Nokia Lumia review -Lumia 800

Nokia’s first Windows Phone, Lumia 800 and the handset that will usher in – so the company hopes – a new era of smart phone relevance and a turnaround in fortunes. However the question is, will the Lumia 800 be Finnish enough for those royal followers and innovative enough to attract the new smart phone users. We all knew that the Symbian operating system may be not universally attracting, but at least it was special and unique; has Nokia sidelined its independence alongside its faithful old platform? Check out some reviews about the hardware and software here to find out.


Hardware
If we have never seen the Nokia N9, the Lumia 800′s physical design would have been the biggest surprise of Nokia World 2011. Like its MeeGo-powered sibling, the Lumia 800 rocks a polycarbonate casing which Nokia’s production lines fettle from a single chunk of plastic. The end result has a sleek, matte finish, sinuous curves, and a hand-feel different to just about any other devices.

At 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm it’s the same size as the N9, though a little heavier. Nokia again provides  three color options of black, cyan or magenta, and each are the pure hue of the plastic itself: scratch your Lumia and you won’t see grey underneath. It’s actually extremly difficult to mark the case anyway, with the scrapes left from a vigorous scratching with a fingernail buffing straight off. If you’re still cautious, Nokia bundles a rubber case – color matched to your Lumia, naturally – in the box. The 1,450 mAh battery is non-user-accessible, which helps the Lumia be creak- and flex-free. 

Software
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is a considerable step up from the original OS as launched a little over a year ago. Microsoft has trimmed away at the unnecessary chrome and ornamentation to leave a UI dominated by block colors, oversized typography and minimal buttons, with a system of user-arrangeable Live Tiles making up the homescreen. These tiles can show updates from the apps they’re connected to, so the Phone tile shows the number of missed calls while the Photos tile previews the latest images.