This Phone Was Ahead Of Its Time

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  • Опубліковано 23 лип 2024
  • Windows Phone in 2023: • The First Nokia Lumia:...
    Nokia Lumia 1020 In 2024 Review.
    Today we are looking back again at a Microsoft Windows Phone. This time it's the Nokia Lumia 1020. It has a massive 41 megapixel sensor that could shoot some amazing images for the time. But how good is it today compared to newer smartphones? I will tell you in this review. It also includes image samples and lumia 1020 camera test.
    0:00 Intro
    0:39 Design
    1:38 Wireless charging case
    1:48 Xenon flash
    2:07 Headphone port
    2:17 Windows Phone 8 OS
    3:22 Always On Display
    3:39 Battery Life
    3:58 What isn't good
    4:23 Why it was ahead of it's time
    4:28 Camera specs
    4:54 Camera experience
    6:03 Sample images
    7:29 Conclusion
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 259

  • @ariandomarthintuwe6972
    @ariandomarthintuwe6972 7 місяців тому +294

    It's a shame Microsoft didn't push hard enough with this one. It had potential.

    • @yftinthyn007
      @yftinthyn007 6 місяців тому +18

      Pushing it wouldn't have done anything. Too many ecosystems and Windows Phone wasn't catching on.

    • @manoelmelo3008
      @manoelmelo3008 6 місяців тому +7

      Microsoft failed twice doing the same mistake: they thought mobile devs would have the same tolerance with a horrible SDK and support as they do with Windows for PCs, they just forgot they didn't have enough users to justify going through so much bs.

    • @kayj8976
      @kayj8976 6 місяців тому +1

      A big focus on camera, launching off of f this, would have kept the in the game

    • @sifatakon2355
      @sifatakon2355 6 місяців тому +1

      Even Bill Gates himself admitted at the Rubenstein Show.....

    • @calebsmith254
      @calebsmith254 6 місяців тому +2

      Microsoft is better in acquisitions anyway.

  • @ssccvvsscc
    @ssccvvsscc 6 місяців тому +66

    I had lumia 920 when it just released. Honestly it was a spectacular phone back then. The lack of apps was a bit depressing, but also quite refreshing, because it basically had everything I needed and I didn't need to worry about the trendiest things on the app store. Very sleek UI, stylish and customizable. Great photos for that time. Battery lasted me for the entire day. A design so bold my relatives from USA didn't believe it was a phone. It served me well for 5 years untill it eventually became obsolete. I still miss my yellow brick of "I bet you haven't seen a phone like this!"

    • @userwest626
      @userwest626 6 місяців тому

      at that time. windws 7/8.1 has its own UI and store app, then was not injunction with widows 10 mobile UI and store apps. but technology has to go forward.

    • @JARofEMUS
      @JARofEMUS 5 місяців тому +2

      Not having every app under the sun was great at separating work from living. I'll use the computer If I need xyz when I'm ready and everyone will have to wait 👌

  • @Agitated_Hamster
    @Agitated_Hamster 7 місяців тому +97

    This phone was amazing in terms of design.

    • @nakdickson
      @nakdickson 7 місяців тому +5

      Timeless

    • @Cyan_Nightingale
      @Cyan_Nightingale 7 місяців тому +4

      Yep. I remember that colorful rubber case & backpanel of Lumia was copied by iPhone 5C then by Asus Zenfone 1st gen & Xiaomi Mi4i

    • @usbaudio2.0
      @usbaudio2.0 7 місяців тому +1

      system wise and hardware wise

    • @amazingfreelancer
      @amazingfreelancer 6 місяців тому

      Sure. Those phones got unique and smart look than most phones.

  • @rady_angkorian
    @rady_angkorian 7 місяців тому +60

    Id chose it over any smart phones any day if there were app support and continued support from Microsoft and Nokia. I love the windows phone os (specifically 8.1) so much because of its difference.

  • @ddpenny
    @ddpenny 6 місяців тому +24

    I hope Microsoft would make a phone like this in the future with all the app support. Size should be the same or at least the same as the iphone 12 or 13 mini. I would definitely leave apple/IOS. I miss Windows phone.

    • @userwest626
      @userwest626 6 місяців тому

      yes we are now bored of everything android. I wish to see windows 12 mobile or windows 12 surface go.

  • @Lucius4992
    @Lucius4992 6 місяців тому +6

    My sister had this phone and it was gorgeous. I got the Lumia 925 instead (slim, some aluminium, 8Mp camera) and it already wiped the floor with flagships of that time, I remember people with much more expensive phones would ask me how the hell I send them pictures that look so good. Also, the store wasn't that bad, but yes it was badly sabotaged by other companies who didn't want to put very popular apps in. I remember snapchat was one of them, youtube (google) removed their app, and also pokemon go never arrived, so people stayed away from WP. The OS was amazing, very fast no matter the time, use or even the specs. The UI was super efficient despite not being attractive for a lot of people, you would get to every app and option quickly and Microsoft was way better that its competition with the included apps. There's much to highlight!

    • @rustysim
      @rustysim 6 місяців тому +1

      Yea snapchat definitely sabotaged WP. There were alternatives like 6snap but they'd quickly get banned

  • @taurus0486
    @taurus0486 7 місяців тому +23

    I really love this phone simple design but powerful and sturdy. The image and video quality is still better than most of today's smartphone. The image's detail and color are realistic and gets even better when post processed. The dual flash can even trigger an external flash for dslr.

  • @saufi89
    @saufi89 7 місяців тому +15

    Its ability to capture even the lower light impressed me alot.

  • @vedanshchn
    @vedanshchn 7 місяців тому +17

    I have two of these 🥳
    The first was Nokia 808n Pureview to have the bigger camera size.

  • @danetomas1577
    @danetomas1577 7 місяців тому +8

    Huawei Vivo and Co. uses this design of camera modul in 2023. My Lumia 1520 rocks W10mobile and many things working. Nice review!

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  7 місяців тому +1

      Thank you!

    • @mindrover777
      @mindrover777 6 місяців тому

      Wow. Could you elaborate on the features not working

    • @danetomas1577
      @danetomas1577 6 місяців тому

      @@mindrover777 webview, loading heavy sites with pictures and videos because of outdated browser

  • @etonsot392
    @etonsot392 7 місяців тому +2

    I still remember when Nokia introduced its first camera phone, the commercial with the goat was iconic.

  • @jovanramirez8682
    @jovanramirez8682 6 місяців тому

    Those transitions still looks so smoooth and great

  • @TheRelaxingRide
    @TheRelaxingRide 6 місяців тому +2

    always liked the Lumia range - great off-axis noise cancellation when recording video with that microphone array

  • @aaqibbaloch02
    @aaqibbaloch02 7 місяців тому +3

    U should install a custom rom on it and try with the latest camera software.Imo it can easily beat almost all current phones with a newer software.

  • @nagame859
    @nagame859 6 місяців тому

    Hi there! Good to see old phones.. keep going and all the best! subscribed👍

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  6 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for the comment!

  • @amoggoma430
    @amoggoma430 6 місяців тому +4

    they should remake this phone but keep the metro aesthetics and add android app capability

  • @kailashks901
    @kailashks901 6 місяців тому +6

    My brother had the Lumia 520 and I loved the phone overall. The software really had a lot of potential if Microsoft had gone with the standalone approach instead of going with the let's translate windows metro UI to phone. I think if this phone had shipped with Android natively.. Nokia would still be around as a relevant player.

    • @Noa15Lv
      @Noa15Lv 6 місяців тому +1

      I personally had Lumia 435 and it felt super premium back in 2015-2016, switching from Samsung Galaxy Trend 2 Lite.

  • @shieldboys3433
    @shieldboys3433 6 місяців тому +3

    It was my dream phone in class 11th

  • @abangwu
    @abangwu 6 місяців тому

    I owned a 925 in 2014- great little device when it was heating up, spent more than half the time in the freezer cooling down.

  • @donotfwme
    @donotfwme 7 місяців тому +3

    the design and camera was amazing for it's time

  • @joelconolly5574
    @joelconolly5574 6 місяців тому +9

    Kinda interesting to hear that Google was one of the companies who didn't support the rise of Windows Mobile by deliberately not making their official Google apps for Windows Phones. Add this with other devs not jumping on the bandwagon and Microsoft not able to pull more devs into the new ecosystem it literally killed this phone in less than a decade. Kinda sad seeing this could pioneer the ARM based windows machine more easily. Too bad Microsoft. It was a darn good phone killed by no support.

    • @bepopxxx
      @bepopxxx 6 місяців тому +4

      I remember that day that youtube app suddenly crashed and not working while using windows phone. I believe google sabotage windows phone because they scarw wp will get bigger than android, can u evem believe with less than 1gb ram windows phone doesnt even lag.

    • @xninja2369
      @xninja2369 Місяць тому

      ​@@bepopxxxWell there was no OFFICIAL UA-cam app for windows , it was all ported apps .( As far as I remember)
      And the reason windows phone didn't lag is just like the iPhone because it has steal your freedom , it has less app support like IOS , ( at that time ) you can't modify any app and install it , no root privileges , modules etc .
      SDK platform was too bad to deal with it . ....
      You need to pay a lot to have your app on windows , that's terrible as always even in 2024 I never use Microsoft store it just sucks so bad , ..
      Apart from that 625 was my favourite not gonna lie , it brings Nostalgia..

    • @bepopxxx
      @bepopxxx Місяць тому

      @@xninja2369 there is official youtube apps from google, check your fact back,

  • @ahumblerequest5222
    @ahumblerequest5222 7 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely love the design and also the Lumia 800

  • @tomhardy8967
    @tomhardy8967 6 місяців тому

    Used this phone for a bit last year and although it's not supposed so I couldn't really do anything with it besides making calls, I had the time of my life playing with the camera, it's amazing even today wayyy into the future

  • @wasifhasan826
    @wasifhasan826 7 місяців тому

    Is there any chance of getting a Nokia Lumia 1020 new

  • @GOKUL-rm7md
    @GOKUL-rm7md 6 місяців тому +1

    @6:29 2013 Nokia image looks more natural and better than the over processed Pixel image!

  • @karlijn8099
    @karlijn8099 6 місяців тому

    Nice video!

  • @mindrover777
    @mindrover777 6 місяців тому

    Miss the Lumia series. Loved the windows UI.

  • @kaiser.watanabe
    @kaiser.watanabe 6 місяців тому +1

    Still using one as a camera, love the xenon flash, computational photography could never beat that period.

    • @vince-n
      @vince-n 6 місяців тому +1

      I bought one yesterday 2nd hand to use just as a camera and I can't find any phone that does action shots like this does 🙂

  • @yousefalmarhoon8789
    @yousefalmarhoon8789 6 місяців тому +1

    Still one of the best phones at its time, I had the lumia 950xl and before it I had the lumia 1520 and both cameras was 4 years ahead of other phones, not to mention the battery life, you will never feel any lag in the system and feel how smooth it is, but unfortunately there was no support to it, otherwise it was such a success specially since it doesn’t recognize any viruses

  • @floreaclaudiu1150
    @floreaclaudiu1150 6 місяців тому +1

    Had this phone and the 920 ,the quality of pics like dslr almost,natural and no softwaremagic

  • @radhapandey7073
    @radhapandey7073 4 місяці тому

    Can we install android 10 11 12 or 13 stock or lite version 🤔 somehow on Lumia 1020?

  • @Luis-gy3yx
    @Luis-gy3yx 6 місяців тому

    The design it's really nice, I think these phone were a step further from the others back then.

  • @xammendoza667
    @xammendoza667 6 місяців тому

    I had this in yellow when it came out and it's a head turner. I missed this phone.

  • @eiyllaaa
    @eiyllaaa 7 місяців тому

    I remember playing newly released asphalt 8 in 2014 with nokia lumia phone
    I was silky buttery smooth i wish some os could be as smooth as windows phone. It was definitely ahead of its time.
    We couldn't see it's full potential. It saddens me

  • @d0cx
    @d0cx 4 місяці тому +1

    Desktop Windows 8 was kind of a mess, but looking back the Phone OS was gorgeous. So much smoother than anything we have today. Still...

  • @elijahlevi
    @elijahlevi 6 місяців тому

    I had this phone last time . the software was so simple & user friendly just like iPhone nowadays . and also very smooth, it was truly ahead of its time when it came out .

  • @AnkitJangra786
    @AnkitJangra786 5 місяців тому

    I also used Nokia Lumia 730 Windows phone, used it for 3 years, had great experience 😊I miss WP os

  • @codedxxx
    @codedxxx 6 місяців тому +1

    Anytime I see an old phone, what comes to mind is MP3 player. This will serve as a portable camera as well.

  • @ddvantandar-kw7kl
    @ddvantandar-kw7kl 6 місяців тому +2

    It was a decade ahead of its competition as they offer windows capabilities to the phone .i wonder what went wrong that the concept could not capitalized.

  • @dhunnudorai
    @dhunnudorai 7 місяців тому

    you are just killing me... with all these nostalgia.

  • @TheAsianStyle
    @TheAsianStyle 6 місяців тому

    now this is a design! I used to have the Lumia 730 and 1520

  • @VSOUR88
    @VSOUR88 6 місяців тому

    the Lumia polycarbonate was something else

  • @danielluswillfredomatuless7429
    @danielluswillfredomatuless7429 7 місяців тому

    still one of the best phone cameras in the technical side in my opinion. had the chance to try it out once and took a picture from the front of the store to the back, zoomed in and it was as sharp as it can be. no phones to date can rival the detail levels of this phone but of course they would destroy this phone in terms of post processing :')

  • @shinigamisensei2517
    @shinigamisensei2517 7 місяців тому

    Still using lumia 532, idk why your phone did not load youtube, mine loads youtube perfectly and it loads facebook too. It used to load instagram and twitter few months ago but sadly it does not anymore. Soon it will stop loading yt and fb too I guess. I am going to use my lumia 532 as long as its battery is working. I really like designs of these phones. Minimalistic and really smooth OS till this day compared to todays 2GB RAM android devices.

  • @diegoreartes1243
    @diegoreartes1243 6 місяців тому

    i started with L. (Lumia) 430 then L535 also L1020 and finally L640XL. Those last 2 had W10 mobile and GOD.. W10 was so good, all the phones itself were well made and the OS was good too (in any device) its a shame the developers didnt involved too much in windows to make apps (or maybe im missing something) but taking pics in 1020 and watch videos in 640XL were a truly great experience, my 430 was too good to listen songs on spotify and chat in whatsapp in the street. Man i wish Windows try to comeback to make mobile OS in a world conquered by android and ios.

  • @childrey14
    @childrey14 5 місяців тому

    The phone had a beautiful design and incredible camera back then. I had one and loved it.

  • @protripleplus
    @protripleplus 6 місяців тому

    custom rom?

  • @pichsopheak
    @pichsopheak 6 місяців тому

    I loved their camera so much.

  • @z4520ft
    @z4520ft 7 місяців тому +1

    If we want to talk about which Nokia phone that was ahead of time, it should be in this order.
    Nokia N9 - full gesture OS
    Nokia 808 - high megapixel count, lossless digital zoom & pixel binning
    Nokia Lumia 920 - OIS, night photography

  • @supertony4708
    @supertony4708 6 місяців тому

    Great video!
    But please take care of the editing process, especially the color tone of each video cut. There are more than 5 tons in this final video which is not so professional.

  • @243.shinji
    @243.shinji 6 місяців тому

    this phone has the prime design but a few fixes to the body (tall and slimer), bezels (thinner and symmetrical). the camera bump doesnt need to actually change

  • @kittiegalore5890
    @kittiegalore5890 6 місяців тому

    mine is yellow,i can still use the cam and vids.still can manage texting because it still has strong signal

  • @anushtechreviews
    @anushtechreviews 7 місяців тому

    Nokia preview 808 also a phone that stood ahead of all phone models of it's time

  • @hdreviewshort
    @hdreviewshort 4 місяці тому

    ux/ui 1020 very neatly done.

  • @alangfp
    @alangfp 6 місяців тому

    And what's funny, back then we all preferred thinner phones and thought that camera bump looked stupid af. Now, all phones have huge camera bumps, most even larger that this one on the nokia... It truly was ahead of its time. Even a little too much.

  • @lumia_dayZ
    @lumia_dayZ 6 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @nigelpaul6998
    @nigelpaul6998 6 місяців тому

    i hope windows os can make a comeback. the os was very smooth, oh i miss the windows phone.

  • @funnycats0000
    @funnycats0000 6 місяців тому

    I bought a week ago a brand new “Lumia 909” Aka Lumia 1020. But this one hasn’t got an amoled display. So weird!

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  6 місяців тому

      They probably replaced it with a third party one i guess.

  • @IgnasZvi
    @IgnasZvi 6 місяців тому

    I would buy a new phone with modern software and hardware but with the same look. It was so comfy. and screen was great.

  • @biggeststeppa1
    @biggeststeppa1 6 місяців тому

    Such a gorgeous phone

  • @60_069
    @60_069 6 місяців тому

    Woah that always on display!

  • @sahibdhillon6393
    @sahibdhillon6393 5 місяців тому +1

    Hi sir, I want to purchase this phone, from where I can purchase it

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  5 місяців тому +1

      Sadly there isn't a way to buy it anymore. I bought mine used

  • @Redmentoos
    @Redmentoos 6 місяців тому

    Exactly! It was unbelievable how much they where ahead! They had iris scan years bevore samsung, poverfull cam's great software desing, good hardware... only the apps killed them.
    If they "just" got apks working on ther phones i think they could have enough potential to stay on long enough to get more apps in there store.
    Sadly it could not happen.

  • @jovanramirez8682
    @jovanramirez8682 6 місяців тому

    I have always loved lumia, it was such a great phone

  • @CommentGuard717
    @CommentGuard717 6 місяців тому

    Whats that glitch at 5:16

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  6 місяців тому

      That was the xenon flash. But the xenon flash is too fast for my camera sensor to capture, so it only captures part of the flash.

  • @Garrettdx1988
    @Garrettdx1988 5 місяців тому +1

    I had a 920 back in the day. God, I miss using that phone. I still have it, but the dead software has rendered it unusable, unfortunately.

  • @SKLL3TR
    @SKLL3TR 6 місяців тому

    I remember when lumia was a cool phone and whenever I saw someone who has it I was always impressed by how different it was, unfortunately Microsoft gave up on it

  • @slo-e-g8299
    @slo-e-g8299 6 місяців тому

    Lumia got the potential for craziest comeback,
    If they try to make it again

  • @rahulpare4414
    @rahulpare4414 6 місяців тому

    I absolutely loved the windows OS.

  • @skyMcWeeds
    @skyMcWeeds 6 місяців тому

    i remember using it back then it was silky smooth in its operation while android has that distinct stutter android lag or worse samsung touchwiz lag.

  • @pixelplaynow
    @pixelplaynow 6 місяців тому

    The Design was timeless.

  • @augustooliveira9023
    @augustooliveira9023 7 місяців тому

    I miss the Xenon flash!

  • @balya8937
    @balya8937 Місяць тому

    I have two, I will always take care of them, and I only use them for taking pictures, because I prefer natural ones

  • @hirankaushal3899
    @hirankaushal3899 6 місяців тому

    Miss you Lumia

  • @K_pax0703
    @K_pax0703 7 місяців тому +1

    Still looks minimalistic and futuristic after all those years ... Not a single Chinese brand or even pixel is on this level

  • @IWillSayMyPeace
    @IWillSayMyPeace 6 місяців тому

    It couldn't take videos? Did it have OIS? EIS?

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  6 місяців тому

      It had ois and it could shoot in 1080p but like I said in the video: video isn't its strongest point.

  • @albioncia
    @albioncia 6 місяців тому +1

    i used to have 920 man that phone looks good and is a tank

  • @ashmilmujeeb.k814
    @ashmilmujeeb.k814 6 місяців тому

    Design 🔥

  • @SirTubeALotMore
    @SirTubeALotMore 6 місяців тому

    I loved my Lumia until I noticed that my apps never updated to competitor standard ...

  • @BrainDeadz
    @BrainDeadz 7 місяців тому

    I hope Lumia makes a comeback but with Android OS this time.

  • @user-jj4qt3ux1y
    @user-jj4qt3ux1y 6 місяців тому

    Nokia Windows Phones were beast Running Asphalt Games on 1 GB Ram with smooth performance

  • @jimzcoi
    @jimzcoi 6 місяців тому

    lumia. always in my heart

  • @nebuoules6930
    @nebuoules6930 2 місяці тому

    Damn, i remember being shocked by the pixel count of this phone, still high for todays standards but its hard to imagine we now use up to 200mp cameras in phones (a bit of a gimmick but still)

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  2 місяці тому +1

      Yes that's pretty insane! But like you say, megapixels don't say everything and its a gimmick sometimes.
      A 12mp sony a7siii will take much better images than a 200mp phone but the sony is of course much more expensive.

  • @prasannakrishnav3980
    @prasannakrishnav3980 7 місяців тому

    Sir can you do a giveaway of the ipod nano 6. I really want one. Ive subbed btw nice vid 😁

  • @ketangoel
    @ketangoel 7 місяців тому

    Hi I need to purchase one of this, factory sealed, for my project,what is the reliable source, can you please share

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  7 місяців тому

      I don't know. Almost all of them are already opened and some people fake the seals on phones.

  • @BurningBaboon
    @BurningBaboon 6 місяців тому

    Nothing feels better than typing on a windows phone; I loved the sounds they used

  • @RookieTrader27
    @RookieTrader27 6 місяців тому

    Wouldve been the best gadget to film videos for creators

  • @PPLRRN
    @PPLRRN 7 місяців тому

    The speaker is nice if you have the case on

  • @nPlayGames
    @nPlayGames 7 місяців тому +1

    3:55 worse micro-usb? Im still using micro usb phone. and its do its job done

  • @lutztech
    @lutztech 6 місяців тому

    The Lumia 950 XL was an incredible phone.

    • @ImportantTech
      @ImportantTech  6 місяців тому

      I will make a video about that one too!

  • @produb_sa
    @produb_sa 6 місяців тому

    Nokia Lumia would incur some serious screen damage, and would still continue to touch.
    Even on cracks that would cut your you fingers.

  • @wastedkafir9134
    @wastedkafir9134 6 місяців тому +1

    wish someday Win mobile will be back

  • @MithunOnTheNet
    @MithunOnTheNet 6 місяців тому

    The Lumia devices were a league apart! They had some of the most impressive camera systems!

  • @dreamer08ful
    @dreamer08ful 6 місяців тому

    This was second ahead of time. The one ahead was Nokia 808

  • @dreamingabyss
    @dreamingabyss 11 днів тому

    This phone design is perfect IMO

  • @muddassarali6449
    @muddassarali6449 6 місяців тому

    I am still keeping one of Lumia phone with memories ....... If Microsoft start producing them again tomorrow, I am all in 😇

  • @birlikberaberlik346
    @birlikberaberlik346 6 місяців тому

    I miss my lumia 925

  • @ArtisBlue
    @ArtisBlue 6 місяців тому

    ..still using this phone 😊

  • @franciscoalfonsobenedictoc4258
    @franciscoalfonsobenedictoc4258 7 місяців тому

    I love windows phone even my old one i fixed it myself ❤❤❤

  • @samoluka3386
    @samoluka3386 6 місяців тому

    I had the mighty Lumia 1520