Nokia Lumia 620 Smartphone Review @ HH

***craig5320*** · Feb 16, 2013, 12:51 AM

Nokia Lumia 620 Smartphone Review

"Looking to bring the Windows Phone 8 experience to a lower price point than the Lumia 920 is Nokias new Lumia 620. With interchangeable covers, HD camera and expandable storage it may just fit the bill as a great midrange handset."

niceguyrichy · Feb 16, 2013, 07:42 AM

almost bought the missus one of these, but I'm still just not quite sold on it..

liking getting reviews on things like this here though, keep it up

***Veridian3*** · Feb 16, 2013, 04:40 PM

What are the doubts you have?

niceguyrichy · Feb 16, 2013, 05:21 PM

can't quite put my finger on it, it just isn't shouting "buy me"

not convinced that the camera is good enough either

***craig5320*** · Feb 16, 2013, 06:11 PM

Maybe it's too Celtic

niceguyrichy · Feb 16, 2013, 06:23 PM

yep, that too.
damn thing may as well have hoops ffs

***Veridian3*** · Feb 16, 2013, 06:26 PM

Tell the truth, its the green back with yellow trim that puts you off

(And I dont blame you!) EDIT Craig beat me to it

Its a good camera for a 5mp model... not up to the same standards as a Sony Xperia, or the high end Galaxy/Lumias. But I woudnt consider them great either when compared to even a decent point and shoot.

You should grab yourself a 920 at some point though, its an interesting thing to play with even if it doesnt satisfy the android tweaker in you

niceguyrichy · Feb 16, 2013, 06:37 PM

yeah I wouldn't mind having a decent play with a 920, although I have issues with the 'extra' size of it
I'd have to get a ruler out, because it could well just be perception on account of the design being that bit different, but there seems to be a lot of extra phone all around the screen...

anyway, not anytime soon, just had my 4th birthday reminder for this month earlier

Feb is one of those months

So you guys get to play with more than I ever do, so is there a mid range phone with a camera that is just about good enough that it would replace a cheap crap compact ?
tried to buy a Lumia 800 (failed, scammed), because it looked like it would just about do (far from perfect, but better than some from the reviews and sample pics I looked at)
Thoughts ?

***Veridian3*** · Feb 16, 2013, 07:14 PM

Lumia 800 is probably the way to go. Compact and with a good camera plus it has just received the Windows Phone 7.8 update which adds the new home screen functionality, etc.

niceguyrichy · Feb 16, 2013, 07:49 PM

knew you were gonna say that

don't know now whether to feel pleased that I picked right in the first place, or doubly p!ssed that I got nobbled

meh, just have to go find another one to buy
apparently P4U are doing them for £107 so long as you can show a SIM with substantial PAYG history
doubt they take Paypal in-store though :P

Feb 16, 2013, 12:51 AM	#1
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Feb 16, 2013, 04:40 PM	#3
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Feb 16, 2013, 06:11 PM	Thread Starter #5
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 9,117 Rep Power: 492 System Specs	Re: Nokia Lumia 620 Smartphone Review @ HH Maybe it's too Celtic __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Feb 16, 2013, 06:26 PM	#7
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,312 Rep Power: 220	Re: Nokia Lumia 620 Smartphone Review @ HH Tell the truth, its the green back with yellow trim that puts you off (And I dont blame you!) EDIT Craig beat me to it Its a good camera for a 5mp model... not up to the same standards as a Sony Xperia, or the high end Galaxy/Lumias. But I woudnt consider them great either when compared to even a decent point and shoot. You should grab yourself a 920 at some point though, its an interesting thing to play with even if it doesnt satisfy the android tweaker in you

Feb 16, 2013, 07:14 PM	#9
*Veridian3* Administrator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Cloaked Posts: 5,312 Rep Power: 220	Re: Nokia Lumia 620 Smartphone Review @ HH Lumia 800 is probably the way to go. Compact and with a good camera plus it has just received the Windows Phone 7.8 update which adds the new home screen functionality, etc.