Even more brilliant Nokia Lumia 820 reviews

Published by Paul Coombes on December 18, 2012

Is it a bird? No. Is it a plane? I don’t think so. It’s the Nokia Lumia 820. And befitting the mass enthusiasm surrounding the Nokia Lumia 920′s ‘little brother’, we’ve rounded up the latest reviews from the tech community. 

As ‘strong as Popeye‘ according to GSM Nation’s blog, the Lumia 820 is eulogised for its ‘clever use of the right materials’, particularly the display ‘well endowed’ with sharpness, the ‘nice’ expandable storage and the ‘impeccable’ wide viewing angles.  

Jessica Dolcourt praised the Lumia 820′s 4.3inch amoled screen and ClearBlack technology for making the mobile device ‘great to look at’. As she demonstrated in her hands-on CNET review, the ‘pretty neat’ highly sensitive screen allowed her to navigate the interface easily with her fingernails or a pair of gloves on. 

Impressed by the colourful Windows Phone 8 phone, Tech Radar adore the slickness of the ‘smooth’ operating system, ultimately concluding the Lumia 820 to be a ‘tempting offer for anyone.’ Nice. And lest we forget, the AMOLED, ClearBlack displays, playback ‘looks great’. – as shown below.

Video Nokia Lumia 820

Now you’ve seen what the blogs and reviewers have had to say, what are your thoughts? As you know, you can comment here or on our Twitter.

Image Credits: MobileChoiceUK, MobileNewsCWP, Tech Radar

Home screen image credit: Rayoplateudo

Comments

  • Henry

    The advertised 360h 3G Standby is a joke, though. Barely 36h untouched with background apps blocked and location and data disabled in a perfect reception area.

    In regular use I get about 16h, 2h when tethering.

    Too bad nobody sells BP-5T and chargers.

    I find it difficult to take pictures with the camera button – to easy to shake the phone that way.

    Other than that, it’s a phone to be quite happy with. Windows Phone just leaves a lot to be wanted, still.

    • elsey

      You can tap the screen to take a photo! Can’t help you with the other stuff…

  • Claudiu Farcas

    freezing, rebooting. a few times per day. crashing when capturing 1080p video. fail

  • http://www.facebook.com/gary.colston.520 Gary Colston

    I replaced iPhone 3 with Nokia 822 and very happy that I did. It’s more fun to use because of the Win8 interface and applications respond very quickly without any lag. I was surprised at how responsive this phone is.
    I had my choice of new phones, including iPhone 5 and the Cheap feeling Samsung stuff and this is the phone I chose. I love it. It is a better size than the Nokia 920 or HTC 8x (purse phones) and more appropriate for a man to carry, IMHO