1 Day More To Go! My Expectations On The Highly Coveted Nokia Lumia 1020

It's not obvious that my excitement for the Nokia July 11 event was over the top, thats because I'm seeing it as my best option for upgrade to my aging Nokia N8. Its been 3 years since I got the Nokia N8 and within those years, I haven't really found any worthy successor amidst the release of Nokia 808 PureView and Nokia Lumia 920, two powerful and very capable cameraphones.

My expectations for tomorrow, well, quite a lot actually, I'm expecting first and foremost, a phone with a snazzy camera features. 41MP is no surprise already, so I'm looking for something new, innovative and jaw dropping, kinda like the scenario when Nokia announced the 41MP camera on the 808 PureView. It might be an ubercool software feature or an editing application, best, a hardware with zoom capability like no other.

Secondly, I'm expecting a phone with a super sexy, attractive and durable design and construction that competitors would die in envy seeing it. The Nokia Lumia 920 is flawed with a thick dimension while the 808 PureView had a regular look with a plastic feel, the new device should be unique and perfect in any way possible.

Windows Phone software should be on its bests self with all the issues resolved and missing important features provided. The software the already an epitome of smoothness and fluidity, all it need is improvement in terms of usability and features. Address all the aforementioned and its perfect.

I'm expecting the phone as well to have a worldwide release in 2-3 weeks, like it should be made available in many countries as possible and not a year or two after, like what happened to the Nokia Lumia 920's availability here in the Philippines. It took Nokia Philippines quite sometime to port the phone locally that buyers like me have grown tired waiting.

And lastly, it should be easily and afford-ably available in all local network operators in the country. I'm really mesmerized on what Apple, Samsung and RIM did with their flagship phones being readily accessible in all network operators for as low as PhP1,500 in a 30 month contract, just a few weeks after the phones worldwide release. That's like super affordable for anyone at a perfect time! If Nokia won't be able to do the same, then I might already become an iPhone 6 or Samsung Galaxy S5 user before the Nokia Lumia 1020 arrives.

Comments welcome!

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Nokia's 41 Million Reasons?

A lot of tech writers and bloggers called the July 11th New York event the grand launch of a Nokia Windows Phone with 41MP camera and PureView technology, well, it could be true in one sense with the successive leaks going around the web about a certain Nokia 1020 dubbed "EOS", but it could also be more than just the phone, it could be so much bigger.

For instance, it could be the official announcement of the sale of 41 millionth Nokia Windows Phone device, or the official announcement of Microsoft buying the entire company for 41 billion dollars, who knows. Their have been talks lately about Huawie's interest on the company or Microsoft's undying bid which is good by the way business-wise for the Redmond base company.

It could also be that Nokia is giving away 41millions Nokia EOS phones for FREE including mine in my wildest dreams, but true or not, I'm itching for it to become my next upgrade to my beloved Nokia N8 with a consideration of course as to how impressive it is and how mature Windows Phone had become. If it will fail, I might just go for the Nokia 808 PureView instead with a bitch slap to Microsoft. Symbian might be dying but it still have quite a number of the features I want in a mobilephone.

Anyways, I hope Microsoft could deliver whats expected since I'm fully sold out to the leaked hardware specs of the Nokia EOS so far. 14 days more to go!

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Nokia EOS, to be announced most probably in the July 11 New York Event

If there is one thing that I'm very excited about lately, its the rumored Nokia Lumia EOS with the 41MP PureView goodness which is most likely my next smartphone upgrade to replace my aging Nokia N8, the 2008-2009 camera king.

My Windows Phone 8 upgrade is inevitable since Nokia will stop shipping Symbian devices in a months time with the Nokia 808 PureView as the last breed and I have never been attracted to Android because if its technical nature or iOS because of its restrictions. Hopefully though, the Windows Phone 8 had matured enough when the EOS comes with all my concerns properly address. Read all my rants about Windows Phone 8 in my Nokia Lumia 920 review.

Anyways, there were already several leaked images of the EOS circulating in the web plus a media invite sent by Nokia of a certain event in New York this coming July 11th, fueling the rumor further of the phones official announcement.

Well, its definitely getting exciting in the Nokia and Windows Phone camp, lets see in three weeks time if the rumors were true. So far here were the leaked specifications of what is touted as the next camera king.

- 41MP Carl Ziess camera with PureView technology
- Xenon Flash
- 5.0 inch AMOLED Screen with ClearBlack technology
- Metallic back cover
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 Quad Core processor
- Windows Phone 8.1
- Non removable battery
- Radio FM capability

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Nokia Lumia Catwalk, Nokia Lumia 928 or Nokia EOS, Which one fits you best?

With the May 14, 2013 Nokia press event nearing, rumors at the moment were full blown with everyone guessing which device will be announced by then, will it be the Nokia Lumia Catwalk, the Nokia Lumia 928 or the Nokia EOS.

A billboard, a magazine page and a Lumia with Xenon flash being use in a concert came out in the wires but no matter how concrete these are as proofs, it will still remain a hearsay unless officially announced.

Among the aforementioned devices, I was more excited on the Nokia EOS being the most camera focused of them all. EOS or the Electro-Optical System is a common specs among DSLR cameras and for these technology to be ported on mobilephones would definitely disrupt both worlds blurring further the line that divides them.

The rumored Nokia Lumia Catwalk on the other hand is said to be focused more on innovating the outer shell hardware making it more thinner, tougher and stylish while the Nokia Lumia 928 according to the leaked billboard is being heralded with the best low light camera tag. I'm pretty sure both the Lumia Catwalk and 928 had the same daylight camera capability that of the Lumia 920 base on the leak images with the later having a more developed low light features.

Anyways, whatever it will be is a step forward for the mobilephone industry with me remaining at a far distant to write and dream about it just like any poor geek does.

9 more days! :)

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