Cell Phone Pay As You Go: Nokia Lumia 925 compared with Lumia 920 and HTC 8X

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Nokia Lumia 925 compared with Lumia 920 and HTC 8X - WebNews

Floriana Giambarresi , May 14, 2013, 14:46

Into Nokia has just lifted the veil to Nokia Lumia 925 , the new Windows Phone smartphone 8 characterized by the presence of an aluminum body and a camera sensor PureView, the unique imaging technology created precisely by the Finnish company. Now that the device is official, is a candidate to be one of the Windows Phone 8 of greatest interest for the coming months, too strong of a factor rather competitive price (469 EUR excluding taxes) that probably will help him to better compete with the other solutions. It is therefore useful to make a comparison with the other smartphone competitors in the same market segment, ie the Lumia 920 and the HTC 8X .

Into The Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 925 share the hardware sector , in fact both terminals i ntegrate a 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 1280 × 768 pixels, a dual-core processor MSM8960 1.5 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB storage, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS + GLONASS, NFC and a wide range of sensors such as magnetometer, accelerometer and gyroscope. Both smartphones have a 1.3 megapixel front camera and a rear OIS sensor with 8.7 megapixels. The Lumia 925 boasts technology PureView for the camera in conjunction with the Smart Camera mode, which allows for unprecedented quality of the shots.

Into The difference between the two solutions is not only in the main camera, even in materials . The Lumia 925 is in fact made with a unibody metal and aluminum, which makes it lighter and thinner than the other model. The weight is in fact 139 grams and the dimensions 127.5 × 70.5 × 8.5 mm, compared to 185 grams and 130.3 × 70.8 × 10.7 mm of the Lumia 920. In short the Lumia 925 is currently the b est Windows Phone 8 between the two: although the specifications are the same, Nokia has improved several areas here, or speakers, camera and design.

HTC 8X is the flagship Windows Phone 8 Taiwanese company, has excellent features that plug into the terminal at the high end of the market, in direct competition with the two solutions from Nokia. In this case, the smartphone includes a 4.3-inch display with a resolution of 1280 × 720 pixels, making it slightly smaller of the two Lumia but equal in quality.

Into The processor that finds space within the HTC 8X is always a dual-core 1.5 GHz, but it is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, therefore, is a bit ‘faster and able to ensure the best performance Windows Phone. It is supported by 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage, just like the two Nokia. The fund also identical connectivity, since in this case there is support for Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, NFC and 4G LTE. The front camera has a 2.1 megapixel sensor, while the rear 8 megapixel and LED flash, so the first is able to ensure performance better than the Lumia while the second is deficient of the peculiar PureView technology, much appreciated by the customers closer to the Finnish giant.

Into Regarding Prices , the Nokia Lumia 920 made its debut in Italy at a price equal to 599 Euros, the HTC 8X to 549 euro and the Lumia 925 will be sold from June to 469 € , excluding taxes. It has already spent some time, though the launch of the first two solutions, so it is already possible to buy them at a lower cost, while the new Lumia PureView is a candidate to be one of the products of greatest interest because of the affordable price at which Nokia has decided to propose it from the beginning.