Nokia Lumia 800 Reviews

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at CNET

All eyes were on the Nokia Lumia 800 as an augur of what's to come for Windows Phone in general, and for Nokia in particular. As it stands now, this phone isn't the home run that Nokia needs to compete in the big leagues with the likes of the Android superphones. However, the bold, fresh design is a welcome change, and proof that Nokia still has the design chops that can make Windows phones stand out. The camera situation is the phone's single weakest point, and Nokia absolutely needs sharper rendering on the 8-megapixel camera, plus a front-facing camera of some sort, in order to compete. Still, there's hope, and I'll be eagerly awaiting the announcement of the U.S. version of this unlocked phone. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at ZDNet

Windows Phone 7.5 still lacks support for Flash, and its rigid and unskinnable user interface won't appeal to everyone. Microsoft's app store is growing, but still has some important omissions — the BBC's iPlayer, for example.

Nokia has delivered some personalisation features for both professional and personal users, and the reuse of the N9 chassis design is a good move. The result is a solid smartphone that may help to increase the appeal of Windows Phone. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at SlashGear

It may not be the first time we’ve seen the Lumia 800's design language, but Nokia’s unibody style is no less appealing second time around. Elegant and tactile, it’s a clean step away from the “just a big screen” ethos we’ve seen proliferate among Android devices and, increasingly, Windows Phones too. Pentaband is an obvious omission, but beyond that we have primarily only good things to say about Nokia’s choice of display and other hardware.

Comparisons to MeeGo and the N9 are obvious, but futile: one phone represents Nokia’s future, and the other does not. The Lumia 800 lacks some of the more endearing features of its cousin – on more than one occasion we found ourselves double-tapping the display to wake the handset, something supported on the N9 but not in Windows Phone – but it makes up for that with far more app choice and the reassurance that the platform is unlikely to disappear any time soon. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at PocketNow

I suppose the bottom line is that this is not Nokia’s “A” game. This might be kind of like Nokia’s “Do whatever you can to get something decent out before the end of the year” game. While the Lumia 800 isn’t the best at photos, nor the best at value-added software, nor the best at speed, big screens, or battery life (relative to the secondnd generation Windows Phones)?I believe it is the best in design. The single piece of polycarbonate sculpture combined with the true-black AMOLED screen and the uniquely personal, beautifully designed Windows Phone operating system make for quite a pleasant experience that feels incredible in your hand and is gorgeous to look at. Plus, it comes in black, cyan, or magenta! Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at Pocket-lint

The Nokia Lumia 800 is far from perfect, but those niggles are just that, niggles. In future models we would like to see a front facing camera, NFC and we'd love a dock. We'd also like an improvement to the Micro USB flap to something more becoming of such a lovely device.

However, get past those quibbles and the Nokia Lumia 800 is a lovely phone. It's a phone that will evoke fond memories, a phone that makes using your phone fun, and a phone that you will be keen to show off again and again. That’s mostly down to the screen, which is stunning. But it is also down to Window Phone 7, which seems to shine more here than it does on other Windows Phone 7-powered handsets. Get this and you will be deemed an agitator and not someone with just another iDevice or a big screened Android smartphone. Nokia is back.  Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at Wired

So it’s a solid phone, and an exemplar of how Windows Phone OS is supposed to look and act. Unfortunately, the Lumia 800 may be a "too little, too late" player in the fast-paced smartphone game — the phone hasn’t actually landed stateside yet. It’s currently only available across the pond. The handset should arrive in the U.S., reportedly as an LTE model, at some point in 2012.

But seeing as this is a decidedly 2011 phone, it will seem obsolete when the calendar turns and the new wave of 2012 smartphones arrives. In the meantime, many could end up shunning this belated Windows Phone offering for a 4G Android phone or the iPhone 4S. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at Engadget

Nokia's Lumia 800 is a sophisticated and capable smartphone that melds its hardware beautifully with the Windows Phone OS. Whether it's the best phone for you right now depends on certain factors.

First, you need to establish whether you're a Windows Phone type of person. If you're thrilled by dual-core processors, extremely high-res screens, large camera sensors, customizable widgets, expandable storage, USB mass storage and other such features, then you'll be better off with Android or -- to a slightly lesser extent -- iOS, because that cutting-edge stuff is currently absent on Redmond's OS. On the other other hand, if you want to be part of a carefully crafted, simple and generally happy emerging ecosystem, then look no further. Read more...

Nokia Lumia 800 Review at PCWorld

The Nokia Lumia 800 is probably Nokia’s best smartphone so far. It has a sturdy and sleek construction plus a vivid display, paired with refreshing software from Microsoft. If you are just moving up to a smartphone, or if you have one of Nokia’s Symbian devices, the Lumia 800 is a stellar upgrade: It’s fast, it's easy to use, and it looks great. Compared with the iPhone 4S or with high-end Android phones, though, the Lumia 800 has a few potential deal breakers, as it lacks a dual-core processor, 1080p video recording, and a front-facing camera for video chat. Read more...