Oh, Nokia. Earth mother and founder of the mobile industry. Finally, we have got your newest creation nestled amidst our clammy palms: a three.9-inch slab of polycarbonate Windows Phone wonderment, fronted by a ClearBlack AMOLED display. Has that sweet breeze off the Nokianvirta River worked its special magic? Or is that this just another Windows Phone? Well, first impressions are that it… feels similar to an N9 . Read on for our detailed impressions.
Nokia is asking this device the “first real Windows Phone,” a claim that we predict other manufacturers are going to have just a little a beef with, but we’d certainly say here is probably the greatest we’ve yet had the chance to fondle. If you are accustomed to the N9 you’ll know the fundamentals of the tale here, a polycarbonate shell that feels really nice within the hand and, perhaps more importantly, won’t show scratches as clearly as painted metal or plastic exteriors. That baby blue you spot? It’s that very same color all through to the core — there is not any paint here to chip or scratch.
Up top, doors flip open to disclose the micro-USB charger and the SIM slot, doors that fit so well you’d barely know they’re there. a three.5mm headphone jack is up at the top to boot. That’s really about all there are for ports. The proper side of the telephone is adorned with a volume rocker and tool button, and the left is absolutely bare — just super sleek, curved polycarbonate. There is a speaker
Front is roofed by that 3.9-inch 854 x 480 ClearBlack AMOLED display, which rests under ever so slightly curved glass, giving a raised effect. Here’s Gorilla Glass, so hopefully it being exposed during this way won’t danger its visual purity. For sure it looks pretty much as good because the display at the N9.
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