We were on the hit smartphone review Nokia Lumia 830. This is one of the latest smartphone that comes with a label company Nokia. At the time of this writing, the average price was $ 360.

Microsoft has during the announcement of the smartphone called Nokia Lumia 830 available flagship, alluding to the similarity to the older model – Lumia 930. In many specifications Lumia 830 really inferior to the older model, but the difference in everyday use is felt not so much.

The package includes in addition to the phone battery, charger, USB-cable and various documentation. Headset is not supplied. Good or bad – you decide, I think that is good – all the same manufacturer usually puts low-quality headset and a headset used only true perverts conversation.

Design and Ergonomics

Appearance of the device is similar to the Lumia 930. The smartphone is available in the following colors: orange, green, white and black. We turned orange version, and its appearance can be said that the design is increasingly focused on youth. These bright colors accurately draw attention to themselves.

The back cover is removable, is made of opaque plastic. It is not very visible fingerprints, but they scour quickly and easily. By the way if you remove the back cover, you can see it on the elements for wireless charging, which can be bought separately.

In the Lumia 830, as in 930, uses a metal frame. The upper and lower parts of the frame by two bands for wireless technologies. I liked that the protective glass screen to the edges rounded. Because of this, the screen no frame, it looks pretty.

On the front side of the device is located on top of the earpiece, front camera and a proximity sensor. At the bottom – the navigation keys.

Located on the back of another microphone, camera with LED flash and wide mesh speaker.

Top – microUSB port and headphone jack.

Right – coupled volume button, power button and a two-position shutter button of the camera. All elements are located in places where they should be stored, and therefore does not cause any discomfort.

Under the hood you can see nanoSIM slot and memory cards microSD. As always it was with products Nokia, assembly at the highest level. Despite the fact that the back cover is removable – squeaks, no backlash.

Display and Image Quality

In Lumia 830 set a 5-inch screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixels. This is not a FullHD-resolution, both the high-end model, but the difference can be seen only when viewing photos with fine detail.

The display is made by technology, IPS. It also uses ClearBlack polarization layer for better behavior at work in the sun. Check in real conditions under the sun I could not – on the street winter, but under bright fluorescent light you can see everything perfectly. It would be desirable that the lower limit of luminance was at a lower level – in the dark it gets in your eyes. Adjust the brightness of works in three modes: the lower chapel, middle and upper. This is due to the operating system Windows Phone.

Oleophobic coating good – even fingerprints and going fast, they scour quickly. There is an opportunity to interact with the screen in gloves.

Camera

The manufacturer positions Lumia 830 as a cameraphone. The smartphone uses a 10-megapixel main camera optics c Zeiss, extends the range of PureView. The front camera with a resolution of 0.9 megapixels.

Photos on the main camera gets enough bright and vivid. In bright sunny day images have excellent clarity and detail, color reproduction is also at altitude. In low light conditions almost no problems. Why almost? Because we have high detail, but not always accurate white balance works.

Your phone has pre-installed Nokia branded program for working with photos: Lumia Self, Lumia Studio, Lumia Stories. The camera software has the following form:

  In the Lumia 830 uses a technology Lumia Rich Recording, which is based on the mic HAAC, recording surround sound over a wide dynamic range. It is worth noting that in the smartphone three microphones for sound recording.

Hardware Platform

The phone runs on Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with 400 graphics accelerator Adreno 305. The volume of non-volatile memory is 16 GB expandable card microSD. RAM – 1 GB.

The GUI is excellent, there is no hint of podlagivaniya and braking. Everything works fast and stable. Asphalt 8 at medium settings works well. In general, because of the small quantity of heavy games (compared to Android and iOS) iron mounted in a smartphone, will be sufficient for all purposes.

Software Platform

In the Lumia 830 running the latest version at the moment of the operating system – Windows Phone 8.1. Also pre-installed proprietary package Lumia Denim. It slightly updated the Nokia camera, adds the ability to gather the necessary tiles in the folder, as well as an opportunity to show the weather on the lock screen.

Everything else, in principle, is standard for Windows Phone, but some of the features of the system you can learn from the review Nokia Lumia 930.

Sound

Sound external speaker Lumia 830 is worse than the 930. He wheezes at maximum volume and the volume itself likely will not be enough to hear the call, for example, in the subway.

However, the sound in the headphones at a very high level – the sound of a well-worked out for the entire frequency range. Since the volume is also okay.

The player equalizer is present, hidden deep in the settings, and has Dolby to improve sound quality.

Autonomy

In the Lumia 830 uses 2200 mAh battery. On average it will last from morning to evening with mixed use with permanently active 3G and works synchronization. This is not the highest rate, given that this unit on the operating system Windows Phone.

In the software, the smartphone has a section “conserves”. It can enable a mode that will eliminate all unnecessary functions and background tasks, and reduce the frequency of push-notifications.

Competitors

By closest competitors Lumia 830 can be attributed Lumia 930. They are very similar, the only difference is in the “iron”. The potential buyer must make a choice – whether it is enough of those characteristics which are in Lumia 830, or better pay (but is it worth?).

Findings

Choosing the Lumia 830, you must understand that you need a machine on the operating system Windows Phone. If the buyer is satisfied, he will get a great smartphone. Good body materials, interesting appearance, good sound in the headphones, high-quality camera, fast, stable job – it’s all about the Lumia 830.

pros:

• quality housing
• camera
• Wireless charging
• Sound in the headphones

cons:

• Average “iron”
• Lack of autonomy
• high price

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Everyone wants to imagine Nokia to Android. Dreams become reality with the tablet Nokia N1, but the hero of this Lumia 830 review, has absolutely nothing to do with. It’s all the same device on Windows Phone. And as manufacturers are not tried to argue that in the Market for WP enough software? Obviously, this is not the case, but the device itself attracts attention. Without remorse can say that the eyes 830-I do please.

Design and ergonomics – Lumia 830 review

In Lumia 830 review collected the best of all designs from Nokia in recent years – robust aluminum base, brand polycarbonate and slightly bulging camera. In the frame – 4 plastic notches for the operation of wireless communication. Basic controls are also located on the frame, namely: connectors for charging and headset – on top, volume buttons, power and camera – on the right (the last bit of walking in the right place at the expense of on-off, for the same reason it is periodically pressed by accident).

At first glance, it seems that the front and rear panels are glued to the aluminum base. And it’s alarming, but, if you look, you realize that everything is made of conscience – no claims to build there. Front – facing camera, earpiece, 3 touch-sensitive keys and control, by a strange coincidence, the microphone.

A bit old school these days will not prevent decided Finns. The back cover is made of polycarbonate frosted brand from Nokia and closed at a sufficient number of latches that this is not satisfactory. The lid covers the microphone for noise reduction, flash, main camera and speaker. If it is removed, on the other side you can see the NFC-chip and wireless charging, and on a smartphone – a slot for SIM- and MicroSD-card. The device is available in four colors: orange, green, white and black.

Display – Lumia 830 review

Lumia 830 review has 5-inch display is made by technology, IPS. Unfortunately, his markedly compared with FullHD OLED-screen flagship. Gorilla Glass nowhere Delhi. Display resolution – 1280 x 720 pixels and a pixel density – 294ppi. But in spite of simplification, I like the way it looks at this display. The system because of its specific architecture design reduced the number of pixels in the eye is not evident. The display supports unlocking double-clicking and work gloves. It’s nice that the glare it is not very visible, and color settings can be changed manually. There is a slight inversion of colors at a deviation during use will not be noticeable. Technology like Nokia Glance aka Moto style. C it means smart phone displays notifications on the screen at minimum brightness – to see them, do not need to unlock your phone. On the IPS-LCD is still comfortable, but not as effectively as in the OLED.

Camera – Lumia 830 review

Camera  – one of the strengths of the Lumia 830 review. The smartphone is set to 10-megapixel digital camera module with optical image stabilization system and optics from ZEISS. Looking at the characteristics (size of the matrix is ​​1 / 3.4″, f 2.2), one can easily notice that the Lumia 830 review model loses his fellow line, but despite this, the optics shows excellent results. The point here is, most likely, in the improved algorithm shooting. The assurances of the company, the device uses the thinnest optical stabilization. Despite the lower resolution output, attention to detail and the colors produced are much better than the same 930 model.

Nokia Lumia 830 review Appendix “Lumia Camera” leaves a very good impression: it implements all the necessary functionality. The only thing – I did not find the regime HDR-shooting. But the front camera gave up the slack – here only 0.9 MP, and do not pleasing to the eye.

Specifications and Software – Lumia 830 review

The device runs on the operating system Windows Phone 8.1, for the calculation corresponds to a quad chipset company Qualcomm – Snapdragon 400, clocked at 1.2GHz, the graphics chip is responsible Andreno 305. The manufacturer provides only 1 GB of RAM and 16 – built from which 14.5 GB available to the user. But the new chip, if not the most powerful, supports MicroSD memory card up to 128 GB. Characteristics, though not outstanding, but no problems in work, I have not met – the animation is smooth, the entire feature set is fulfilled on “hurray”. Yes, and third-party applications that I was able to find, worked perfectly. Device battery – 2200mAh, which allows the smartphone to live for about a day in the active mode and up to one and a half – gently. To better – about 10 hours of viewing HD-video.

It is worth noting a good sound through the spoken and the main speaker. However, in the latter overwhelmed with the high frequencies. And if you listen through headphones, generally no questions arise. Cool, that the smartphone supports connection systems 5.1, as the new product uses a technology called Dolby Surround 5.1. However, Windows Phone still does not support Lossless-formats, so that judges are unlikely to get the desired sound using a smartphone is paired with a cool sound system.

Output – Lumia 830 review

At the time of the shooting cine cost of the device is $ 420. As of today, the cost is $ 400; however, such a price tag puts it in a competitive position with a much steeper Android-smartphone. But the Lumia 830 review makes it all so it’s build quality, materials and cameras. For lovers of mobile photography, this unit can be an excellent choice. In Android smartphones, you simply will not find a camera, even far beyond this price category.

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