Nokia Lumia 930 - Hands On

The Windows Mobile operating system is perhaps the best with Nokia's Lumia series of phones. Now the latest upcoming flagship Nokia Lumia 930 packs up with some extra ordinary features. This mobile has slightly larger screen than Lumia 925 and 1020 but smaller screen than Lumia 1520. This makes the mobile comfortable to hold single handedly compared to gigantic 6 inches screener version, Lumia 1520.

It is a successor of Nokia Lumia 925 in terms of features and specifications. It has better and advanced features than 925.

The most impressive part was the design of this phone. With unibody metallic design this mobile looks very premium compared to their previous plasticly build models but not as much premium as HTC One and M8. The phone is also very comfortable to hold and operate with a single hand. The power and volume rocker keys are located on the right side of the phone along with camera button. This makes t easy to lock/unlock screen and also comfortably use the volume rocker buttons. The usb charging slot is located on top of the mobile and the 3.5mm ear phone jack is located at the bottom. I guess the ear phone jack location will frustrate many music lovers. Overall the device is very comfortable to hold and operate is single hand.

The display of Nokia Lumia 930 is a stunning complete HD display with resolution of 1020 X 1920 pixels. The pixels per inch is 441 which makes one of the brilliant and vibrant displays available in mobile world. The display is Oraganic LED (OLED) and scratch resistant. It is quite pleasure to watch HD videos and movies on such a brilliant display.

The 20.7 pixel Pure View camera is the trademark of the Nokia Lumia series. The Pure View technology incorporates one of the best camera technologies available out there. The images are crisp, clear and amazing to view. The camera takes video in HD and it's not only HD video, it is Full HD. There is a lot of difference between HD and Full HD.

The other camera features include optical image stabilization which is one of the key features in present mobile cameras. The OIS technology helps to take images without any blur and noise. Other camera features include Carl Zeiss optics, Dual image capture, face detection, smile detection, 6-lens optics, back side illuminated sensor, 2X high resolution zoom and many more.

There are four microphones for Nokia Rich Video recording which you can see in Lumia 1020 and 1520. The secondary 1.2 MP camera can also record HD videos.

The Nokia Lumia 930 is powered by 2.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon 800. Many latest mobiles are coming with the Sanpdragon 801 while Lumia 930 is with 800. The Snapdagon 801 is faster and battery efficient than 800. The 2 GB RAM assists the processor which is enough juice under the hood.

The mobile comes with 2420 mAh battery which is pretty low compared to latest Android flagships and the Snapdragon 800 processor which is not very battery efficient. But yet the mobile will last for one complete day with moderate use of data, videos, music and games. I have noticed a little heating while handling few games but it is negligible. 

There is no expandable memory card option which disappoints many multimedia users. The mobile comes with latest Windows OS, 8.1 which is a decent addition.

Early Verdict:

The Nokia Lumia 930 is a full Windows mobile, with complete features and specs that a Windows mobile can offer. With the decent Full HD display, premium build-up and latest Windows OS, the mobile is a pretty good competitor for Android and Apple iOS. 

But the lack of expandable memory, slower processor (compared to latest flagships that come with quad core processors) and absence of navigation keys on the screen are few odds of the mobile. 

Yet the Nokia Lumia 930 is brilliant mobile with almost all latest specs and features.