Nokia World was opened today in New York, where the Finnish company, together with Microsoft, officially presented the “most innovative smartphone in the world” – Lumia 920. Surprisingly, there were some surprises.
All the most interesting things about the Lumia 920 in the first twenty minutes of the presentation were told by Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia. Interesting, these are literally three things, two of which we already heard about a couple of days ago:
1. Support contactless charging
Forget about the wires. You put your phone back on the panel, which Harlow herself called a pillow, and wait for it to charge.
By the way, one wireless charging will not do. Since the Lumia 920 supports NFC, when in contact, for example, with a speaker that also supports this technology, the music that was played in the smartphone will be played.
2. PureView Technology
The essence of which is not in super-cool photos (without good optics, even at 8 MP, good color reproduction cannot be achieved), but clarity and absence of noise in pictures taken in poor lighting conditions.
3. City Lens Technology
Nokia showed what was expected from Brin’s glasses: the technology of additional reality. Point your smartphone camera at, for example, a restaurant, and on the display you already see not only the restaurant, but also the number of stars that visitors have put on it. It looks amazing, but how it will all be implemented is still unclear.
What else is interesting about the Lumia 920? Not so much: a screen that does not fade in the light, a 2000 mAh battery, a dual-core Snapdargon S4, offline navigation, the ability to control the screen even through gloves (and mittens) and, attention, bright replaceable panels.
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Seriously, the presentation left behind a depressing impression. The people who came on stage were poorly prepared for the performance, looked sadly into the hall, tried to wind themselves up. Nokia Vice President Kevin Shields and completely broke down into hysterical screeching. Sluggish applause from the back rows only complemented the not-so-joyful atmosphere.
Plus, it’s completely unclear why the presentation was stretched for an hour and a half. The most important thing was said in the first 20 minutes. They could have been finished, but instead Joe Belfiore, Kevin Shields, and then Steve Ballmer with Steve Elop (Steve Elop), without any enthusiasm, hesitantly, like a mantra, they repeated about what a healthy Lumia 920 device they had.