Nokia Lumia 920 Now Priced At Rs 32639: Why Should You Buy It?

By Vinayak.a

| Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013, 14:49 [IST]

Good news for Nokia fans, the company has slashed prices for the Lumia 920 handsets. The smartphone was launched in India having the price tag Rs 38262. Now the device has been made available for Rs 32,639, which is really a huge drop. Nokia had previously announced that they would be throwing in a free wireless charging pad worth Rs 3,999, along with the smatphone, that offer still holds good. All and all it's a petty sweet deal!

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Nokia Lumia 920 Now Priced At Rs 32639: Why Should You Buy It?

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Perhaps this price cut is due to the fact that Finish handset maker will be launching their newest flagship device, the Lumia 925 in Inida soon. The new handset is expected to be made available at around Rs. 33,000 approximately. Lets have a quick recap of the specifications of the two smartphones.

The Lumia 920 comes with a 4.5 inch IPS LCD touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels along with PureMotion HD and Clear Black display technologies, 8.7MP rear camera with PureView branding, 1.3MP front camera, 1.5GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, micro USB 2.0, NFC connectivity and 2,000 mAh Li-ion battery.

The Lumia 925 packs a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ display with resolution of 1, 280 x 768 pixels, 1.5 GHz dual -core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB of internal storage, Wi-Fi, 3G, Qi wireless charging (optional), NFC, an 8.7-mega pixel rear facing camera with dual LED flashlight, A-GPS, a 2,000mAh Li Ion battery

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Things You Need To Know About The Lumia 920

Nokia 920 is is a tank of a phone. This heavy device weighs in at 185 grams, which makes it 73 grams heavier then a iPhone 5.

Even though the smartphone is heavy, it is quite sturdy and is able to withstand drops like a champ. Catch the drop test video of the phone below.

Nokia put up an add showcasing the Lumia 920's PureView camera technology, which was criticised to be fake. The company latter apologised for it in a blog spot.

Even after the misleading video, the low-light performance and image stabilisation features of the Lumia 920 is pure magic and easily outshines the Galaxy S4 or the HTC One.

The touchscreen of the device works, even if you are wearing gloves.

According to a report by The Verge, the Lumia 920 besides having only a dual-core processor, has a browser performance equivalet to that of the A6 chipset powered iPhone 5. Bssically the smartphone doesn't hold back on speed, because of the dual-core processor.

If you are one of those guys who love listening to music on your phone - the Lumia 920 does have pretty decent audio quality, it cannot be compared to the HTC One or the Xperia Z. Having a good headphone should work well.

Nokia Maps feature which comes with the Lumia 920 allows you to save maps offline and also offers voice-guided turn-by-turn directions.

Nokia have announced that they will be rolling the Smart Camera App along with amber update to the Lumia 920. Read more...

The main disadvantage the phone has is it runs on Windows Phone 8 and you know what it means, shortage of apps! Microsoft has a lot of catching up to to do in this department.

Why buy the Lumia 920?

There is no doubt that the Lumia 920 is an impressive phone. It's quite fast, it's camera is simply awesome, great display and there are no complaints with it's battery life. Now that it is cheaper, it is indeed a worthy handset.