OH, cool! I have been thinking of switching/upgrading to the Nokia and Windows 8 phone operating system.

I currently have a Windows 7 phone and accidentally blew a friend (Mac Lover) away with how fast, clear and easy to use it was. They were like, "Is that the new Iphone 5? How did you get it? Wow, it's faster than my Mac at home. I had to explain that it was the Windows phone - they were stunned and shocked.

I like it, but it isn't as durable as I think the Nokia would be. But a better camera would be a nice plus (Although, what I have is good).

What I would really like is a 'lock' button, so I could keep thing like the flashlight on (it's too sensitive when you touch an edge of the screen), improved voice recognition, better/faster loading maps, and a HDMI out so I can watch movies on it when I travel.

As long as I haven't seen any sample images from various really independent sources, those images have little informative value in my opinion.

After Nokia has been proven to have faked both Lumia 920 sample videos and sample images, I'm very sceptical.

I mean it's obvious that Nokia is so extremely keen about spreading the impression that the Lumia 920 has a revolutionary, superb-quality camera, that they are doing absolutely everything to reach that goal. So when, after being convicted of presenting fake sample videos and images, they were pretty much forced to let a seemingly indepedent source take photos, I think it's a safe bet to suppose that they were still trying to make the best out of the situation, doing everything to get what they considered the most favourable result:

They chose who would take sample photos (and who knows how they made up their decision?), and they dictated the conditions: Only shots at night, no permission to release full resolution shots, just extremely downscaled versions, no moving objects in the scene etc. etc. And some of the comparison shots are for some bizarre reason (consciously?) arranged to compare apples and oranges, comparing Lumia 920 shots without a flashlight to shots with other cameras using a flashlight.

And yet, even the quality of those extremely downscaled images isn't actually that impressive, apart from the fact that they were taken in low-light situations. Like most mobile phone cameras they are somewhat blurry, not sharp enough. The Lumia 920 probably really has the best camera of any smartphone on the market, but unfortunately that doesn't say much. The camera sensors in mobile phones are simply way too small to deliver really good image quality.

That really sounds like a story you made up.

Everyone knows what an iPhone looks like, especially "Mac Lovers". Windows Phones don't look that way, at least none I've seen so far.

Everyone knows what the user interface on an iPhone is like, especially "Mac Lovers". The user interface of Windows Phone looks completely different.

iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920 face off with image stabilization test (hands-on video)

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/25/iphone-5-lumia-920-image-stabilization-face-off/


This is very impressive. I am sold by Lumia 920.

Most people just want a phone that can take pictures at night and look ok once they post it on facebook. The average consumer is not concerned with having DSLR quality images for day to day events. I am interested in the 920, because it looks like a great smart phone with one of the best built in cameras on the market for the user that doesn't fiddle with settings. Of course to a photographer a cell phone camera is just another point and shoot camera and therefor is not worthy of thier time.

From the lab: Lumia 920 low-light shootout with Nokia 808, iPhone 5, HTC One X and Galaxy S III


http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/26/lumia-920-low-light-shootout/


Lumia 920 is amazing. I want it now!

Yep, looks like 920 will have the best smartphone camera on the market, unless something better ships first.

I agree it does sound like it could be made up - or like a commercial, but it's not.  She knows I am into tech and stuff and thought I was testing it out.  She had never seen a Windows Phone before, so had no idea what it was like. 

She is a graphics designer - and they quite often use Mac's. 

I didn't have the heart to tell her that I was using 3G and not WiFi - I told her to check the router in her home as it didn't sound right.

Is it just me, or are the results mostly a matter of Color Temp?

Seems like the Lumia is cranking the Color Temp to the 10k range (pics have more of a blue-ish tint)  while the iPhone remains at a constant NTSC standard of 6.5k (more red-ish colors).

What's next, a pissing contest about which phone provides the best home theater experience?