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Lumia 920 low-light shootout with iPhone 5, HTC One X and Galaxy S III

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So this thing ships with Symbian? Didn't Nokia agree to only ship Windows Phones or something?

nope, all Lumias are Windows, and this is win8. The first pureview phone/camera with a huge sensor was with Symbian.

Ah, so Engadget's little infobox at the bottom is just wrong.

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post #4

Still cannot believe they didn't foresee the PR shitstorm they would create by faking the original pictures. Especially since the actual camera is pretty damn decent.

Supposedly, `There is no such thing as bad publicity' [1]. In case of Nokia's recent phones, I agree wholeheartedly -- we wouldn't have heard of Lumia 920 on HN if it wasn't for the faked ad and resulting chatter in the blogosphere.

[1] http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/there-is-no-such-thing-as...

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I almost wonder if the original article with the "faked video" wasn't a plant, and that they actually knew the results would be good, and this controversy would basically keep the Lumia 920 constantly in the press. Remember - this is a phone that has not yet been shipped yet.

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Could could a company like Nokia have so bad marketing staff?

If you have a good camera on a phone, please don't show me Finland in Autumn weather!! It is f*cking depressing!!

Don't show me the streets in the night, don't show me the geek's house in the dark, don't show me a frigging cold calibration test.

Now it is Spring in Argentina or New Zealand!

Show me great places, show me light, show me flowers, show me colors, show me people, show me life!!

Apple gets it, Nokia does not.

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post #5
post #4

Still cannot believe they didn't foresee the PR shitstorm they would create by faking the original pictures. Especially since the actual camera is pretty damn decent.

That's the thing. If the camera is anything near what they were claiming, they didn't need to fake the pictures. The reason you fake pictures (or setup unrealistic test conditions) is to make your product look better than it actually is. But the decided to, reportedly because the software wasn't ready. Not only was the camera actually that good, but they faked it to make a paper launch , where they didn't even announ…

"If the camera is anything near what they were claiming, they didn't need to fake the pictures"

They need, at the end of the day, it is a phone stabilization. Nothing compared with a real $200 video camera from Sony yet.

The Iphone technology in the works could be better than that, don't forget that this camera is just a prototype in the lab. In fact they are telling the competition when their puck is going to be.

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Could could a company like Nokia have so bad marketing staff? If you have a good camera on a phone, please don't show me Finland in Autumn weather!! It is f*cking depressing!! Don't show me the streets in the night, don't show me the geek's house in the dark, don't show me a frigging cold calibration test. Now it is Spring in Argentina or New Zealand! Show me great places, show me light, show me flowers, show me colo…

The point is to showcase the technical superiority of the camera. Even the worst camera hardware can generally produce good results with adequate light.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

nope, all Lumias are Windows, and this is win8. The first pureview phone/camera with a huge sensor was with Symbian.

Ah, so Engadget's little infobox at the bottom is just wrong.

The infobox for the 808 says Symbian, the info box for the Lumia says Windows 8. Nothing wrong there.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

nope, all Lumias are Windows, and this is win8. The first pureview phone/camera with a huge sensor was with Symbian.

Ah, so Engadget's little infobox at the bottom is just wrong.

The infobox shows symbian for the "Nokia 808 PureView", and Windows Phone (8) for the "Nokia Lumia 920".

The box isn't wrong, it is just confusing that the 808 info panel is expanded by default and the Lumia one is collapsed like the other phones.

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post #17
post #3

I think we are all pretty convinced by now that the Lumia has the best camera. Too bad it's also a phone.

On the bright side, it also has the best GPS. Too bad it is a smartphone.

and the best screen and the best OS too...
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