Windows Phone was too ahead of its time. 😢 41mp camera, live widgets, swipe keyboard, dark mode, etc etc. All things that no other phone had back then!
I miss that phone. My dad had one. The camera was great. The tiles and the UI were my favorite part. So simple to use. The keyboard was the best keyboard I’ve ever typed on on a smart phone.
Even amongst the non high end variants in the Windows Phone line up, each were special and unique in their own way. Ever since Windows Phone was axed out of the game, things have remained bland with boring iOS / Android.
@@snoopyalien24 ye I know, but I'm wondering why that happened. Everyone I knew who had WP loved it, I've always been an Android user because I've always liked customisation and tinkering with stuff, but now that I grew up I just picked Niagara launcher which is much more similar to WP than stock Android now that I think about it
These windows phones had soo much potential, but it was just ruined by compatibility issues, not being proper apps on the marketplace. I miss my 1520 😭😭
Meh, their mistake was to release it with an unwanted OS instead of going with Android which is much more popular but still on the rise at the time. Doesn't matter if the specs are top of the line, if the phone itself aren't even comfortable to use i.e. complicated in Nokia Windows phone case, people will not gonna buy it.
@A nut I don't know. I mean, I did use a Nokia lumia phone (not this one, though), and personally, I liked the Windows OS. It was new and completely different, which I agree, but once I got used to it, it was nice in its own way. (Of course, this is a subjective opinion)
Back then I had my iPad video and the iTunes updated and bricked the fckn thing so when I got this I was blown away by the performance and it stayed fast -I did have numerous warranty repairs but I still miss it so obviously they were too inconvenient
My Father gifted my Mom a Nokia N8 in 2010, goddamn what a phone it was, a 12 mp Zeiss camera in 2010, great call quality, great sound quality, it costed 26000 rupees at that time in India about 320$, really miss that Phone.
Nostalgic. I was in college at the time Nokia peaked with their Lumia phone series. This phone, Lumia 1020, is the one I dream having because of the insane camera. But it's so expensive so I can only dream 😅 But I bought Nokia Lumia 830 and I loved it! Had it not bricked, I would still use it as my primary phone.
i wish they still made the,, i remember loving them so much. I'd take a windows phone over android or apple any day. Wish they didn't have to discontinue it.
lumia had some of the best post processing back in the day. My dad had a 950 and took a photo of me on a cloudy day and he was visible in my eye reflection. My 925 took better night photos without the flash, then most phones of my friends with it. Those things were on another level
Yes the camera functionality and editing options available was very impressive for the time. It really seemed like they made a camera that you could use to send emails,make phone calls and play the odd game. 😂😂😂
It also had continuum. Used the dock on mine when road-tripping. It's only now that Windows ARM is good enough where Windows Continuum would have been great.
@@M4V35 even android had many apps back then only windows wanted a kind of locked app store like apple but missed the mark big time therefore a lot of young users let go after their first onz and having no app
@@antoinedenis9922 not in the beginning of the iPhone, Android catches with the s2 in 2011 with the overall stability and usability of the os, but for the store we have to wait another 3/4 years so in 2015 we have more or less the same store for Android and iOS, but even today the iOS app are generally more refined than the Android version. For wp instead the problem it's not to lock up the store it's something so far from reality that is ridiculous, but instead Microsoft makes a try to catch some developer when it's to late and so you have only one answer and it is the death of wp
@@M4V35 He never said the beginning lol 2013 at the time of windows phone, The google play platform was at peak and both Apple and google were the dominant forces. But thanks for that little Apple is best rant you just went on 😂
I used to have a lime green Lumia 1520 back in the day. It was a monster of a phone at the time. I loved all the little animations that would show up on the home screen. Simplistic, at a glance you can see all the information you needed.
@@roteschwert same bro! I was tired of the same ol grid layout that iPhone and Android STILL have. The live tiles, especially in WP9 were so dynamic. If only they had the app support they prolly could’ve grown their user base and stayed around.
I have a Lumia 1020 and it has a much, much better camera than my Huawei Honor 9 from 2017. Even my sister with a Galaxy Note10 Lite is jealous of the Lumia 1020 camera
@@stangadoboaradreaptaomoara9567 Historically "meatriders" are exactly craple users who got it as a gift for "meatriding". Also Android is "too complicated" for such individuals.😉
The whole Lumia range had fantastic cameras. The 4k video was brilliant iv taken pictures from the 4k video that are crystal clear and unfortunately not found a phone as good since
We have a Nokia N95 at home which has an AMOLED display, always on display and autorotate feature too! It is a small Symbian phone which also has built in FM Transmitter function! It is from 16 years ago, and surprisingly it still holds battery for about 30 minutes. And I almost forgot, it has WiFi too. Edit: Sorry guys, as Tamàs Pàl said, I just checked it to find out it is a Nokia N85, not 95.
Despite not having a touch screen and a brand new interface, it was better than the iPhone of its time in many regards : It was a 3G (maybe even 3G+) phone, it could take videos (1st iPhone couldn't) and had an overall better camera with a LED flash, had Bluetooth, and its OS featured vocal control and a vocal synthesiser !
@@piurtv Not to mention the built-in GPS with free maps and the music player with more options while the first iPhone could be used with its original headset only. The copy-paste option also worked with the pencil key on the N95 while it was introduced only in the iPhone 3GS
Windows phones were one of my favorites. Best part about them when you drop them the scratch or knick the same color so it almost isn’t even bothersome.
Had couple Lumias as well, great phones, the UI was super fast compared to android/iOS back in the day... Only sad thing was app development and that was the reason why they ditched it.
Loved my Nokia 735. I still have it sat in a drawer. Camera was amazing. Its only 6.7mp but Zeiss had a hand in the thing. Colours are so vivid, I have had it out recently and the pics are still impressive for 2014.
Honestly, the main issue with these phones weren't the phones themselves; They were pretty damn sick and had lots of sweet features. Turns out that your phone can be the best phone ever, but in the end if it doesn't have proper app support, it's gonna crash and burn.
The main issue with Windows phone was how buggy and insecure the OS was. I used to work with Windows phones roughly a decade ago, and the amount of headaches we got debugging Bluetooth capabilities was astonishing.
I had a Lumia 520 back when they came out, I loved it and still miss the dedicated 2 stage camera button, up until the phone bricked itself by forgetting where the OS was
My 920 was a tank. I remember dropping it from standing height, watching it bounce on concrete doing flips and the only damage was a slight dent on the corner. The sidewalk had more damage from the fall.
People hated that tile setup but most of the hate rooted from the PC tile system...but as one of the few users it seemed, it fckn rocked on a phone setup . I remember having nothing but factory issues with the phone, sent it for repair so many tines at least 4 and one of them I picked it up at the store and accidently opened camera when holding it and it was already glitches out all blue . They kept warranty repairing it.. I lived it so much it was quite different at the time. It also was nice to hold
It wasn't just the MP count that was insane, it was the sensor size. Iirc, the sensor was bigger than most point and shoot cameras back in the day. It also had a physical shutter cover, xenon (not LED) flash, and (like many Lumias) a dedicated two-stage shutter button on the side. For non-camera people, that meant you could half press the shutter to focus and then full press to take the shot... Just like on a real camera.
@@Vortexcube I remember that accessory! It also had a bigger shutter button as well, to drive home that it was meant to be a camera. The weak point on the phone was the processor. It had barely enough grunt to process the pictures it took, but not without a little bit of delay after each shot.
I have the phone but not the accessory. Been meaning to buy one but it's hard to find nowadays. Admittedly I don't use the thing as much as I'd like. It's pretty much only useful for photos and it can be pretty sluggish.
@@youdonote8909 when android have 1 million app. Microsoft store just have 200.000-300.000 app if i not mistake. I have nokia lumia 930. Great device but lack important daily app
I remember getting a Nokia Lumia WP back when they first came out. The OS was really good with its customisations and how quick you could get to everything. Plus, whenever you were installing apps it would literally tell you how far it was along unlike my current android. It was also very fun to play emulators on those phones.
I still have my Lumia 925, used that thing forever. Camera was great, OS was smooooth and everything worked reliably when using the pre installed apps. Camera was great, even though it was 8MP, photos still turned out sharper then with the iPhone Xs I have now and the ZTE I had in between. It even fell into a well once and I thought that's it, but it still worked like nothing happened. Sometimes I turn it on and look at old Pictures, just for the nostalgic memories and wish they never dropped WP...
I owned the Zune 30, Zune 8, Zune HD, and used Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows 7, and Windows 7.5 Mango. I switched to iPhone after my Windows 7 phone was water-damaged in 2012, just to try something new. Surprisingly, I didn't expect those platforms to vanish! Even the introduction of Windows 10, with its innovative feature of docking your phone to use it as a desktop, was fascinating. Back then, I couldn't afford to switch phones often, so I missed out. As a software developer who creates iOS and Android apps, I understand why these platforms lost developer support. Yet, I genuinely miss the MetroUI of Zune and Windows Phone. If they were still around, I'd switch back in a heartbeat to escape the constant distractions on current smartphones.
You should try lumia 950/ xl . It's got the best camera in a windows phone( software+ hardware) ... And the pro mode is very intuitive. And yes I love it's interface
I’m an iPhone guy who usually gets some other kind of phone as a second phone, for testing websites and just playing around, seeing how other companies do things, and this was easily my favorite second phone ever.
I have a Nokia Lumia 520 that I paid $50 brand new back in 2013. The damn thing still turns on, and it’s surprisingly quick even 10 years later! It’s a shame that Windows Phone failed. I absolutely loved it besides the app support.
These phones were ahead of their era, but unfortunately they did not get the support they needed by their own manufacturer, Nokia... I enjoyed my solid Nokia Lumia 920!
My first phone was nokia lumia 520. I customized it according to my liking. You can chage the tile size, colour and even the wallpaper on tiles. It was so much fun. I used it for a year or something. I had a habit of walking in my room while listening to music with wired headphones and holding my phone in my hand. I was lost in the music then my phone hit the dressing table and it broke. Its screen was completely broken and side buttons came off. Getting it fixed was too expensive so i got a new samsung phone. After that i have never bought a phone other than samsung.
This thing is full of character. It's easy to use. I dare to say, you don't even have to use protective casing fron my personal experience. The UI was very good, and of course the camera
Damn
Nokia was really ahead of everyone back then, huh...
Unlike now😢😢
@@serjoshvlogs9899 😭
@@JustYoAverageGuy769 🥺
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No doubt
Windows Phone was too ahead of its time. 😢 41mp camera, live widgets, swipe keyboard, dark mode, etc etc. All things that no other phone had back then!
Never ever i could find another swipe keyboard as accurate or comfy to use as the windows phone had 😞
Yes, i Loved my Lumia 920. Its really sad that this was Not "cool" enough for the Mainstream...😢
Back then i had the HTC One M7 still a big fan of HTC but i also wanted a windows phone
as always with tech its not about functionality its about style, and i guess windows just wasn't cool
also better optimisation
I miss that phone. My dad had one. The camera was great. The tiles and the UI were my favorite part. So simple to use. The keyboard was the best keyboard I’ve ever typed on on a smart phone.
I wanted this phone soooo bad, back when everyone wanted the iPhone. I still want it noowwww!!!
Yiou can still get that keyboard on android its called swiftkey
I still use swiftkey on my android devices to this day because of my old windows phone
I had a lumia 640 and the phone was incredible. I still miss it and its still my fondest memories even using an s22+ now
640 XL.... I miss it 😢
Guess we are twins 🤪
loved my 640
Even amongst the non high end variants in the Windows Phone line up, each were special and unique in their own way.
Ever since Windows Phone was axed out of the game, things have remained bland with boring iOS / Android.
The software was insanely fast and optimised, it ran perfectly even on super low budget phones.
It's such a shame it ended like that
Lack of a real app store killed it. It was the main deciding factor back in the day
It was garbage.
@@snoopyalien24 ye I know, but I'm wondering why that happened.
Everyone I knew who had WP loved it, I've always been an Android user because I've always liked customisation and tinkering with stuff, but now that I grew up I just picked Niagara launcher which is much more similar to WP than stock Android now that I think about it
The software ruined it all. Android would do 100% better.
The main thing that killed it was due to the smartphone duopoly. Google even refused to allow Microsoft to port CZcams or any Google apps
A 41 mp sensor in a time when almost all major flagships had a 13 mp sensor.
No most phones have 5-8mp back then. 2013 is the time when iphone 6 released and that got 8mp
@@mehshutup3041 The Samsung Galaxy S4 was released in April 2013 and it had a 13 mp sensor.
@@monsegeek LG g2
bigger megapixels alone isn't the basis for good quality
Sony had 20mp back then.
These windows phones had soo much potential, but it was just ruined by compatibility issues, not being proper apps on the marketplace. I miss my 1520 😭😭
They did it by themselves..
I had a 920 Lumia in matte black. What a beautiful looking monster of a phone it was. Never regretted that purchase.
Nokia released an advanced phone when the crowd wasn't ready for it. Felt just like LG phones.
Meh, their mistake was to release it with an unwanted OS instead of going with Android which is much more popular but still on the rise at the time.
Doesn't matter if the specs are top of the line, if the phone itself aren't even comfortable to use i.e. complicated in Nokia Windows phone case, people will not gonna buy it.
@A nut I don't know. I mean, I did use a Nokia lumia phone (not this one, though), and personally, I liked the Windows OS. It was new and completely different, which I agree, but once I got used to it, it was nice in its own way. (Of course, this is a subjective opinion)
Windows Phone/10 Mobile would be a success if it hit the market earlier
@@Creeper3310-AKR i agree
@@anut8733 it's almost like microsoft didn't buy nokia just to put their os in the phones
My first smartphone was a Lumia, so much nostalgia
Yooo i have one too
same here
Am i that old now
Man my lumia cracked
@@sracigrac dem, mine works but the power button just a little bit inside the phone plus it has no support so windows store doesnt work but xbox does
Windows phones were definitely underated. The performance was actually amazing
Back then I had my iPad video and the iTunes updated and bricked the fckn thing so when I got this I was blown away by the performance and it stayed fast -I did have numerous warranty repairs but I still miss it so obviously they were too inconvenient
My Father gifted my Mom a Nokia N8 in 2010, goddamn what a phone it was, a 12 mp Zeiss camera in 2010, great call quality, great sound quality, it costed 26000 rupees at that time in India about 320$, really miss that Phone.
I had a lumia 720, that phone was awesome and very easy to use. Nokia was really ahead of its time tbh
Even my brother had it
I loved that phone. Sad they never could get support for any apps
The 720 😭 my first ever Smartphone
I still have my Lumia 720, in working condition, can still make calls, don't use it now because no apps get updated anymore
excepting the trashy looking operating system. I still have nightmares. Nonetheless, a good, fast and reliable phone overall.
I still have one in white color. I still use it as a daily pocket camera, just loved the physical shutter button and the real time manual controls..
Sell it to me
I kind of miss mine. It was only good for pictures and emails. It would make a great WiFi camera in this day even if that was all it was used for.
@@bhavyamalik1143 bruh
I remember having one of these as a kid before I switched to iphone. Still remember all I played was battleship
Yeah.. its camera battery grip extension with built in tripod thread insert definately helps alot in impromptu pro-like photography and videography
Nostalgic. I was in college at the time Nokia peaked with their Lumia phone series. This phone, Lumia 1020, is the one I dream having because of the insane camera. But it's so expensive so I can only dream 😅
But I bought Nokia Lumia 830 and I loved it! Had it not bricked, I would still use it as my primary phone.
just like me :)
That’s why the marketing matters. Not the product.
Nokia Lumia back then was too op. I remember my cousin being obsessed with Lumia phones. They were way ahead of their time
Your name Rami like me, where are you from?
i wish they still made the,, i remember loving them so much. I'd take a windows phone over android or apple any day. Wish they didn't have to discontinue it.
@@ramiabutilakh I'm from india mate
هذا ما ينقصني 🤦🏻♀️
@@carjay7 there is a Windows phone out, but running Android
lumia had some of the best post processing back in the day. My dad had a 950 and took a photo of me on a cloudy day and he was visible in my eye reflection. My 925 took better night photos without the flash, then most phones of my friends with it.
Those things were on another level
Yes the camera functionality and editing options available was very impressive for the time. It really seemed like they made a camera that you could use to send emails,make phone calls and play the odd game. 😂😂😂
It also had continuum. Used the dock on mine when road-tripping. It's only now that Windows ARM is good enough where Windows Continuum would have been great.
The first "Always on Display" was on Nokia N70 and 6303 in 2008! The AMOLED ones came in 2010
I remember I liked the lumia's phones so much, I started with Lumia 520, then 830 and then 950. Unfortunately the apps were missing.
that's what killed nokia/windows phone the lack of app and i'm trully sad about it to this day
yeah that's the point it's realtively easy to build a great os, but the app are the difference and the real advantage that the iphone as back then...
@@M4V35 even android had many apps back then only windows wanted a kind of locked app store like apple but missed the mark big time therefore a lot of young users let go after their first onz and having no app
@@antoinedenis9922 not in the beginning of the iPhone, Android catches with the s2 in 2011 with the overall stability and usability of the os, but for the store we have to wait another 3/4 years so in 2015 we have more or less the same store for Android and iOS, but even today the iOS app are generally more refined than the Android version.
For wp instead the problem it's not to lock up the store it's something so far from reality that is ridiculous, but instead Microsoft makes a try to catch some developer when it's to late and so you have only one answer and it is the death of wp
@@M4V35 He never said the beginning lol 2013 at the time of windows phone, The google play platform was at peak and both Apple and google were the dominant forces. But thanks for that little Apple is best rant you just went on 😂
I used to have a lime green Lumia 1520 back in the day. It was a monster of a phone at the time. I loved all the little animations that would show up on the home screen. Simplistic, at a glance you can see all the information you needed.
I had a red one. One of my favorite phones ever.
I remember playing Angry birds all day on it
I loved it I still have it kicking around somewhere too xD
I remember being absolutely obsessed with those live tiles. The interface was miles ahead of its competitors & still holds up
@@roteschwert same bro! I was tired of the same ol grid layout that iPhone and Android STILL have. The live tiles, especially in WP9 were so dynamic. If only they had the app support they prolly could’ve grown their user base and stayed around.
The UI was my selling point for this phone. Loved the tile setup
I truly loved the interface! I had one and was not disappointed also a ton of custom options.
I used to have a Lumia 820 and it was such a wonderful phone. Looked very unique for the time especially the interface. Miss that phone a lot
Seems like it's camera is even better than my 5 years old phone
My current TCL just peed it's pants watching this short 😂
@@rockasstley7917 my Xiaomi too
What phone are you using lmao💀
@@aabderrahmane Ahh It's the Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1.
I have a Lumia 1020 and it has a much, much better camera than my Huawei Honor 9 from 2017.
Even my sister with a Galaxy Note10 Lite is jealous of the Lumia 1020 camera
That phone used to be the smoothest phone I’ve ever seen
I remember when it came out, I wanted one so bad!! This brings back memories.
I still want one
I also Used It
You could add album covers to the homescreen and launch them. It was a great piece of tech for it's time
I had two Lumia's and loved them. The camera is Zeiss. That's why it was so good.
Cheers from Brazil!
Looking at that interface brought back all the memories of my own lumia. One of the most unique smartphone experiences I've ever had.
Nokia was doing everything right 10 years ago exept the OS....
wish they continue the meego
Windows was the best
the app gap was the problem and not the OS
Not the OS dude... The apps issue.
The OS was smooth af.
as for symbian sure. but windows mobile could've been successful, if Microsoft wasn't being a dick tbh
Apple in 2022: here's our new feature, always on Display! (seriously iconic)
🤣🤣
Got "always on" in Samsung S6Edge in 2015. Phone still works.
@@stangadoboaradreaptaomoara9567
Historically "meatriders" are exactly craple users who got it as a gift for "meatriding". Also Android is "too complicated" for such individuals.😉
@@AliShuktu please seethe more I love it
@@stangadoboaradreaptaomoara9567 you literally deleted your comment
I had a Nokia lumia 720 when I was in 8th grade back then it felt very futuristic
I remember my dad had the same and he gave me that phone to play one car game asphalt 8 I was 8 years old and I will always remember that great phone.
The whole Lumia range had fantastic cameras. The 4k video was brilliant iv taken pictures from the 4k video that are crystal clear and unfortunately not found a phone as good since
We have a Nokia N95 at home which has an AMOLED display, always on display and autorotate feature too! It is a small Symbian phone which also has built in FM Transmitter function! It is from 16 years ago, and surprisingly it still holds battery for about 30 minutes. And I almost forgot, it has WiFi too.
Edit: Sorry guys, as Tamàs Pàl said, I just checked it to find out it is a Nokia N85, not 95.
I Miss Nokia Symbian
Nokia N95 was the dual-slider phone from 2006, it never had AMOLED display. Nokia N9 and N86 8MP (also a dual-slider) models had it
Despite not having a touch screen and a brand new interface, it was better than the iPhone of its time in many regards : It was a 3G (maybe even 3G+) phone, it could take videos (1st iPhone couldn't) and had an overall better camera with a LED flash, had Bluetooth, and its OS featured vocal control and a vocal synthesiser !
@@piurtv Not to mention the built-in GPS with free maps and the music player with more options while the first iPhone could be used with its original headset only. The copy-paste option also worked with the pencil key on the N95 while it was introduced only in the iPhone 3GS
@@tamaspal1938 Thanks for telling, I just checked the phone and it is indeed a Nokia N85
Nokia had the best cameras ever, I remember taking prints off of a vga camera phone from nokia and those looked awesome for a 16 year old tech.
I loved my nokia lumia. Yes, even the windows part. I really loved that phone. So well built.
That’s wild. My buddy used to have one but I don’t remember it being that crisp!
I had one, super crisp pictures, looks almost as good as today's flagships.
MP doesn't mean shit. It's the resolution it takes.
@aimanazrie8944 My old phone has better resolution than my Samsung s21 ultra. And way less MP.
@aimanazrie8944 4k resolution is 12MP.
Windows phones were one of my favorites. Best part about them when you drop them the scratch or knick the same color so it almost isn’t even bothersome.
the UI aged incredibly well. i remember when this phone came out it felt like the future. i was a kid and id never be able to own a phone that cool
I always loved the Lumia phones… they were way ahead of their time
The sharpness of its photos is amazing. I still have my old unit.
Remember taking photos with my mother's. Incredible phone
I had this unit in 2013. And it was amazing! Still miss some features even in the newest S23.
Had couple Lumias as well, great phones, the UI was super fast compared to android/iOS back in the day... Only sad thing was app development and that was the reason why they ditched it.
totally agreed
Man you making me feel old. I still have all my lumia 640 and XL. Pictures were just awesome!! The 1020 was even more legendary.
Loved my Nokia 735. I still have it sat in a drawer. Camera was amazing. Its only 6.7mp but Zeiss had a hand in the thing. Colours are so vivid, I have had it out recently and the pics are still impressive for 2014.
I always wanted a Lumia when i was younger, man those really caught my eye, wish they still made them in this design
it was literally my dream phone from back in the day!
Not the far more popular iPhone 5 from the same year?
Bro I remember as a kid owning this phone it was such a great phone
Frr my friend had it in 9th grade
I absolutely loved Windows phone, I really wish they had kept supporting it..
I used to have one back in my school days and I personally liked that windows os a lot. ❤️❤️
The 2012 Nokia 808 Pureview did great too !
Honestly, the main issue with these phones weren't the phones themselves; They were pretty damn sick and had lots of sweet features.
Turns out that your phone can be the best phone ever, but in the end if it doesn't have proper app support, it's gonna crash and burn.
The main issue with Windows phone was how buggy and insecure the OS was. I used to work with Windows phones roughly a decade ago, and the amount of headaches we got debugging Bluetooth capabilities was astonishing.
My first phone was a budget 520. Those photos are still on my microsoft account and rival every phone I have had since.
I miss my old lumia phone had some pretty good cameras and i love how u can just customize those widgets. Just alot of apps are missing on the store
I had a Lumia 520 back when they came out, I loved it and still miss the dedicated 2 stage camera button, up until the phone bricked itself by forgetting where the OS was
My first Windows Phone was the Nokia Lumia 920. I love it 🚀
My 920 was a tank. I remember dropping it from standing height, watching it bounce on concrete doing flips and the only damage was a slight dent on the corner. The sidewalk had more damage from the fall.
People hated that tile setup but most of the hate rooted from the PC tile system...but as one of the few users it seemed, it fckn rocked on a phone setup . I remember having nothing but factory issues with the phone, sent it for repair so many tines at least 4 and one of them I picked it up at the store and accidently opened camera when holding it and it was already glitches out all blue . They kept warranty repairing it.. I lived it so much it was quite different at the time. It also was nice to hold
Yes amazing phone back in those days. It's way ahead.
Always wanted one of these...the idea of having a good manual mode, and 41 megapixel raw photos in a phone in 2013 was insane
Lumia series was surely underrated.. had some awesome feature and was more optimized performance wise than many phones today
Eu tive um windows phone desses, e realmente a câmera era muito braba pra época e ainda hoje impressiona.
One of our friend had a lumia in hostel back in 2015/16. I still had the photo I took for interviews.
I love the Lumia design... they should make one again
I love the unique futuristic styling
It wasn't just the MP count that was insane, it was the sensor size. Iirc, the sensor was bigger than most point and shoot cameras back in the day. It also had a physical shutter cover, xenon (not LED) flash, and (like many Lumias) a dedicated two-stage shutter button on the side. For non-camera people, that meant you could half press the shutter to focus and then full press to take the shot... Just like on a real camera.
It actually has both LED and Xenon flash. There's also an optional grip accessory with a battery and standard camera screw mount
@@Vortexcube I remember that accessory! It also had a bigger shutter button as well, to drive home that it was meant to be a camera.
The weak point on the phone was the processor. It had barely enough grunt to process the pictures it took, but not without a little bit of delay after each shot.
I have the phone but not the accessory. Been meaning to buy one but it's hard to find nowadays. Admittedly I don't use the thing as much as I'd like. It's pretty much only useful for photos and it can be pretty sluggish.
I still love Lumia ❣️ hope back soon
I miss Windows phone, my 1020 was the crown jewel in my phone collection ❤
I remember it tooks approximatly 1% battery every 3-4 photos taken 😂
yah but 10 years ago bruh
One of my favorite flagships! ❤
The only phone that was ahead of it's competitors with about 20 decades. They gotta bring the Lumia phones back!
This phone is amazing! How come it wasn't selling much? Would definitely buy it now.
Due to limited apps offered on its Windows Store.
@@youdonote8909 when android have 1 million app. Microsoft store just have 200.000-300.000 app if i not mistake. I have nokia lumia 930.
Great device but lack important daily app
Because, SW and Price.
Bruh I had a Nokia brick in 2013, one of my old school buddy had this windows phone tho. It was pretty neat
I remember getting a Nokia Lumia WP back when they first came out. The OS was really good with its customisations and how quick you could get to everything.
Plus, whenever you were installing apps it would literally tell you how far it was along unlike my current android.
It was also very fun to play emulators on those phones.
A major drawback of windows phone was that developers didn't let app to run on this phone.. instead they promoted play Store on Google.
I remember checking this phone out at the shop, didn't had the money to buy it... And after all this year I'm still broke 😭😂...
I still have my Lumia 925, used that thing forever. Camera was great, OS was smooooth and everything worked reliably when using the pre installed apps.
Camera was great, even though it was 8MP, photos still turned out sharper then with the iPhone Xs I have now and the ZTE I had in between.
It even fell into a well once and I thought that's it, but it still worked like nothing happened.
Sometimes I turn it on and look at old Pictures, just for the nostalgic memories and wish they never dropped WP...
I owned the Zune 30, Zune 8, Zune HD, and used Windows Mobile 6.0, Windows 7, and Windows 7.5 Mango. I switched to iPhone after my Windows 7 phone was water-damaged in 2012, just to try something new. Surprisingly, I didn't expect those platforms to vanish! Even the introduction of Windows 10, with its innovative feature of docking your phone to use it as a desktop, was fascinating. Back then, I couldn't afford to switch phones often, so I missed out. As a software developer who creates iOS and Android apps, I understand why these platforms lost developer support. Yet, I genuinely miss the MetroUI of Zune and Windows Phone. If they were still around, I'd switch back in a heartbeat to escape the constant distractions on current smartphones.
Meu primeiro Nokia foi o 5310. Eu amava de paixão. Depois, meu primeiro Lumia foi o 520.
You should try lumia 950/ xl . It's got the best camera in a windows phone( software+ hardware) ... And the pro mode is very intuitive. And yes I love it's interface
I used to play games in this phone I really miss those days
I had one and I am really proud I had it
I was the Cool-Boi because of it 😂
Nokia did what Apple did with the software... I had the Lumia 505, an absolute piece of shit and worked so fucking good... I miss those days 😞😞😞
Nokia always had one of the best camerasss, miss the old Nokia
i will always love the physical design of this phone.
I’m an iPhone guy who usually gets some other kind of phone as a second phone, for testing websites and just playing around, seeing how other companies do things, and this was easily my favorite second phone ever.
I have a Nokia Lumia 520 that I paid $50 brand new back in 2013. The damn thing still turns on, and it’s surprisingly quick even 10 years later! It’s a shame that Windows Phone failed. I absolutely loved it besides the app support.
I had the lumia 800, it was also my first windows phone and it worked like a charm back then.
this was an amazing phone back then, way ahead of its time.
My dad had one of these and he loved it
You forgot to mention, another critique said that the Nokia Lumia has introduced the wireless charging feature. Nokia was indeed ahead of time.
These phones were ahead of their era, but unfortunately they did not get the support they needed by their own manufacturer, Nokia... I enjoyed my solid Nokia Lumia 920!
I remember checking this phone out at a shop back then and the camera is the only thing I remember about it. It was insanely good.
I love the tiles menu. I held a Nokia Lumia for years after it got deprecated. Only after almost all application dropped support, I gave up
My first phone was nokia lumia 520. I customized it according to my liking. You can chage the tile size, colour and even the wallpaper on tiles. It was so much fun. I used it for a year or something. I had a habit of walking in my room while listening to music with wired headphones and holding my phone in my hand. I was lost in the music then my phone hit the dressing table and it broke. Its screen was completely broken and side buttons came off. Getting it fixed was too expensive so i got a new samsung phone. After that i have never bought a phone other than samsung.
Can take raw as well. Xenon flash. Manual controls. PERFECT size anf curvature. Ugh! Loved this phone.
This thing is full of character. It's easy to use. I dare to say, you don't even have to use protective casing fron my personal experience. The UI was very good, and of course the camera
I had lumia 920, incredible phone. If it had the mainstream apps such as snapchat, insta etc I'd probably still own one