Nokia Lumia 900 Review :India and UK Release Date, Price Still Pending on Carphone Warehouse

Less than two months after the release of Nokia Lumia 710 and 800, Espoo unveiled its first LTE equipped Windows Phone branded as the Lumia 900 destined for a global release. Today, we received confirmation the new 4G phone is etched on Carphone Warehouse which means, its possible release date on UK will be around soon.

As some may already know, Nokia’s strategy for Lumia’s launch is to skip United States and try to sell the device on countries with high interest (i.e: not fully swamped with Android and iPhone yet). Likewise, we’ve seen this move before when HP tried to market Palm Pre 2 smartphone on Europe first. However, during CES week, AT&T did confirm it’ll be the exclusive carrier for the 900 and will be selling the device “a few months” from that period hinting the device will land on United States.
Going back with the discussion, eagle-eyed customers have spotted a listing under Carphone about the Mango-equipped 4G handset slated for a release this June. Obviously, everything is still tentative in fact, the page where the leak was purported is now gone. Just a refresher, the main advantage of Lumia 900 with her older siblings is 4G support putting its DL speeds up to 21Mbps (theoretically). Aside from that, it comes with a front-facing cam for video-chat, better screen panel and beefed out battery. The rest of its specs are the same like 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, 512MB RAM, 8MP shooter camera and powered by 1.4GHz single-core Snapdragon CPU.

The Details

• Built for speed and Internet

  1.4 GHz processor, 4G LTE, Bing, Internet Explorer 9, HTML5, Wi-Fi

• Design

  4.3" AMOLED ClearBlack glass touchscreen, one-piece polycarbonate body, excellent antenna performance

• Cameras

  8 MP main camera, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash, Auto Focus, 1 MP front camera, video calling

• Battery

  All day battery life, up to 7 hours talk time

• Social

  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, Chat, SMS

0.45 inches

2.7 inches

5.03 inches

At a glance

• 4.3 ''
  Display size
• 8 megapixels 
  Primary camera sensor size
• 5.6 ounces
  Weight
• 7 h
  Maximum 3G talk time
• 300 h
  Maximum 3G standby time
• 60 h
  Maximum music playback time
• 6.5 h
  Maximum video playback time

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Available colors

Design

Dimensions

Height

5.03 inches

Width

2.7 inches

Thickness

0.45 inches

Weight

5.6 ounces

Volume

90 cc

Keys and Input Methods

Dedicated hardware key

• Camera Key
• Volume Keys
• Power/Lock Key
• Windows UI keys (Back, Start, Search)

Display and User Interface

Touch Screen

Capacitive 

Display size

4.3 ''

Screen height

800 pixels

Screen width

480 pixels

Display technology

• AMOLED
• ClearBlack
• Corning® Gorilla® Glass

Hardware

Connectivity

WLAN support

• WEP
• WPA
• 802.11b/g/n
• WPA2-Personal
• WPA-Enterprise

Data synchronization

• Calendar, Contacts, To Do list
• Media (Music, Video, Photos, Podcast)
• Zune for PC and Mac Connector Software

Local connectivity

• WiFi
• Micro USB
• Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
• USB 2.0 High-Speed
• 3.5mm AHJ Connector
• Bluetooth Stereo Audio

Memory

Total user memory

16 GB internal memory (14.5 GB user memory) plus SkyDrive cloud storage 

SDRAM memory

512 MB

Power Management¹

Battery

BP-6EW 1830mAh 

Power management

USB Charging 

Maximum 2G talk time

7 h

Maximum GSM standby time

300 h

Maximum 3G talk time

7 h

Maximum 3G standby time

300 h

Maximum music playback time

60 h

Maximum video playback time

6.5 h

¹ Operation times may vary depending on radio access technology used, operator network configuration and usage.

Data Network²

Data bearer

• WCDMA
• EDGE Class B
• GPRS Class B
• HSPA+ Cat14 21 Mbps
• HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps
• WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
• Dual Transfer Mode (MSC 32)
• LTE Cat 3 (50 Mbps Downlink, 25 Mbps Uplink)
• Diversity antenna array to maximize RF performance

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Extra feature

• Gyroscope
• Micro SIM
• Flight Mode
• 2 Microphones
• 3D Accelerometer
• Proximity sensor
• Magnetometer Sensor
• Ambient light sensor

Operating Frequency

Operating band

• GSM 850
• GSM 900
• GSM 1800
• GSM 1900
• WCDMA Band V 850
• LTE Band 17 (700)
• WCDMA Band I 2100
• WCDMA Band II 1900
• WCDMA Band VIII 900
• LTE Band 4 (1700/2100)

CPU Count

Single 

Hardware CPU clock rate

1400 MHz

Hardware CPU type

Qualcomm APQ8055 + MDM9200 (WCDMA) 

Software and applications

Other Applications

• Bing Maps
• AT&T Navigator
• Tango Video Calls
• Nokia Maps (available as a free download)
• Nokia Drive (available as a free download)

Gaming / Entertainment

• Xbox Live
• Marketplace
• App Highlights
• ESPN Sports Hub
• AT&T U-verse Mobile

Features (Personal information Management)

• Notes
• Calendar
• To-do list
• Detailed contact information

Software platform & User Interface

Operating System

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Commercial Release 2 (Mango + LTE) 

Communications

Email and Messaging³

Email solution

• Gmail
• Nokia Mail
• Yahoo Mail
• Outlook Mobile
• Other email accounts
• Windows Live/Hotmail

Email protocol

• POP3
• SMTP
• IMAP4

Messaging

• IM
• MMS
• SMS

Document format

• PDF
• Word
• Excel
• OneNote
• Powerpoint

³ Some services may be available only via downloading or dependent on the market. Only devices that offer compatible multimedia message or email features can receive and display multimedia messages. Content appearance may vary. Some images and ring tones can not be forwarded.

Sharing and Internet

Browsing and Internet

Internet sharing

Use as a WiFi Hotspot for up to 5 WiFi-enabled devices 

Browser feature

• SVG
• CSS 3
• HTML5
• XHTML
• DOM Level 3
• DOM Level 1 and 2
• Internet Explorer 9 Mobile
• Hardware Graphics Acceleration

Navigation

GPS and navigation⁴

GPS feature

• GPS
• A-GPS
• CellID
• WiFi positioning

⁴ Downloading of maps over-the-air may involve transferring large amounts of data. Your service provider may charge for the data transmission. The availability of products, services and features may vary by region. Please check with your local Nokia dealer for further details and availability of language options. These specifications are subject to change without notice

Photography

Main camera

Primary camera sensor size

8 megapixels 

Camera resolution height

3264 pixels

Camera resolution width

2448 pixels

Camera F number/aperture

2.2 

Camera digital zoom

3 x

Camera minimum focus range

100 mm

Camera focal length

28 mm

Graphics

Graphics format

• BMP
• PNG
• WMF
• EXIF
• JPEG
• TIFF
• WBMP
• GIF87a
• GIF89a

Main camera features

Camera feature

• Geotagging
• Touch Focus
• Dual LED flash
• Carl Zeiss Optics
• Exposure Compensation
• Fast one-click photo sharing
• Auto and Manual White Balance

Camera image format

• XMP
• JPEG/Exif

Secondary camera

Secondary camera sensor size

1 megapixel 

Secondary camera resolution height

1280 pixels

Secondary camera resolution width

720 pixels

Secondary camera F number/aperture

2.4 

Music and Audio

Music

Music Services

• Zune
• AT&T Radio

Audio features

• FM Radio
• Music player
• Audio Streaming
• Bluetooth Stereo
• Handsfree Speaker
• Uplink Noise Cancellation

Music format

Supported codecs

• DRM Playready
• MPEG-4 AAC , eAAC, eAAC+
• WMA Professional 9 and 10
• MPEG-1 audio Layer3 (MP3)

Voice and audio recording

Speech codecs

• EFR
• AMR-NB
• AMR-WB
• GSM FR
• GSM HR

Video

Main video camera

Camera video resolution width

1280 pixels

Camera video resolution height

720 pixels

Camera video frame rate

30 frames per second

Camera video zoom

3 x

Local video playback

30 frames per second

Secondary video camera

Cecondary camera video resolution height

640 pixels

Secondary camera video resolution width

480 pixels

Secondary camera video frame rate

30 frames per second

Main video camera features

Video feature

• Video player
• Video recorder
• Video streaming
• Video Stabilization
• Continuous Auto Focus

Camera video format

MPEG-4 

Video format

• ASF
• AVI
• VC-1
• WMV 9
• MPEG-4
• H.264/AVC
• 3GPP formats (H.263)

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