Nokia’s flagship handset has already hit store shelves and for roughly Rs 38,500, you can get yourself one of the best camera phones for low light photography. The Lumia 920 is all about the camera and, of course, the other exclusive novelty it enjoys over the competition – wireless charging. Let’s quickly run through the rest of the specifications that make up the Lumia 920.

OS – Windows Phone 8
Nokia hasn’t really changed the Windows Phone 8 UI too much apart from some exclusive apps like City Lens, Nokia Drive, etc. The operating system remains one of the best to date when it comes to fluidity and uniformity for devices spread amongst various price segments.

Cellular network – Quad-band GSM and 3G support
Being a flagship device, the Lumia 920 supports the full quad-band GSM and 3G networks, including LTE. However, since India uses TDD-LTE instead of FDD-LTE, we won’t be able to use that here.

A bit too big for comfort

Display – 4.5-inch ClearBlack IPS

Nokia uses its proprietary PureMotion HD+ technology for the display, which makes it super sensitive enough to be used even with gloves on. The panel is of the IPS type and the HD resolution ensures sharp text and images with very good viewing angles.

Form factor and weight – A bit large and bulky at 185 g
The fancy ‘floating lens’ technology in the camera has come at a price, making the Lumia 920 quite large and bulky. There’s also quite a bit of bezel around the phone, which gives it the ‘super-sized’ appearance. If you have large hands, then you probably won’t mind the size, but for most, it won’t be the most convenient phone to carry around.

Wi-Fi – Dual-band, 802.11 ‘n’
Dual-band Wi-Fi ensures you have the option of connecting to the faster 5GHz band. Most phones above the Rs 30,000 price bracket come with dual-band Wi-Fi, so it’s sort of a given now as far as flagship phones are concerned.

SoC– Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
The Lumia 920 runs on the Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset. This SoC is based on the new dual-core Krait CPUs and Adreno 225 graphics. The CPUs are clocked at 1.5GHz, which ensures smooth operation; the 1GB of RAM helps facilitate this. The speed of the CPU is not that important though, since all WP8 devices have very similar performance when it comes to the UI. The real difference will only be noticeable in apps.

Storage – 32GB with no room for expansion 
It’s great that Nokia has bundled 32GB of onboard storage, but we don’t get why it chose to omit a microSD card slot. I’m sure including a slot for memory expansion wouldn’t have increased the cost of the handset by a great deal.

NFC – Yes
NFC is present, just like it is on most Nokia handsets these days. It would have been nice if Nokia had included a couple of programmable NFC tags as well with the handset.

Wireless Charging – Yes
The only handset currently available to feature wireless charging, the Lumia 920 still requires you to place the handset on a charging table, so it’s not like you can roam around your room while your phone is being charged. It’s a nice feature, but remember that you’ll also have to invest more in wireless charging accessories, which obviously don’t come cheap.