Microsoft has certainly been dominating during the past few years that lasted its industrial partnership with Nokia. Slowly but surely, the Finnish manufacturer has moved away from its conductive lines introduced in 2011 with the Lumia 800 Round and slender lines, similar to those of N9, the only Meego smartphone Nokia. Lines that Nokia has maintained throughout the three years of virtual independence, with the Lumia 720, 820, 920, 1020 and 1520 with the Lumia 925, some differences appear. With the 930, the pitch is much more marked. As if Microsoft still had overtaken Nokia in the development of this mobile announced a few days before the actual purchase of the Devices & Services business which today form Microsoft Mobile.
A data sheet with a high-end ... 2013?
The data sheet reflects the desire of Microsoft to impose the new version of its operating system with a symbolic smartphone. Here are the details:
ClearBlack AMOLED screen Full HD 5-inch (441 dots per inch)
Protection of the touchscreen with a glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Chipset quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 2.2 GHz
Adreno 330 GPU clocked at 450 MHz
2 GB of RAM
32GB of internal storage (not expandable)
(Not removable) 2420 mAh battery
Main camera sensor Carl Zeiss 20 megapixel camera with flash Pureview True Tone and optical aperture of f / 2.4 (capture video in 1080p at 30 frames per second)
Port Nano SIM
1.2 megapixel webcam with optical aperture of f / 2.4
Compatible LTE 150 Mb / s, n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Qi wireless charging, GPS
Windows Phone 8.1 operating system with Cyan Lumia
Thickness (perceived): 9.8 mm
Weight 167 grams
Three quick points on this sheet. First, you will notice that Microsoft Mobile declined to push forward the self-portrait by limiting the use to a 720p webcam. Then, it is surprising to find in a mid-year led by Snapdragon 800, while his successor is present in all competitors and that the next generation already knock at the door flagship. This does not appear to have any effect on the performance of the smartphone, as we shall see. Finally, the thickness is 9.8 mm announced 'felt'. We understand that this is a marketing trick, because in truth, the mobile is much thicker. However, the curvatures of the screen and the casing must provide a print of a lesser thickness.
Design
As we mentioned in the introduction, the Lumia 930 is very different from other high-end Lumia family. And much to say right now: it seems to us far less subtle, more gruff. A mobile "guy" in some way (without sounding derogatory). We find some similarities with the predecessors, such as the screen slightly rounded on the sides embedded in the chassis, a curvature that corresponds to that of the rear plastic shell. Like the Lumia 925, the lower and upper brackets are decorated with small lines of separation. Nokia is thus an effort to provide landmarks.
Seen from the front, though the mobile is much more square. First, because the glass slab is now into corners (unlike predecessors, where the corners of the screen and the chassis were different). The borders are, however, quite wide on the sides, but are thinned on top. Below the screen, you find the touch area with the navigation keys. Funny that Microsoft has not bothered to virtualize its touches like Android.
At the rear, it's very simple. Thanks to the flare of the hull, the image sensor 20 is no longer protruding megapixels. On this immovable hull, you find the speaker, bottom right, and microphone (for the phone down and to reduce noise above). You will notice the absence of the EC mandatory code on products sold in the European zone. This was deported on the bottom edge of each side of the microUSB port.
Go around the other tranches. On the left, nothing. On the right, volume, Wake and the dedicated photo button. Great idea for Nokia to maintain a hardware button to accompany a 20-megapixel photo sensor. Above, the 3.5mm jack port and location for nano SIM card. The contour of the smartphone is metal. This has an advantage and a disadvantage. On one hand, this ensures a sturdy construction of the mobile printing reinforced unibody design. On the other hand, it radiates more heat if the chipset tends to heat. And indeed, the Snapdragon 800 has this flaw.
Grip frank and assured
At the grip, the mobile fits comfortably in the hand. The grip is ensured with the feeling of having something really in the palm. We noticed a small gap between the back cover and contour. But nothing major. However, the massive 930 design makes use of the 5-inch display with a hand more difficult than on other smartphones, including the Nexus 5.
The AMOLED screen is beautiful. The colors are bright (maybe even a little too much). The brightness is good. Viewing angles are open. And blacks are deep. Sometimes a little too much. The contrast ratio is also excellent. Visually, it's hard to find fault with this screen that provides a clear picture. Even without zooming, it is still possible to read the characters on the home page of our site, it said. The slab slides right under your fingers and responds quickly to requests. This phone is really nice for everyday use, although we regret still a pretty awesome design.
Windows 8.1 on board with Cyan Nokia
As indicated above, the operating system is Windows Phone 8.1 accompanied by the Nokia Lumia Cyan suite. Needless to reconsider the benefits of Cyan Lumia, or on improvements to Windows Phone 8.1. We invite you to refer to the various articles on these topics. Be aware that the system is perfectly smooth on the Lumia 930 and the platform, maybe a little dated but still upscale. When you see that Windows Phone 8.1 is running on quad-core Snapdragon 1.2 GHz 200, the task is almost too easy for the Snapdragon 800 ...
Beyond Skype, Xbox Live, Xbox Music, Bing (without Cortana again), Internet Explorer, Outlook.com, OneDrive or Office, you will find here the range of Nokia: Here, Travel Book, Camera (discussed in the photo section) or MixMusic. Offer to be completed using Social App, for example, you offer others from Nokia or third-party. The Lumia 930 also préembarque some of them: 20minutes.fr, BazarChic, The Weather Channel, The Equipe.fr PagesJaunes, Viadeo, Facebook, or Vine Voyages-sncf.
A little overheated when he was asked
As indicated above, the performance of Snapdragon 800 are well proven. However difficult to make a technical comparison with Android smartphones. Suffice it to our general impressions. The whole system is running smoothly and we experienced no slowdown. However, in very specific use (games, download, video), the mobile started to heat up, which is reflected at the metal edge (particularly in the lower right corner. Days where we conducted our tests, the Summer moved on Paris. Could have been playing. But we noticed the same behavior on other smartphones Snapdragon 800, like the Nexus 5, for example.
This trait has unfortunately ruined our game experience, which nevertheless left well, thanks to Xbox Live, which enriches every week. Our part of Angry Birds Epic has also held that on Xperia Z2. Except the mobile started to heat up. This has cut our session. In video, mobile heated much more slowly. I must say that the Windows Phone platform is not known to be more open in terms of codecs. So we settled for a 1080p MP4 movie. Very pleasing to the eye, the Lumia 930 is a little less ear. The speaker is really powerful, on the contrary. We had to increase the volume to near maximum to hear the dialogue ... Too bad.
A great camera!
In photo, the result is far better. Like its predecessors, the 930 is built for the photo. First, because the Nokia Camera application is really excellent (the native application for Windows Phone 8.1 is not bad either, but less complete). The proposed adjustments are many and varied and will delight those looking to replace their compact camera with a smartphone. The integration of external filters (see below) remind photo enforcement of Sony Xperia. The handling of the application is improved by the hardware button that we appreciate so much.
Especially as the result of the photos is to live up to expectations. A very good light management. A beautiful dive. No unfortunate aberration in the corners (they are inevitable, but the Carl Zeiss sensor compensates well). Colors observed. Detail, even when zooming. In short, it's really good. And to add to this excellent photographic record, 930 saves photos in low resolution (for the share from the mobile) and high resolution (to save them and have them printed).
A good high-end, but not impeccable
The Nokia 930 is undoubtedly a very good high-end smartphone running Windows Phone, even if the design can be debated, because frankly slice with other high-end Lumia. We were a little disappointed with some of the details, of course. Warming when the smartphone Snapdragon 800 is overworked. The weak mono speaker.
But the qualities of the smartphone up for it easily, the screen, the camera and native applications for Nokia. The fluidity of the entire system and a higher full shift (despite so powerful that it not battery) even 4G. The price: 530 to 550 euros before subsidies. The price is honest without being real big deal, like an OnePlus One. Maybe it will have to wait a little promotion before being tempted...
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