Nokia presented its 41-megapixel smartphone Lumia 1020
Finnish Nokia today at a presentation in New York City showed a new member of the family of smartphones Lumia - 41-megapixel device Lumia 1020, which, according to statements made by Nokia, allows you to shoot with detail that has not been available for smartphones. Nokia has stated that users can zoom in 1020 and, if necessary perekadrirovat images without sacrificing image quality.
The manufacturer "without a doubt" says Lumia 1020 - is "the best camera phone on the market today." At the same time, analysts polled are not sure that the device will be a bestseller, but its specifications are impressive. On the eve of the research firm IDC conducted a survey of smartphone users in 25 countries to determine which factors are crucial for stimulating future sales and found that the resolution of the camera is only in 15th place in the list of 23 functions. Communication quality and life of the battery, device security and availability software for users is far more important.
"Most of the mobile users to post photos on social networks, and are quite satisfied with the existing image quality. Nokia will have to try to convince people that the new device actually improves the quality, allows you to shoot in low light, otherwise they will not notice the difference. Perhaps, Nokia released the best smartphone, but the company will have to try hard to provoke many users to switch from Android or iOS ", - said Francisco Jeronimo, an analyst at IDC.
According to him, 92% of smartphone users use devices based on iOS or Android, so Nokia will have to go to some extraordinary steps and let the huge marketing budgets to attract the attention of the majority of users.
The main highlight of the Lumia 1020 is a 41-megapixel sensor. Earlier, a similar system was used in Nokia PureView 808, but the phone worked on an outdated operating system Symbian, so do not get much more popular among the users. The new machine is running Windows Phone 8, for which today has more than 160,000 applications.
The new device takes pictures of a very high resolution at the expense of sophisticated shooting skills. The camera stitches together multiple images of lower resolution and removes them from the "noise pixels". The new camera can take photos at the same time as the high-resolution and low, keeping the two images at once, so you do not have to worry about changing the settings.
On top of that, the device is able to record video in zoom mode with a resolution of 1080p. As in other modern devices Lumia, the new product is a system of optical stabizizatsii realized due to the special design of the objective lens and the gyroscope to help the camera software to reduce the effect of blurring the frame from the shoot on the move.
In the Russian model is expected to be available in the 4th quarter of this year, the available colors - matte black, matte yellow and matte white. The estimated retail price will be announced later.
In addition, Nokia has released a new set of SDK, which gives developers the key functions of image processing on the Nokia Lumia 1020. Software development kit is available today on the site developer.nokia.com. Many developers, including Vyclone, Yelp and CNN plan to integrate these functions into new versions of their applications.
Nokia has introduced a new accessory Nokia Camera Grip, which will provide the professional features and additional battery power. This accessory adds such features Nokia Lumia 1020, as the built-in Xenon flash and a mechanical shutter, which is usually characteristic of the autonomous cameras. In a set of Nokia Camera Grip also present a tripod, it is expected that the accessory will be available in Russia with an estimated retail price of 2000 rubles.
For Russian users will also be available the following accessories: cover with wireless charging SS-3068, wireless charging DT-900 wireless charging and car CR-200.
Social orientation of the operating system Windows Phone makes it an ideal platform for the model Nokia Lumia 1020, so you can place the captured images directly on the home screen, quickly upload them to social networks and have convenient access to files on various devices thanks to SkyDrive.
Recent developments in the application HERE Maps will soon be updated feature Livesight, with which the users can find out what's around them, and find a new place to take pictures. At the Nokia Lumia 1020 strimingovyh also pre-installed Nokia Music app to play music without advertising and subscriptions.
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