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Nokia Lumia 928 Reviews:
Nokia Lumia 928 Reviews:
The Nokia Lumia 928 is a beautiful device with innards similar to its cousins (AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 920 and T-Mobile’s Nokia Lumia 925). It recently saw a price drop, and is available for the crazy low price of $49.99 on-contract at Verizon.
Hardware
The Lumia 928 deviates a bit from the design we’re used to seeing from Nokia. There’s a lot less of a “bloated” feel to the Lumia 928 compared to the Lumia 920, but there’s still a rounded back to help make it feel more comfortable in-hand.
The glossy, white polycarbonate body does a nice job masking fingerprints, dings, and other accidents, but we do miss the color options the AT&T variant has (the Lumia 928 only comes in black and white). There’s one thing we don’t miss much on the Lumia 928, and that’s the Lumia 920’s IPS LCD screen. The Lumia 928 has a 4.5-inch AMOLED display, so keep in mind that while the Lumia 928’s screen looks incredible indoors, it’s close to unreadable on a bright, sunny day.
In terms of specs, the Lumia 928 has the same DNA as the Lumia 920, with some changes sprinkled in to differentiate between the two. Both offer a dual core 1.5 GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 8.7-megapixel rear cameras, 4.5-inch screens, and a 2000 mAh battery. The Lumia 928 adds a Xenon flash to its rear camera, and changes the IPS LCD to AMOLED.
Software
There’s not much here that’s different from the Lumia 920 in terms of Windows Phone 8’s software, but the software from the Verzion can be easily uninstalled if tis not your cup of tea.That’s a welcome change from a lot of Android devices, which often find themselves bogged down with carrier-imposed — and branded — apps.
Windows Phone 8 is still the sleek, responsive OS it’s been since the Lumia 920 was released, it brings an air of customizability Windows Phone desperately needed, and it’s also much more convenient for a user to shrink an app they don’t use as often, while expanding the ones they want the most information from. It’s very easy to set up all your accounts on the Lumia 928.
Camera
The Lumia 928 camera has the same 8.7MP camera, Carl Zeiss lens, and PureView software as the Lumia 920, but a Xenon flash has been added to the 928. The Lumia 920’s low light performance is one of the best in terms of smartphones, and the Lumia 928 is no different.That Xenon flash is an interesting addition, but honestly, it doesn’t do much for you in broad daylight, and in low light situations, it actually gets in the way of great shots.
Video-wise, the Lumia 928 does an admirable job, filming at 1080p and offering a 720p option natively to save on space, something that’s rare in other smartphones currently without the help of third party apps. There’s some haloing around bright objects, especially if you’re using that Xenon flash to illuminate a dimly lit room, but overall, it’s a good bit of software. We really like how the Lumia 928 has “lenses” for you to download via the Marketplace, but they’re installed within the camera’s software menus, not outside of it, making them easily accessible without cluttering up your tiles.
Battery Life
You’ll get a good day’s worth of battery out of the Lumia 928’s 2000 mAh battery if you’re a light to medium smartphone user, meaning if you check your phone for texts and emails here and there while you’re at work on a wi-fi network, you’ll have no problems with battery life.
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