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hi this last merge taking a look at the Nokia Lumia 800 coming only a few weeks of the releases Nokia n9 this is actually the finished company's new smartphone flagship the difference between it and the n9 in spite of the really obvious physical similarities is that the Lumia 800 runs Windows Phone Microsoft's new operating system it runs version 7.5 codenamed mango and its internal specifications are pretty much par for the Windows Phone course that means 1.4 Kieffer's Qualcomm processor a 3.7 inch display with 800 by 480 resolution and 16 gigabytes of on-board storage without the ability to expand fire microSD card the main way in which naka differentiates itself from the rest of Marx's hardware partners is actually in the physical design of this phone yes it is very much like the N nines but in terms of anything else in the Windows Phone ecosystem this is a unique design the unibody or as Nokia calls it model body polycarbonate design is something that we really loved about the n9 and is still very much true here with the Lumia 800 it is brilliantly well put together fit and finish are fantastic and all the lines just flow into one another it is seamless and it is beautiful in terms of the extra software however this is very standard stuff there is almost nothing to tell you that this is a Nokia device rather than any one of those already produced from the likes of HTC and Samsung for Windows Phone there are no key customizations they're just not of the relevant kind what you get in terms of exclusive content of things like ringtones notifications alerts a few extra wallpapers but the actual Windows Phone interface remains entirely unskilled and unmodified there is no expansion in terms of capabilities in fact Nokia doesn't give you the full windows for an experience at least in terms of mango because internet sharing is disabled on the lumia 800 and you also that I have a front-facing camera so in terms of that knock it actually falls behind where it tries to catch up is with a pair of exclusive applications first up is Nokia Drive which gives you offline navigation and voice turn-by-turn instructions and second is Nokia music which includes mix radio which offers free streaming preset playlists you also need to be online in order to use it some of the people upgrading from Nokia Symbian family phones might appreciate is the Bluetooth contacts transfer application this does pretty much what it suggests it is allows you to transfer your contacts from your phone to the 804 I blue tooth the Blum 800 also comes with an 8 megapixel camera on the back it has carl zeiss lens with an f 2.2 aperture and can record 720p video performance in both Stills and video was very quick and snappy pretty much standard for Windows Phone to be honest however there were a few issues with the actual result some photos took on an artificial green hue after they've taken it seems to be a post-processing issue and motion blur seems to be a problem when shooting non static images that being said when it gets its colors right the blue Manhunters camera can produce some really excellent results it collects an awful lot of detail and if you switch to macro mode it takes some really great close-up shots as well comparing to Lumia 800 to the rest of the smartphone field at the moment is really going to be dependent of what you think of Windows Phone if like Stephen Elop you like the platform and you believe it's ecosystem has a great future ahead of it the Lumia 800 is pretty much an obvious choice simply on account of its great physical design and awesome AMOLED display the Lumia 800 takes the lead amongst Windows Phones way it ranks once you factor in iOS and Android devices it's going to be down to the way that you use a smart phone the alternatives are relatively obvious there's the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s for all the functionality of iOS 5 and on the Android side you can pick up the incredible West from HTC which is a 4-inch screen and the same 800 by 480 resolution as Lumia 800