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if the lumia icon doki is best lumia yet we spent the week using it and testing it and now it's time to see what we really think of it I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is our full review of the Nokia Lumia icon for Verizon Wireless the hardware portion of a Lumia icon is up for much debate there's a large bit of subjectiveness to its appearance your fan of industrial box the understated hardware the icon is near perfection on the other hand if you're more into nokia standard design flashy circus peanut style handsets this phone may not strike you as gorgeous frankly we love both styles either way it's impossible to overlook how solid the hardware is or the sheer attention to detail a subtle taper of the glass on all sides creates an alluring effect the slight curve on the back helps the phone slip into the palm of your hand and the metal trim aids in making the home fill as premium as they come on 166 grams it's new lightweight but its heft helped add to how substantial the phone feels in hand it's a tank that reeks of quality and its physical footprint for a 5-inch device is pretty standard it's a hundred and thirty seven millimeters tall 71 millimeters wide in nine point eight millimeters thick its specifications are comparable to many of the bests flagship Android smartphones it's equipped with 2 gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of thick storage it has a Snapdragon 800 SOC close to a 2.2 gigahertz quad-core Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU in 2420 million power battery 20 megapixel optically stabilized camera in a 5-inch 1080p third black AMOLED display and it comes with a now standard our school of connectivity options Bluetooth 4.0 Verizon LTE NFC chip wireless charging and Wi-Fi HD but let's take it back just a step and focus on the display for a minute it's gorgeous the higher density display is perfect for window so in the short text and home screen tiles are welcomed the viewing angles are fantastic it's incredibly bright and Apple visibility is especially great thanks to what Nokia calls sunlight readability enhancements we have no complaints with the Lumia icons display and so long as you're okay with the supersaturated nature of ellipse tile displays you won't either we've always felt the AMOLED display perfectly complements the modern UI of Windows Phone the pitch black splendid - the bezels the whites on this display are very balanced and the extreme saturation makes the tiles of the home screen pop overall we'd say this is the best built Windows Phone yet it's excruciating ly solid and we're quite impressed with all aspects of this one hardware software however will be hit or miss with potential buyers the Lumia iPhone is running Windows Phone 8 GDR 3 with the Lumia black update essentially the software is identical to every other Windows hold smartphone except for a few discrepancies being a Lumia device it has access to all of the Nokia's specific apps which actually come pre-installed bokya camera cinemagraph care map sphere Drive creative studio leaks radio and mineral a major difference since the icon is clipped with a 1080p display is the density of the homescreen tiles more tiles can be placed on the home screen and we love how it handles the additional real estate this makes dealing with no dedicated Notification Center a little better sorted also there's no glance feature on the icon a feature of Nokia's Lumia devices which many love that also means a DoubleTap of the display when the phone is in standby will not power the device while the Windows Phone software is gradually maturing as is its application offering but it's still missing some key features like a dedicated notification page quick access to settings and a decent voice assistant fortunately all those are believed to be included in the forthcoming 8.1 update performance as per usual for Windows Phone is great on the icon it's not bragging 800 paired with the RT buttery smooth Windows Phone experience makes for excellent performance we haven't noticed any instances of lag performance hiccups or other problems the software performance of this phone is top-notch network speeds have also been spectacular here in the Charlotte metro area using Verizon to network we average rate downlink and updating speeds eighteen point two megabits per second and ten point three megabits per second respectively call quality has been exceptional as well the audio quality is phenomenal thanks to the unique for Mike rig it has four digital high dynamic range microphones the earpiece speaker is markedly clear and callers have no trouble hearing us even in relatively noisy areas battery life has been decent the twenty four twenty milliamp hour battery is only average-sized these days and we were afraid the Snapdragon 805 inch 1080p display would be cause for concern fortunately that was not the case we've been able to go entire days on a single charge with no trouble that's pulling two Twitter accounts and notifications of two separate Instagram accounts free email accounts web browsing benchmarking testing and playing games reading feeds and more it isn't the most impressive battery life ever but you shouldn't need to have to plug in more than once per day unless you're going out at night finally one of the most impressive aspects of the lumia icon is its image sensing capabilities no it's 20 megapixel sensor isn't quite as impressive as the 1020's 41 megapixel sensor but the effect is essentially the same by default it stores images in both 5 and 16 megapixel resolutions at 16:9 aspect you can change the 4:3 aspect or up to 19 megapixel images and you can select a heavy phone save the digital negatives if you really want to give it into post-processing but even the out-of-the-box settings will suffice for many the Overson point five megapixel shots are super sharp and clear colors are balanced and true to life and we're happy with the contrast levels and thanks to oh is low light mode was also impressive the nokia camera app is linked to the hardware shutter key by default and it's easily one of the biggest selling points of the purview of smartphones especially for camera enthusiasts we would however love to see an automated HDR mode built-in instead of the exposure bracketing video capture will create as well the stabilization did cause some distortion in the video clips but the audio was absolutely stellar as wear colors and detail in fact as a testament to the audio prowess of the Lumia icon the audio for this video was recorded using the built-in microphones and the audio is something you should also take note of because this one should be great we haven't listened to it on the computer yet we'll get to that in the forward you but this thing has four microphones so it should sound great as we come over the stream down you should still be able to hear it you should still also be able to hear me over all the lumia icon is one of the best windows phones we've ever used it's a testament to Nokia's pension for quality we're pleased to say CDMA users finally have a proper Windows Phone handset which will contest even the toughest Android competition out there if you can deal with some of the growing pains of the Windows Phone operating system and ecosystem the Lumia icon will not disappoint and it's camera and audio performance will make your friends with other phones jealous for our final score in a more in-depth look at the Lumia Nightline stay tuned for our full written review which will be available at pocketnow.com on Monday February 24 folks that's going to do it if you enjoyed the video be sure to click the thumbs up button below and subscribe to the channel to see more videos like this one in the future and be sure to follow us in all the usual places twitter facebook and google+ at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on Twitter at Casper tech and I will see you next time