Nokia Lumia 900 Review:
Verdict: Buy it if you are medium to simple User, Want to be different and Hate iPhones
Its win for Nokia and loose for Windows!
User: I am medium to Complex user. I have shifted from HTC EVO android to Nokia Lumia 900 last month.
Design:
The design is no doubt one of the best designs in the market currently.
The smooth side edges makes handling it easy for your palms compared to
iPhone. It is bit wider for my small hands to hold. There are 3 buttons
on the side viz Volume, Camera and Lock-unlock. It’s a simplistic
design. There is an audio 3.5mm Jack for headphones at the top and a
“mis-placed” MicroUSB connector. I had huge problems with the same
connector for my EVO. It was the single biggest point that made me
switch over to realize it had same connector. The screen is protected
with Corning® Gorilla® Glass which supposedly makes it tough but there
are already scratches on my glass… damn you coins! There is a hidden SIM
Card holder at the top. I do not see how we can remove the battery.
Sound
is good loud and clear as expected of Nokia , so is the Camera(not a
big fan of camera phones). Battery goes on 2 days without charging.
OS: The biggest thing which makes it different is the smooth Windows OS. 7.5. The UI is the best ever I have seen.I
have used both IOS and Android. It leaves both way behind in coolness
factor! It is the way next windows 8 will look like. Its integration of
Mail and Facebook is Superb!
Now that we are done with Good things time for little eye opening!
Windows
7.5 lacks 1000’s of things which makes me believe were designers high
on something before they went ahead and designed it!
For beginning you will notice there is no desktop style front page!
No
weather/Time app to clearly display weather/time. This is a real big
turnoff. The front page of metro style icons are so big you feel it’s
done so for blind people!
Though FB integration is good MS should understand that people like to see FB in its original white and blue color!
Coming
to Maps: MS really thinks it can compete with Google maps with what it
has? NO-WAY search is as bad as a Garmin GPS for e.g. if you search
“Zenith Insurance California”
It gives you California as an address! I have never seen a dumber application!
Over that you have to buy an app which can be found free on Android!
Though I have to admit that “current location” is more accurate than Google maps
Applications: This is no doubt the biggest turnoff! You hardly find any apps in Marketplace.
If you are freeloader like me you will be in for surprise. Most of the free apps are crappy!
The applications come always in the list format not in icon format , Was MS asleep while designing this?
This phone is make or break for Nokia. I hope it makes it.
