Nokia Lumia 820 User Reviews

I have it and ENJOY it so much. Whene i look to the display with thats OS I dont like to close my eyes and cant wait to use my winphone device. Ilove it very very much...
Its my Perfect phone and can help me in every time and every where I need it...

This is an excellent phone. It picks up WiFi from long distances, being its a phone. Some people say they don't hear me loud on a call other than that, its a great phone.
The software is nice. I dislike the way it receives calls and dials, for example you must save a contact's number saved with the area code (even locally), otherwise it won't show caller ID properly. Likewise, if you dial without area code, it won't show who you are calling.

Overall, its reliable, has decent cameras and it is a good buy.

Had the phone for over a year now, and after upgrading to Windows Phone 8.1 there really isn't anything to complain about anymore. It seems Microsoft has stepped up the game with the new version, fixed a lot of ongoing issues, and of course Nokia's quality is still unquestionable.

If i except fast baterry drain, all other things like camera, display, function are great. I love HERE DRIVE, all things that you can pin on your desktop, live tiles is simply great.Absolutely different from all android phone!!!!!!!!

Use this as my work phone. Windows Phone 8 OS is great, only down side is the lack of apps compared to Apple/Android however this is changing and there are more apps appearing. Camera is good quality and the phone is very reliable.

When i purchased this phone it was great for the 1st few months. Amazing camera and great display. The Battery life was also better than android. But since the past 4 months have been facing a lot of problems. Screen Doesnt respond sometimesand needs a Soft reset to try to get it working again. Currently Its at the service centre and i hope its back to its best. Speaking just about the phone its amazing but the problem has made me lose faith i this phone!!
P.s- i may be at end of some misfortune of getn a faulty piece.

One of the best smarphone in the world. I believe that smartphone is realy cool and awesome! This phone has got a excellent camera and great quality. The screen is amazing and the text input highly good..... Ι suggest it implicitly!

this phone makes a wow on me after a purchase. interchangable lens, lte and nfc support, superb 8 megapixel camera with zeiss optics, crystal clear amoled display, micro sd support, butter-smooth metro/modern ui, uncluttered wp8 and update to amber. though it did'nt have ois, pureview tech, quad core processor, neither fhd or hd resolution on the tow but it's enough for me for everyday usage. maybe nokia should consider about further design and make it more wow

This is a awesome phone
Great phone, camera is best and reliable the interface is smooth,
The Display was beautiful, compared to an S3 mini, which was poor. All though the PPI on the Lumia 820 was lower, the S3 mini shows pixels at a longer distance, while at normal distance(The distance you normally use your phone) the 820 shows no pixels at all! Honestly, I was shocked. WP has most of the apps I use, so I don't really care about apps and games. The glossy back on my white Lumia 820 feels compact and doesn't feel like a brick at ALL. Heck, it only feels a tad thicker than the likes of an S3. It's the PERFECT size phone. I assure you. Please, buy the phone, you won't regret.

It is a great phone, fast in everything it does. Offers a variety of in-built applications (maps, Nokia TV etc.).
Camera quality is more than enough for someone who is not a camera freak.
It is easy to use (don't listen to anyone who says you can't figure out a Windows Phone - you most definitely CAN! I can say this having jumped from an iPhone straight to Nokia Lumia 825, first time for any kind of Windows phone!)
I was overwhelmed how customizable it was compared to the iPhone, it felt great actually having options to choose from!

I love it, its my first wp8 phone, and its way better then my HTC one S witch i sold some time ago. wp8 is really amazing os. There are many apps that i used on android, many of them are unofficial, but still good enough.

Edit: after GDR2 update, it gets even better, and now it can stay alive on full charge for two days using wifi! amazing!

I previously had a Windows Phone 7 device and loved it, but found it limted and not complete, when I upgraded to the Lumia 820, I couldn't believe how I lived without it. The device in the hand feels great, solid and premium. The fact that removable backs and different colour options really make this device stand out. The AMOLED screen, makes the blacks, really black and attractive. The PPI count of the screen is quite low, but colours do really pop, and blacks are black, whites aren't that good though. Nokia has some really good apps included; like Here Maps, City Lens and many more, this makes the 820 stand out from devices like the 8X. In the pocket the device isn't to heavy. Typing on this is really good, and the screen size makes it perfect for me to type extremely fast. Talking about fast, the 820 is super fast, slicing through intense apps and tasks without a stutter or lag, something that Android or iOS can't do as well. IE10 is really good, loading pages really fast. With only 8GB internal, the microSD card slot, comes in really handy. What isn't so good is there is no feature that allows me to install apps on the SD card, only store them and install them on the phone so 8GB is a little small, with SkyDrive, it's a bit better. MS Office, is a nice addition, and I do use it occasionally, with some awesome mobile features. The volume/speaker is a bit low, but will easily get the job done and it makes it up with the amazing sound quality with headphones. Nokia also provides some very nice red headphones, that sound amazing. Windows Phone 8 runs really fast, and this phone just kills it. 1GB of RAM on WP8 is more than enough get through tasks. With the 1GB of RAM, it can take 1080p video, but the camera isn't the best, but will get the job done. Also battery is a bit on the short side, but it can be swapped.
I highly recommend this device to anyone. Gamers, music listeners, business guys or plain consumers, this device will get through your tasks fast and zippy with no waiting time or lag.

Great phone, camera isn't best but it's reliable in some conditions. the interface is smooth, rarely have I experienced lagging so far. Battery is pretty bad, it only lasts 4-5 hours if I go full browsing and streaming.

I could have sworn the display was more than 480p. I mean, it's brilliant. On WP, you see a lot of blacks, unlike Android which is very color full. The Display was beautiful, compared to an S3 mini, which was poor. All though the PPI on the Lumia 820 was lower, the S3 mini shows pixels at a longer distance, while at normal distance(The distance you normally use your phone) the 820 shows no pixels at all! Honestly, I was shocked. WP has most of the apps I use, so I don't really care about apps and games. The glossy back on my white Lumia 820 feels compact and doesn't feel like a brick at ALL. Heck, it only feels a tad thicker than the likes of an S3. It's the PERFECT size phone. I assure you. Please, buy the phone, you won't regret.

A good phone for after having an Arc s, UI is smooth sexy and its unique. Everything is pretty much good. Xbox games should be bought. you can try some apps. apps store growing weekly. can't send music via bluetooth.

so far no problems ...main drawback is lack of gorilla glass screen, games and apps.....this is the most intresting phone i had so far....smooth back panel ,its really awesome.....its a cheap smart phone to buy

If you want to use the phone straight out of the box - it is a great phone.

Great build quality. I dont like light plastic feeling phones. I don't understand run for lighter smaller phones. I prefer better build quality and larger battery instead. Nokia gives at leat the first one.

Hardware wise the problems are: very poor call quality. Everybody noticed that I have changed the phone. I was nearly unrecognizable. In despair tried to use earphone with the microphone and finally gave up for another phone.

The phone hangs from time to time. And does it while being locked (at least mine did). To turn it on again you need to do the two button reset (vol- and power).

Os: Windows phone 8 (wp8) is a fantastic idea. There is a great pleasure in using the phone. User experience I can say is much better the with IOS even. The metro tiles are great idea. Very clear, ergonomic icons, nicely designed. No comparison with other platforms.

Better selection of apps than on android. Yes, I really mean this. For instance on android to choose a podcasting application there is a choice of 50+ applications, 40 of which are very poor quality. Here I found just a few apps, all perfectly doing their work. Not overloaded with useless features.

And you have this great feeling untill you will encounter one of many annoying limitations which will be a deal stopper for you. Because unlike with android or even symbian the phone api will not allow developpers fixing microsoft's limmitations.

For me this were:
- no silent mode. Really! You cannot turn off the ringer and vibration off other way than going through settings screens. And what is worse: there will never beban app to fix it because wp8 api is not allowing access to phone settings. Forget one touch silent mode, forget silent mode timer apps turning phone silent for a duation of a meeting. Forget timer based, charger based modes. Forget all this.
- The same applies to bluetooth, wifi, and any other settings.
- if you are missing weekly view from a calendar or any cal. Related function: sorry. Api disallows you even editing calendar entries.
- no possibility to synchronize the phone with outlook 2010. Sorry, windows phone cannot talk to it's own products. Unless you are willing to both pay $10 for a third party app which will synchronize it via ... Google account. Or you will spend few hundred bucks for windows 8 and outlook 2013.
- annoying thing: when you play some music, and then stop it, you loose the possibility to set the ringer volume. Every time you press volume button it is adjusting the music player vol which is ... Not playing anything. And no ringer volume in settings. You have to reboot.

- no all the time visible battery and reception indicators. For a phone with a very poor reception and a battery barely surviving one day it is a bad idea. And again: somebody would write an indicator app .... But api does allow ststus every 30mins only
This were problems for me, you will probably find other