This year has definitely been an interesting one for Nokia (and now Microsoft). A topsy turvy sort of year resulted in an acquisition of the Nokia Devices & Services by Microsoft in April this year with thousands of employees moving to Microsoft aaa(although around half were subsequently made redundant).
Yet throughout this upheaval for the fallen telecoms giant, the pride of Finland continued to churn out new devices although there’s only been one flagship so far; let’s take a closer look at the new Lumia 930, which brings style and impressive specs in a smaller package.
Lumia 930 Key Features:
Here’s a few key features, taken from the Lumia 930 specs list:
5 inch 1080p AMOLED display (~441 ppi pixel density), Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack display
LTE Cat 4 ( 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL), DC-HSDPA
32GB internal storage, 2GB RAM, no microSD card
20MP camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Optical Image Stabilisation
1/2.5″ sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, Pureview Technology
2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 CPU, Windows Phone 8.1 OS
2420 mAh battery (Up to 14h talk-time, 432h standby)
Colours: Bright Orange, Bright Green, White, Black
Design:
The Lumia 930 looks just as a Lumia should – vibrant colours, a striking display and three capacitive touch keys beneath the display (although Microsoft is now allowing for on-screen touch keys). The bezel around the display provides the perfect frame for the colourful and very personal Live Tiles interface, with a range of accent colours offering additional customisation options.
If there’s one thing that is striking about the Lumia 930 (at least on the Orange variant we had), it’s the rear cover. Over the past few years, Nokia’s range of Lumia devices have all centred on being different and offering vibrant colours including Bright Orange and Bright Green on the Lumia 930. Nokia have always known how to make good hardware and a design language that began with their first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800, has blossomed into stylish devices that stand out from the crowd.
One of our favourite Windows Phone devices is the Lumia 925, a slim polycarbonate and aluminium device that was released in the time of much larger devices such as the Lumia 920 and Lumia 1020. The Lumia 925 offered an unbelievably good experience which ticked all the boxes and the Lumia 930 definitely has some of the same traits. The combination of materials has allowed Nokia to pack the handset full of features whilst keeping the overall size slimmer than an alternative polycarbonate build.
Nokia’s forays into metal have not been completely successful due to concerns that the Lumia 930 is overheating. As with all our reviews, we aim to be completely fair and although they released a software update which improves and somewhat fixed the overheating, it’s worth noting that the handset can get quite hot.
Overall the Lumia 930 manages to pick up where the Lumia 925 left and continues to have a dual-material build that allows Nokia to pack a lot of features into a small space. Let’s take a closer look at some more of the Lumia 930:
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