Nokia Lumia 1020 is currently being hailed as the king of smartphone photography and not many people can deny that fact. With the upcoming transition over to Microsoft, Nokia won’t exist as an independent company anymore, but they signed off in style with Lumia 1020 and its amazing 41MP PureView camera. All this PureView craze started off when they announced the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian smartphone with a 41MP camera and this was PureView Phase 1 according to Nokia. Then later that year, Nokia announced a Windows Phone PureView device ie The Nokia Lumia 920. Although this one did not have a huge 41MP sensor, it came with impressive low light photography and OIS(Optical Image Stabilization). This was dubbed as PureView Phase 2 by Nokia.
With the Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia nailed it by combining the PureView Phase 1 and Phase 2 into a single camera module. The camera sensor on the Lumia 1020 is a 41MP sensor that comes with OIS and captures impressive low-light photos. While we work on a more in-depth piece on the photography capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 1020, here are some camera samples for your perusal. You can click through to see the full resolution version of each image. Do let us know your thoughts in the comments section!
As can be seen above, the camera captures a tremendous amount of detail with excellent color rendition. The image processing has been tuned for slightly over-saturated results which might not please purists but most users should find the results to be absolutely gorgeous.
With the combination of Phase 1 and Phase 2 PureView technologies, Nokia has really hit the ball out of the park with the Lumia 1020. If mobile photography is a major deciding factor for you then the Lumia 1020 needs to be your top most choice while buying your next phone. The Nokia Lumia 1020 is currently up for pre-order in India for Rs. 49,999 and it is expected to be available by the third week of October.