Five Areas Where Nokia's New Windows Phone Can Stand Out

Nokia President and CEO, Stephen Elop (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife)

Now Samsung has set the scene, it?s time for Nokia to step up to the plate and take a swing with their new Windows Phone 8 powered smartphones. Leaks aside (and if you really want to find them, there are plenty other websites out there with spy shots, images, and rumoured specs, Bing is your friend), the upcoming announcement in New York on September 5th is going to be a pivotal one for Nokia, for the Windows Phone ecosystem, and the world of smartphones as a whole.

Outside of the specifications of the device and the inclusion of Windows Phone 8 as the operating system, what will I be watching out for during the launch?

Nokia?s PureView Imaging Technology

Potentially Nokia?s last big Symbian powered phone the Nokia 808, announced at Mobile World Congress (and walking away with the ?Best In Show? award), featured a jaw dropping 41 megapixel sensor. It wasn?t just for ?big? images but the software allowed far more oversampling and processing of an image, providing very high quality images, improved low light performance, and lossless zoom.

It also led to a rather distinctive bulge on the back of the 808, but the image aficionados were happy with that as a trade off.

It?s unlikely they would want to add a bulge to a stylish and modern smartphone, but I see no reason why a sensor of 20 megapixels or so, coupled with the PureView software technology, won?t be in the flagship device. The Lumia 800 and Lumia 900 camera was comparatively poor, and Nokia will want to reclaim their image as leaders in smartphone imagery with the new devices.

The Ongoing Styling Story

Thanks to recent court cases, a lot of people will be looking at the physical design of the device hoping they can make a few snarky comments on Twitter. They should rest easy, Nokia have consistently been using the ?pillow style? shape on their handsets from the Symbian powered Nokia N8? through to the Windows Phone Lumia 900. Expect to see rounded long edges, flattened profiles at the top and bottom, and a very shallow curve over the glass and the rear of the unit.

If you want to be snarky, stick this industrial design next to an iPhone 4S and point out that every sharp edge on the iPhone is a curve on the Nokia, and vice-versa.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2012/09/01/nokia-lumia-820-lumia-920-windows-phone-8-five-features-to-watch-out-for/

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