Nokia has pulled all stops in designing the Nokia Lumia 800. The curved glass front , the poly carbonate body all shows that Nokia had their best and brightest at work to make their comeback phone a success .
Nokia Lumia 800 features a unibody design like that of N9 , that means that the user cannot themselves replace the battery and open up the phone. The body is made of single piece of poly carbonate plastic without any joints , it’s the same material being used in fighter jet planes and Nokia added their unique approach of using the colored resign to manufacture it so the same color as the phone is down to the core i.e. if ever the phone gets scratched , the same color will come out from underneath. The reason of using a Poly Carbonate body beside aesthetics is that Poly Carbonate plastic does not interfere with Cell Signals and the phone will not suffer from Anteena Gate problems.
On the front of the screen , is the beautiful 3.7 inch Clear Black AMOLED screen fused with the body giving it a flowing feel. With Clear Black Technology , the blacks come out darker and the whites come out much brighter showing more realistic colors. The glass as of in N9 is curved and is a pleasure to swipe or slide upon. To have the enjoy more of the screen and worry less about the scratches, Nokia has used Corning Gorilla glass which can withstand scratches during normal use. The front is totally physical button free , and the operations are performed with three capacitive keys . Nokia Lumia 800 does not have a front Cam however the front does have Ambient sensors.
On the top of Lumia 800 are the 3.5 mm Audio Jack , Micro USB Charging and Sync port and Micro SIM tray slot . The user can access the Micro USB port by pressing the slot door on one side and the door pops open and for Micro SIM Access, the holding tray cover is to be slid a bit left to unlock it. Some may say that the Micro USB cover is prone to breakage , but Nokia taking a cue from N97 design has thought of that . If you look at the support for the door , it’s made of sturdy material , I have gently tried to push the door ( Gently ) to test it and found it’s prong connector with the body quiet sturdy.
On the bottom of the phone is the speaker grill. The reason for putting the speakers on the bottom instead of the back are that often sound on the back speakers are muffled when kept on the table or on an uneven soft surface like the bed. With speakers on the bottom , there is no chance that they will get covered and distort or muffle the sound.
The left side of the phone is left plain with out any buttons just the beautiful polycarbonate body while on the right side are Volume rocker keys, Power and Screen Lock Key and Camera Key.
At the back of the phone is what makes Nokia Phones stand out from rest of the pack, a 8 MP Carl Zeiss Camera with Dual LED Flash. We will discuss the camera details in a later post so for now all we can say that its photographs are better than other competitor phones such as from HTC.
Overall during our 3 days of use , we found the phone to be sturdy and practical with hardware and software complementing each other . It’s been admired by many including many of our iPhone touting friends and we hope that Nokia will soon launch it the phone in Pakistan.
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