This isn't a flea flicker, a puntarooski, or the Immaculate Reception. But Nokia
Nokia's new Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones were introduced yesterday, featuring the brand-new Windows Phone 8 software from Microsoft
You see, Apple's smartphone success was built on a bulletproof brand image. It starts and ends with the iPhone's clean design, and everything else is just gravy on top.
Elop is taking a similar approach to the Lumia line. The family resemblance between the new phones and the older model is very strong, and Nokia refused to clutter up the stark design with unnecessary new features.
The Lumia 920 doesn't feature an external memory card slot; instead, it relies on 32 gigabytes of internal memory, with an expansion slot behind the battery cover. Nokia EVP Kevin Shields explains why: "We started with the premise that we wanted an uncompromised physical form," Shields told U.K. Magazine, PC Pro. "To put an SD card slot in it would have defiled it."
The 920 features just two external ports for charging and audio headsets. But the charging plug was nearly left on the cutting room floor in favor of the brand-new wireless charging feature.
The phone comes with a plethora of technical features as well, including a powerful dual-core Qualcomm
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