Nokia Lumia 930

The Nokia Lumia 930 is a successor to the Nokia Lumia 920 which was announced last year. The Nokia Lumia 930 is a high-end Windows Phone device so it features a powerful 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with 4 Krait 400 CPU cores and Adreno 330 GPU. This powerful SoC is paired with 2GB RAM (LP-DDR3) and 32GB internal memory. Other hardware features include proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, 3-axis gyro-sensor, magnetometer and accelerometer.

Nokia Lumia 930 comes with a bright 5-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display with capacitive multitouch. The screen has quite high resolution at 1920 x 1080 pixels making the screen ultra sharp at around 490ppi. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass 3 which also reduces glare and is easy to clean. There are other screen enhancements from Nokia as well such as sunlight readability mode, high-brightness mode, high-sensitivity mode and the display's colour profile can be adjusted as well. The design of the Lumia 930 is very similar to the recently released Lumia 1520 and Lumia 2520. It comes in various colours and has a glossy finish to its body. The back is non-removable while there are slots for microSD card and SIM card slot on the sides. The device measures 9.8 mm thin and weighs around 160 grams.

As it comes with a 20MP BIS (backlit illuminated sensor) PureView camera, similar to the Lumia 1520, the picture quality is great. Nokia has used a 1/2.5 inch CMOS sensor along with 6-element ZIESS autofocus lens and dual-LED flash. The primary rear-facing camera can be used to record full HD 1080p videos at 30 frames per second. There is a 1.2MP front-facing camera which can shoot partial HD 720p videos. There are plenty of great camera related applications from Nokia that come pre-installed such as Nokia Camera, Nokia Smart Camera, Nokia Refocus, Nokia Cinemagraph and Nokia Storyteller. The device comes with Nokia MixRadio, Xbox Music and Xbox Videos applications pre-installed.

This smartphone comes with Windows Phone 8 pre-installed, along with the Nokia Amber and Nokia Black updates on top of it. The Lumia 930 comes with some great applications such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft One Note, Microsoft OneDrive, Skype, Xbox Live, Internet Explorer 10, etc. Windows Phone 8 has Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn integration as well. Nokia HERE maps power the device's location and navigation features.

The Lumia 930 comes with all the latest wired and wireless connectivity features; 42Mb/s HSPA+ 3G, Wi-Fi ac/a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, Bluetooth v4.0 + LE (Low Energy), NFC and MicroUSB v2.0. Apps such as Nokia Beamer, Nokia Play To and Nokia Photo Beamer can be used to display multimedia content from the device or screen mirroring to large displays such as compatible TVs. The Lumia 930 has a 2420 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery which can last really long. It is also compatible with wireless charging through 'Qi' standard.