Gadgetory

well hey this is Josh from the verge and we're taking a look at the Nokia Lumia 900 a Windows Phone device that's being sold here in America on AT&T and utilizes ATT's new LTE network and in my opinion this is the most unique looking device on the market in fact I think it's one of the most beautiful gadgets ever designed the body of it is made from this high-test plastic it's a polycarbonate material it feels really solid in your hand and very thick and seems like it could withstand a drop without getting too banged up in comparison to the other phones that are on the market it just is in a league of its own as far as design is concerned the only thing that really comes close to it at this point is HTC's new 1x which uses a very similar build but I think in terms of artistry the Lumia 900 beats it out there are a couple of interesting things of note about the design you can see at the top here there's a little door you can open up using a paper clip or a tool that Nokia actually gives you to put a sim in I had a little trouble with popping this up and then putting it back down it eventually goes flush with the device but it feels like it's never quite in there perfectly I'm probably nitpicking but it's something I noticed the buttons on the side of the phone feel relatively good I'm not crazy about the silver material used for them the display of the device is an AMOLED screen it's 4.3 inches and has a resolution of 800 by 480 so it's not that high of a resolution it utilizes the technology that Nokia calls clear black they've been using this for a little while on their devices and it's not really notable except for the fact that it's a little bit less reflective than other displays out there as I mentioned the resolution is not that high on this device and coupled with its size you really can see some pixels and jagged edges in the Windows Phone interface the white on black text in particular looks bad to my eyes as with many AMOLED displays the colors also seem oversaturated to me and that can be somewhat jarring on the back of the phone there's an 8 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a dual LED flash I had pretty mixed results with this camera it takes a decent photo in terms of focus and image quality but I felt colors seemed really wah out and there was also this annoying pink spot that I've seen on other phones I don't know why it's there it's clearly an issue with the sensor and it was a little bit depressing to discover performance on the phone was perfectly in line if not better than every other Windows Phone device I've used the performance was snappy getting into and out of apps was easy and I saw no hiccups no stuttering webpages loaded relatively quickly it feels like a very fast device it's only when you start digging a little bit deeper into Windows Phone that problems arise there are certainly lots of ways in Windows Phone to accomplish the tasks that you need to get done and you know there's games you can play and a few third-party apps that are decent but overall I found the interface and the time it takes to do things and the way you do them to be rather clunky and I think at this point we kind of have to stop giving Windows Phone a pass it's just not up to snuff in comparison to its nearest competitors and that's a real problem I wanted to love this phone I wanted to love the operation of it but the second I started using it for any length of time I just felt constrained by what Windows Phone was capable of and in some of the ways it carried out tasks you know the Lumia 900 is just an OK phone I think Nokia and Microsoft are really hoping this is going to be the device that puts them back on the map and gets people to take notice of what they're doing and based on the design of the phone I do believe that people will notice unfortunately I think they're gonna be a little bit disappointed when they see what's under the covers you