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Windows Phone Challenge Puts Nokia Lumia 920’s Camera Up Against The Galaxy S3
The Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 came with pretty decent cameras, and we expect that Galaxy S4 will too as well, but in the meantime Nokia does not seem to want customers to forget that the Lumia 920 excels in low-light photography, and that’s what they did in the recent Windows Phone Challenge by Microsoft. Considering that the Samsung Galaxy S4 was recently announced, we guess Nokia and Microsoft wanted to capitalize on the hype by releasing a comparison video against the Galaxy S4’s predecessor, the Galaxy S3. As you can see in the video above, the Galaxy S3 did not produce a photo as nice as the Lumia 920 in low light settings. Of course we expect in real life there are other variables to consider and settings to adjust, but we guess it managed to serve Nokia and Microsoft’s point. Then again we guess we have to ask, is low-light photography that important to everyone? While it will no doubt help create photos that look a lot nicer and less harsh compared to if the flash was used, not everyone prioritizes the feature so Nokia and Microsoft’s efforts could be moot. What do you guys think? Is the low-light photography ability of the Lumia 920 a huge selling point for you?
Now here is an interesting leaked render of what is allegedly known as the Nokia C1, which is supposed to be the next smartphone which will feature the Nokia logo – never mind the fact that the Finnish company had already sold its smartphone business to Microsoft some time back. Well, the most interesting aspect about this leaked render would be the fact that it sports an Android operating system on the foreground, while another model hiding behind it looks as though it runs on Windows 10 Mobile.
Does this mean that we will have to face not one, but two variants of the same device? Only time will be able to tell, but for the moment, it will be an agonizing wait until 2016 as that is when the alleged Nokia C1 smartphone will launch then.
So, you happen to be rocking to one of the older Lumia handsets from Nokia, and would love to check out what all the hoo-haa is about concerning Windows 10 Mobile. If you happen to live in Poland, then here is a spot of good news for you to kick start your week – the Windows 10 Mobile update will be heading to the likes of the Lumia 630, 635, 640, 735, and 830 this coming December 14, whereas those who happen to be making use of the Lumia 520, 532, 625, 720, 820, 920, 925, 930, 1020, and 1320, will have to wait until February 1st next year.
Again, bear in mind that the Windows 10 Mobile update will only affect those smartphones which were purchased from Orange in Poland, so if you happen to own any of the above mentioned devices but from different people, then you would have to give the updates a miss.
A quick look at the calendar shows that we are still in March – early March, in fact, and April is still some ways of. Still, this has not stopped the fact that an alleged leak of a Nokia 1100 has been benchmarked, and in that particular benchmark, it revealed that the Nokia 1100 would sport Android 5.0 Lollipop as the mobile operating system version of choice – how cool would that be if it were to be true?
Other hardware specifications in the alleged leaked benchmark sheet point to a quad-core MT6582 processor which has been clocked at 1.3GHz, a 720p resolution display, and most probably 512MB RAM. We would take this bit of information with more than just a pinch of salt – perhaps and entire tablespoonful.