This Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) OS
mobile platform that is preloaded with applications like Nokia Drive,
TopApps, Nokia Music, and more. This Windows mobile features a 3.7-inch
ClearBlack AMOLED display that is ideal for viewing photos, watching
movies, and browsing the web. It also has an 8MP camera with a Carl
Zeiss lens that lets you capture photographs with stunning quality and
also supports HD video recording at 30 fps.
I purchased the Lumia 800 as a replacement for a
dead HD7. I was honestly just about done with the Windows Mobile
platform due to the poor experience I had with the HTC. I'm really glad I
pulled the trigger on this phone. First, on T-Mobile you will lose 3G.
The radio only supports AT&T's 3G band in the US. It does have
support for T-Mobile's 4G frequency, but I doubt the radio supports 4G
and currently the OS doesn't either, natively. So don't hold out hope
for a ton of data streaming to this thing. That being said, I really am
noticing how little data I actually use. Yeah, Netflix isn't great over
Edge, but the phone's great WiFi radio has worked for every hotspot I've
tried. My HD7 failed to connect to WiFi about 50% of the time, so this
is a huge win for the Nokia.
Battery life on the phone is much
better than people are saying. Part is likely due to the fact that I am
not using 3G, but part is owed to a bug in battery reporting in Nokia's
software. So you will see lower battery than your phone really has, but
the phone will still have plenty. I have done a full two day run without
a charge and a couple of heavy Doodle God sessions were had.
I
am also not seeing any issue with the camera. In fact, the photos are
much more vibrant and clear than my cousin's Focus (v1, mind you). And
compared to the HD7 - which was like punishment for trying to take
photos on a phone - it might as well be a DSLR. The Zeiss glass is clear
and the focus is solid. Nokia doesn't pack in all of the bells and
whistles in terms of camera options, but the default ones from the OS
aren't horrible.