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

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

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The difference is a lot smaller when Galaxy S3 and One X use "night mode", so they are both capable of doing much better in the night (sorry for the weird link - it's from Google). http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iL605sRTn_Y/UEy2V15bD9I/AAAAAAAARm... The question is why don't they do that automatically like the Lumia 920? Perhaps to save energy?

Can you link to the article you took this from? Looks like The Verge, but I couldn't find it.

I couldn't find it either. That's why I just took the Google image. But I remembered it from reading that article on TheVerge.

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

and... a wireless charger :)

..what is this reddit all of a sudden?

but since we're on it, yes it looks awesome. really looking forward to picking one up. everyone has opinions and preferences but i think it’s hard to argue against the fact that microsoft is showing some real innovation and creativity in development of windows phone, and nokia compliments that exceptionally well with their stellar hardware.

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and... a wireless charger :)

..what is this reddit all of a sudden? but since we're on it, yes it looks awesome. really looking forward to picking one up. everyone has opinions and preferences but i think it’s hard to argue against the fact that microsoft is showing some real innovation and creativity in development of windows phone, and nokia compliments that exceptionally well with their stellar hardware.

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

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The difference is a lot smaller when Galaxy S3 and One X use "night mode", so they are both capable of doing much better in the night (sorry for the weird link - it's from Google). http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iL605sRTn_Y/UEy2V15bD9I/AAAAAAAARm... The question is why don't they do that automatically like the Lumia 920? Perhaps to save energy?

Can you link to the article you took this from? Looks like The Verge, but I couldn't find it.

The source is http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/7/3299784/nokia-lumia-920-pur...

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

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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.

The "faked" shots (apart from the image stabilization simulation -- which all of the major camera makers have done in ads at one time or another) were done with actual hardware/firmware prototypes, so although they weren't done with production samples (which didn't exist at the time), they were "real" in the sense that they used the same sensor, processing pipeline and optics as the production camera.

I thought the night time shots were also identified as being faked, and, in fact, the aperture of a smartphone camera wouldn't have the same sparkling effect as a SLR (which actually took the picture) - so the pictures were different as well.

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

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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...

Does it? I mean, is WP really on par with Android or iOS? I haven't ever used it, so I can't really make a statement here, that's why I'm asking.

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

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The 920 actually performs really well here. Another strong point of this phone. I really wish Nokia a proper comeback in the smartphone market. Maybe I'm just nostalgic about what they used to be. However, the 920 seems to be the kind of phone that could manage just that, even though I'm a little skeptical about the choice of OS (have only read about it though).

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

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

Does it? I mean, is WP really on par with Android or iOS? I haven't ever used it, so I can't really make a statement here, that's why I'm asking.

>is WP really on par with Android or iOS

Yes.

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