the top end where Lumia 930 rules. Design is another thing which though ignored by most of the industry at large was held with high regard by Apple and Nokia throughout, Lumia 830 has new design which is a evolution of its iconic Fabula design (partly adopted by even Apple in Iphone 5c). Its almost same as that of Lumia 930 but only better. The phone is thinner and lighter than other lumias. It has a pillowed back (again a Nokia design slandered) making it very comfortable to hold. The screen is another interesting element in the phone, even though its only 720p it looks outstanding and way better than other HD screens in mobile world, it has Nokia's Clear Black Display tech and is visible even in direct sunlight, its also super sensitive meaning you can use it with gloves on (another Nokia slandered in Mid-High end). It has Nokia's unheralded and unrivalled HAAC microphones which gives near studio quality stereo recordings. The front came is average only but has wide angle lenses. Phone has great real world performance with swift and smooth OS functioning. Why do you need to add a costly higher processor when you can get identical performance with a lower one. Nokia had a simple strategy with Lumia 830 beat the competition with their best the, in Lumia 830 they have the finest Camera, Screen, Design and the best Microphones. They could have added Snapdragon 600 but will it really benefit the end user No instead they added features and tech that directly benefits the end user. While keeping the costs to the minimum. P.S Lumia 830 runs on WP and on WP processor and RAM specs doesn't matter a lot just like in Apple iPhones unlike Android devices. Lumia 830 has 1GB RAM AND 16gb internal memory. Consider using an 8GB memory card. Lumia 830 is the last device having Nokia branding, its but manufactured by Microsoft Mobile. WP8.1 with Lumia Denim update is already present in Lumia 830 out of box.