 Hey, this is Dieter Bohn for The Verge, and this is the Nokia Lumia 920 launching this month on AT&T. It's a new flagship phone running Windows Phone 8, and it's sort of a second coming for both Microsoft and Nokia. The first thing you notice when you pick up the phone is it's a tank. It's a really, really big phone. It's really heavy. It clocks in at 185 grams, which is actually more than 50% heavier than the iPhone 5. There's a couple of reasons for it to be so big. One is it has wireless inductive charging on the back, and two is that it has this PureView camera. It's an 8 megapixel camera, but what's special about it is that the lens is actually seated in some springs that keep it steady for longer shots. That adds quite a bit of thickness to the phone, and actually if you shake the phone, you can even hear the lens bouncing around inside there. So let's talk about the standout feature of the phone, the PureView camera. Of course you can launch it with the shutter button, and again, the way it works is the camera is mounted in springs, so when you take a shot, the shutter stays open for just a little bit longer. I found that hitting the shutter button makes it so you get a little bit of shake, but if you do tap to take a picture, you can get some really, really good shots. It's incredible in low light, and it also does a very good job of stabilizing for when you're shooting video. You can see, for example, here we took some low light shots last night, and it does a very good job in near total darkness. In fact, it gives you pictures that are brighter than what the human eye can see. When you're not in ridiculously low light situations, and you're just taking pictures like you do with the camera phone, they come out really, really well. I will say the colors are a little bit muted, but that's kind of just Nokia's style, but I mean, everything is really sharp, everything is really crisp, and I'm really impressed with this camera, and you should be too. So the screen on the Nokia Lumia 920 is a 4.5 inch screen, 1280 by 768 resolution, and Nokia has a couple of technologies that they talk about. The first is its clear black, which is a polarizing layer that makes the blacks a little bit darker. It's not quite as dark as it was on the 900, but of course that was an AMOLED display, whereas this is an IPS LCD display. I think it has really great colors on it, I'm really happy with it. The other thing is called a Pure Motion HD+, which is Nokia guaranteeing that frame rates won't dip below, I think it's 60 frames per second, and you won't see blurring when you're scrolling stuff around on the screen. And I mean, they're right, there's very, very little blur at all as you move stuff around, or as you open up apps, everything is very, very crisp and sharp. And to be honest, it's really nice to finally see Windows Phone on a high resolution display. We've been waiting for it for a long time, and it's a much nicer experience. So the other big thing about the 920 is that it's based on Windows Phone 8, the latest version of Windows Phone. The big thing about Windows Phone is they spent a lot of time re-architecting it from the ground up to share the same core as Windows 8, and what that means is you can have faster processors, bigger screens, and faster hardware iterations. In terms of actual user experience, it's very similar to Windows Phone 7.5, now you get these smaller live tiles, there's the kids corner. But the important thing for the 920 is there's a whole bunch of custom Nokia apps. So you've got Nokia Maps, which is an iteration on Bing Maps that has a couple nice usability tweaks like you can scroll up from the map view to see local places. Nokia also has included their own driving directions and transit directions, which is an essential thing on a smartphone if you ask me. And then there's also Nokia Music, which is a free music streaming service, which is pretty cool but not really important anymore for most people since Microsoft has finally got Xbox music streaming set up properly. As nice as Windows Phone 8 is, it still has some of the same problems that Windows Phone 7 does. If you miss a notification and you don't have a live tile for it, it's basically gone. And the app selection, it's not quite there, it's getting better, but the real problem is a lot of the apps don't feel as up to date as they do on other platforms. But if you're choosing Windows Phone 8, you're basically choosing to make a compromise. And the 920 is also about compromise. You're compromising having a small and light phone for a really, really good camera. It's a big and bulky phone primarily because of the incredible camera here. If you're willing to make that compromise, if you really want that camera, I think you'll find that you'll come to have a real affinity for the phone, especially because it has such really good industrial design. But if the camera's not a must-have for you, there are smaller and lighter options. Nokia's Lumia 920 is out in Europe this weekend, but AT&T's version is only due sometime in November. You can have a firm price or release date.
 Hey, this is Dieter Bohn for The Verge, and this is the Nokia Lumia 920 launching this
 month on AT&T.
 It's a new flagship phone running Windows Phone 8, and it's sort of a second coming
 for both Microsoft and Nokia.
 The first thing you notice when you pick up the phone is it's a tank.
 It's a really, really big phone.
 It's really heavy.
 It clocks in at 185 grams, which is actually more than 50% heavier than the iPhone 5.
 There's a couple of reasons for it to be so big.
 One is it has wireless inductive charging on the back, and two is that it has this PureView
 camera.
 It's an 8 megapixel camera, but what's special about it is that the lens is actually seated
 in some springs that keep it steady for longer shots.
 That adds quite a bit of thickness to the phone, and actually if you shake the phone,
 you can even hear the lens bouncing around inside there.
 So let's talk about the standout feature of the phone, the PureView camera.
 Of course you can launch it with the shutter button, and again, the way it works is the
 camera is mounted in springs, so when you take a shot, the shutter stays open for just
 a little bit longer.
 I found that hitting the shutter button makes it so you get a little bit of shake, but if
 you do tap to take a picture, you can get some really, really good shots.
 It's incredible in low light, and it also does a very good job of stabilizing for when
 you're shooting video.
 You can see, for example, here we took some low light shots last night, and it does a
 very good job in near total darkness.
 In fact, it gives you pictures that are brighter than what the human eye can see.
 When you're not in ridiculously low light situations, and you're just taking pictures
 like you do with the camera phone, they come out really, really well.
 I will say the colors are a little bit muted, but that's kind of just Nokia's style, but
 I mean, everything is really sharp, everything is really crisp, and I'm really impressed
 with this camera, and you should be too.
 So the screen on the Nokia Lumia 920 is a 4.5 inch screen, 1280 by 768 resolution, and
 Nokia has a couple of technologies that they talk about.
 The first is its clear black, which is a polarizing layer that makes the blacks a little bit darker.
 It's not quite as dark as it was on the 900, but of course that was an AMOLED display,
 whereas this is an IPS LCD display.
 I think it has really great colors on it, I'm really happy with it.
 The other thing is called a Pure Motion HD+, which is Nokia guaranteeing that frame rates
 won't dip below, I think it's 60 frames per second, and you won't see blurring when you're
 scrolling stuff around on the screen.
 And I mean, they're right, there's very, very little blur at all as you move stuff around,
 or as you open up apps, everything is very, very crisp and sharp.
 And to be honest, it's really nice to finally see Windows Phone on a high resolution display.
 We've been waiting for it for a long time, and it's a much nicer experience.
 So the other big thing about the 920 is that it's based on Windows Phone 8, the latest
 version of Windows Phone.
 The big thing about Windows Phone is they spent a lot of time re-architecting it from
 the ground up to share the same core as Windows 8, and what that means is you can have faster
 processors, bigger screens, and faster hardware iterations.
 In terms of actual user experience, it's very similar to Windows Phone 7.5, now you get
 these smaller live tiles, there's the kids corner.
 But the important thing for the 920 is there's a whole bunch of custom Nokia apps.
 So you've got Nokia Maps, which is an iteration on Bing Maps that has a couple nice usability
 tweaks like you can scroll up from the map view to see local places.
 Nokia also has included their own driving directions and transit directions, which is
 an essential thing on a smartphone if you ask me.
 And then there's also Nokia Music, which is a free music streaming service, which is pretty
 cool but not really important anymore for most people since Microsoft has finally got
 Xbox music streaming set up properly.
 As nice as Windows Phone 8 is, it still has some of the same problems that Windows Phone
 7 does.
 If you miss a notification and you don't have a live tile for it, it's basically gone.
 And the app selection, it's not quite there, it's getting better, but the real problem
 is a lot of the apps don't feel as up to date as they do on other platforms.
 But if you're choosing Windows Phone 8, you're basically choosing to make a compromise.
 And the 920 is also about compromise.
 You're compromising having a small and light phone for a really, really good camera.
 It's a big and bulky phone primarily because of the incredible camera here.
 If you're willing to make that compromise, if you really want that camera, I think you'll
 find that you'll come to have a real affinity for the phone, especially because it has such
 really good industrial design.
 But if the camera's not a must-have for you, there are smaller and lighter options.
 Nokia's Lumia 920 is out in Europe this weekend, but AT&T's version is only due sometime in
 November.
 You can have a firm price or release date.