Nokia Lumia 900


The Nokia Lumia 900 is an older Windows Phone 7.5 device (though you can probably expect it to get the 7.8 upgrade). Despite being of the older generation of Windows Phone devices, it still packs quite a punch. It's also one of the best designed devices we've seen in a while. It the US the device is available on AT&T's LTE network, which is blazing fast. The phone has a 4.3 inch display, but sadly the resolution is only 480x800. Corning Gorilla Glass was also used by Nokia this time, making the Lumia 900 a fairly durable device. Aside from that the device has 512 MB of ram and 16GB of storage. Though 512 MB of ram may seem like very little, Windows Phone manages it very efficiently and you will barely ever notice any lag. The CPU is a 1.4 GHz, also more than sufficient for Windows Phone, and you get the rest of the standard features such as WiFi 802.11n, a 8MP back facing and 1.3 MP front facing camera, and GPS. Battery life is okay with 7 hours of talk time. Below we've included a user review, but feel free to share your own thoughts in the comments. 

"I am currently using a Nokia Lumia 900. The actual hardware of the phone itself is fantastic. The matte black finish looks great and doesn't really pick up any fingerprints which it quite nice compared to the many glossy phones on the market currently. The Lumia is also deceptively comfortable, the phone itself is somewhat blocky and has an almost monolithic look to it but sits well in the hand and is quite comfy to hold. The weight of the phone strikes a nice balance that is neither heavy nor cheap feeling. The main problem with the phone is the operating system. The phone runs Windows Phone 7, which has already been made outdated by Windows Phone 8 less than a year after the phone's release. The main functions of the phone, such as calling and texting function as intended but are largely run of the mill. The OS actually looks quite nice, Microsoft's inclusion of what they call "Live Tiles" makes the home screen feel lively. I would even say that the majority of the problems don't fall solely on Microsoft. The App Marketplace on the phone is absolutely awful, there are barely any apps and the ones that are on there are largely of a low quality. A lot of apps that are used daily by people on iOS or the Android platform are missing, and there is a general feeling of uncaring in the apps that are available on the store. Compared to iOS the app selection is laughable, and even compared to Android which doesn't feature as robust of a selection as iOS, Windows Phone is simply lacking. The one interesting thing that the Windows Phone platform allows is integration with Xbox Live, allowing owners to get achievements while playing games on the phone. What should have been a really great added feature actually ends up hurting the apps even more as a result. In order for games to use Xbox Live features, they have to be submitted into a whole different section of the store with different submission restrictions. In the end it makes me more weary about the other games on the platform, not only because I can't earn achievements on them, but because this walled garden mentality makes me question what level of quality the game has to be for it to not be a Xbox Live compatible game. The Nokia Lumia 900 is absolutely let down buy the software that runs on it. The hardware itself is actually quite amazing, and is actually one of the better looking and feeling phones that I have used in quite a while, rivaling even Apple products in its look and feel. The selection of apps is dreadful, especially with games in particular which is an area that Apple has really come into its own on the iOS platform. At every turn I really wanted to like the Lumia 900 but the operating system just wouldn't let me. So in the end Nokia delivered a beautiful piece of hardware that Microsoft managed to pretty much fail to capitalize on right out of the gate."

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