Monday, July 8, 2013

Nokia Lumia 928, Black

Product Details

Nokia Lumia 928, Black (Verizon Wireless)
From Nokia
List Price: $549.99
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Product Details
Amazon Sales Rank: #2110 in Cell Phone Accessories
Color: Black
Brand: Nokia
Model: 928
Released on: 2013-05-16
Dimensions: 5.24" h x .40" w x 2.71" l, .36 pounds
Features
Display: 4.5-inches
Camera: 8.7-MP
Processor Speed: 1.5 GHz
OS: Windows Phone 8
Weight: 5.75 ounces
Editorial Reviews
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Featuring advanced photo technology that can capture, edit, and share epic moments better than ever before, the 4G LTE-enabled Nokia Lumia 928 from Verizon Wireless enables you to snap bright, blur-free photos and videos -- even in low light conditions such as indoors or at night. Powered by the Windows Phone 8 operating system, the stunning Lumia 928 feels sleek, solid and fits perfectly in your hand. And the 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ OLED display delivers crystal clear bright content with great outdoor visibility and a fast, responsive touchscreen.

The Nokia Lumia 928 in black (view larger).
Better Imaging

Great looking images come easily when snapping them with the Lumia 928's rear 8.7-megapixel PureView camera, which features a high-quality, wide angle Carl Zeiss lens and optical image stabilization (OIS). Using a floating lens, the Lumia 928 OIS feature compensates for and reduces movement in both videos and photos while also ensuring your photos look incredibly clear even in low-light situations. A powerful Xenon flash supplies even more light when you need it.

The camera comes with several features to make capturing photos a breeze. Smart Shoot snaps five frames for each picture, enabling you to pick the best faces from each frame. You'll then be able to create a great picture or remove any people or objects to get the best picture. Panorama automatically stitches your pictures together and enables you to share directly to Facebook or Twitter. Cinemagraph ads movement to your still images by blending photo and movie-like animation to bring your pictures to life.

The rear camera records stunning videos at up to Full HD 1080p resolution, and OIS reduces shakiness to make your videos much more pleasant to watch. The Lumia 928 also offers a front-facing camera for on-the-go video calls that can record up to HD 720p resolution.

Better Sound

In addition to amazing imaging and video capabilities, the Lumia 928 offers rich distortion-free audio capture, even in noisy conditions. Built with three high-audio-amplitude-capture (HAAC) microphones, the Lumia 928 enables you to capture everything from the thumping bass of your favorite band to the delighted laugh of a playing child with the best clarity possible.

The Lumia 928 also features one of the most advanced loudspeakers available for smartphones, delivering incredibly loud and clear sound -- all the way up to 140 db (the sound equivalent of an airplane taking off). A high-performance loudspeaker and powerful digital amplifier is combined with real-time measurement and control, resulting in unmatched clarity and loudness. Taken together, these features shine when using Vyclone, a new app for Windows Phone (available from the Windows Phone Store) that enables you to co-create, sync, and edit multiple views of a shared moment.

If you prefer to listen to music via headphones, the Lumia 928 also features Dolby Headphone audio enhancements to create a rich sound stage for your music and videos. You can also customize the sound with a seven-band graphic equalizer.

 Spec Highlights

3G/4G LTE connectivity

Windows Phone 8 operating system

1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor

4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ OLED touchscreen display (1280 x 768)

8.7-MP PureView rear camera; Full HD 1080p video capture

Front-facing 1.2-MP camera (HD 720p video capture)

32 GB storage + 1 GB of RAM

Wireless-N Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 3.0 + NFC

2000 mAh battery for up to 13 hours of talk time

 8.7-MP rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Full HD 1080p video capture (view larger).
Better Navigation

The Lumia 928 includes access to signature Lumia apps including the complete set of the feature-rich, intuitive and customizable HERE experiences. HERE Maps, HERE Drive+, HERE Transit, and HERE City Lens help you navigate your life every day.

HERE Maps: True offline maps for 94 countries load instantly and provide the widest oine map coverage in any mobile platform. Includes turn-by-turn walking navigation, driving and transit directions.
HERE Drive+: Full navigation in offline mode, for those times data and cellular aren't available. Full map data for the USA is preloaded for offline searching and navigation.
HERE City Lens: Use your camera's viewfinder to see a real-time view of your neighborhood with icons pointing out restaurants, shops and other cool points of interest.
HERE Transit: Your public transit companion for buses, trains, and subways (available as a free download from the Windows Phone Store). Locate nearest stations, find departure times, plan, and optimize your route.

Capture amazing blur-free photos and video, even in low light (view larger).
Better Music

Discover a world full of music and make it available anytime, anywhere with Nokia Music. With the Lumia 928, you'll get instant access to millions of tracks of streaming internet radio, right out of the box for free and without interruptions from advertisements (data charges may apply). Download up to 12 hours of music to your phone so you can play it when you are oine without a data connection or during a flight.

Powered by Windows Phone 8

Windows Phone 8 offers a truly personal smartphone experience, with an iconic Start screen that can be easily arranged to reflect individual priorities and animated Live Tiles for real-time updates on the people and things that matter most. With the same modern look and feel, Windows Phone 8 is built to work seamlessly with Windows PCs and tablets, Microsoft Surface devices, and the Xbox 360 console so that files, music, pictures, and videos can be conveniently accessed however you want.

Getting things done while on-the-go is easy with Internet Explorer 10 for faster, safer browsing, and Microsoft Office Mobile integration. The Windows Phone Store features more than 145,000 apps for you to choose from, with hundreds more being added every day.

What's in the Box

Nokia Lumia 928 handset; 2000 mAh battery (BV-4NW); Micro USB charger (AC-50U); charging and data cable (CA-190CD); quick start guide

Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network
The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE network allows you to download photos, apps, and games in seconds and entire movies in minutes. LTE (or Long Term Evolution provides significantly increased upload and download speeds over 3G networks, as well as significantly reduced latency (or lag time). Verizon Wireless expects 4G LTE average data rates to be 5-12 megabits per second (Mbps) on the downlink and 2-5 Mbps on the uplink in real-world, loaded network environments.


With these blazing fast speeds, you'll be able to stream HD movies without the annoyance of constant pauses to buffer the video stream--as well as quickly download HD-quality movies right to your phone in minutes. Additionally, you'll be able to download a new song file in about 4 seconds or upload a photo to your favorite social networking site in about 6 seconds.

The Verizon Wireless 4G LTE mobile broadband network will also redefine the mobile office for business users. Business applications that used to require wired networks will be untethered forever, allowing you maximized productivity and efficiency while you're out of the confines of your office. Enhanced security lets you tap into most VPN networks with less waiting, and faster responsiveness enables you to upload 10 MB presentations back to your team in less than 25 seconds.

In areas serviced only by 3G, you can expect download speeds of 600 Kbps to 1.4 Mbps and upload speeds of 500 to 800 Kbps in Mobile Broadband coverage area.

Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews

43 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
Great Phone for the Price
By Geebox
A User Review on the Nokia Lumia 928.

Got my Nokia 928 a few days ago. First, overall the phone is
GREAT and I would recommend it to anyone. IMO it is the Best Windows Phone to date. I will also say that in comparison to the other Operating System's; Android and iOS, Windows Phone 8 OS is better and faster in my opinion. Of course that is Subjective. Everyone has his or her preference as to the features, apps, size, style, color and specs of a phone that work for them and that's just fine. My sister likes the iphone 5 and it works just fine for here. My younger
brother likes Android ICS and it works fine for him. The point is, I nor anyone
else has to convince each person that they should buy a particular Phone. Having said that this is just a review for anyone not sure of Windows Phone 8.

The Pros and the Cons.
Pros:
1. The Operating System: The Windows Phone 8 OS is
smooth fast and responsive. It runs faster on a lower processor than a newer Android's faster quad processor. The point is, it doesn't have to have 4 or more
processors to run smoother and faster. Though I have not had it longer the 8
days as of this review I nor the persons I know who have a WP8, have not
experienced the lags, bugs and many reboots I have had with Android Phones and Tablets. I didn't like the Windows Tiles when I first heard or seen them in pictures, but expect for the plain colors (you eventually get use to them) they work great. The Live Tiles update you on all the info you need on one screen without having to click on a bunch of different apps Mail, Facebook, Weather, Agenda, Calender, Messaging are all updated right on the front screen. You can customize the look, size, color of your Tiles and change them with ease.

2. The Camera: This has to be one of the best cameras on a Phone. You will not be disappoint on the pictures it takes in daylight or low light. Nokia is hyping up this Camera and I have to agree. The Camera alone is a good reason to get this phone.

3. Call Quality is good: Both calling and receiving. The speaker on it is loud and clear.

4. The Display is great with the AMOLED Display. It makes the screen sharp and clear and great even it sunlight. The Size at 4.5 inches is also a nice size, not too big and not too small.

5. Xenon Flash: Brighter and better Flash as found on some standalone cameras.

6. HD 1080p recording with great noise canceling mics. Also has front Facing 1.2MP camera.

7. 32 GB internal storage

8. 4G Network: I haven't had the chance to fully test it yet, but my pages load super-fast and my downloads are fast as well.

9. Battery: Battery usage for a smartphone is Good. It also has wireless charging.

10. APPS: There is a lot of criticism with this OS
and lack of apps. This area is where people have to put things in the right
prospective. Yes iOS and Android has more Apps than WP8. I have to laugh a
little when this argument is brought up. First who downloads that many apps?
Second putting thing in the right prospective, iOS and Android is 5years old. Developers have had plenty of time to make apps. Windows Phone is going on 3years old with Window Phone 8 being only 6 months old with over 145,000 to date. Most of the top apps or equivalent is available right now on the WP store, with more being added as the months go buy. The point is, it took both Android and Apple years to get to the app count they have now. Besides most of the apps on those system or useless apps that don't say on a phone for long yet alone even make it to ones phone. Again my point is most of the main or equivalent apps that people use are either on the store or in development. If Windows Phone 8 sells great(and I think it will) more apps will come faster. Anyway Nokia has a set of apps that make this phone stand out itself, Nokia Music, Nokia City Lens: Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive. There are plenty of other apps that make this a great pick.

Cons:
1. No External Storage. I think Nokia made a mistake here. Even though it has an internal 32 gig storage( 23G usable) they should have made room for external storage. I like having my music, videos and some data on a storage card so I am not tied to a computer or downloading data on a cell or wifi. I almost didn't get the phone because if this.

2. No removable battery. I am a heavy user, both personal and work. I like having a couple of charged batteries to throw in when I just can't charge.

3. Lack of Apps? I put this here because in comparison to the other two OS's, WP8 does have less apps, however I think I make a good point above as to why this is not a good reason to not buy this Phone.

4. No FM Radio: other Nokia Phones have the radio turned on. Though I heard that it can be turned on in a firmware update.

5. No Etiquette: My own personal preference; a feature that mutes the phone when you face it down.

6. Wish it had a stylus for notes: My own personal preference

7. No Swype Keyboard: My own personal preference

8. Unless I am wrong, No Video output to TV.

Ok so for what it is worth, this is just an opinion for a user and not a article writer,
and Yes I have had both Android and Iphone.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
This should be your next smartphone
By Rentme
This really should be your next Smartphone!

I have lived with Android and the defragmentation of the software releases with different versions on different phones. I have experienced the high cost of the Apple products and have seen so many friends that encased their iphone with a big ugly case. I have also experienced the "great at first...than behind the times" Blackberry Smartphones. Now I am experiencing the Windows 8 Phone from Nokia and I can tell you I am not going back to any of the other options. The excellent hardware quality of this phone and the additional Nokia Apps make this a super easy to use and that integrates with my desktop. Other reasons to own this phone:

- The offline GPS is fantastic as I never have to worry about having a data connection to get a route (I found out that the Nokia mapping data base powers the majority of the car systems in the world and I can see why)
- Nokia music is not something I would buy, but similar to mapping where you can download to your phone and then use without a data connection, this is fantastic to have a HIGH QUALITY sound mix on your phone that doesn't require a data connection to listen to.
- Yup.....the camera can't be beat, especially with the Zenon flash and the Nokia Apps for the camera.
- Battery charging is another goody that you have love. First, it has a feature that charges the battery up to 40% faster. Although most other new smartphones have this feature now, you really do notice it. Second, you can find the Nokia wireless charging plates for $25 and once you use wireless charging you won't want to fiddle with the plug in cable again. (I bought 2 plates and it is worth it)

There are many other items I could list, but most reviewers have already listed them when reviewing Windows Phone 8. This really is a great Smartphone!!!

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful.
Nokia delivers another blow with the 928
By Sen
Barely 6 months after Nokia delivers on the revolutionary 920, here it comes again with the 928. Finally on Verizon!! An improved, lighter version of the 920? Sweeet! Love the wireless charging. Love that industry leading camera. Love the design! Sign me up! =)


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