Nokia Lumia 730 – The Selfie Phone from Nokia (or is it Microsoft?)
This is for all the selfie lovers out there. Mobile making
companies have started to hear the cries of all the selfie loving people and
have started making devices which cater to this specific need. Gone are the
days when you had to try and take a nice picture of yourself using the back
camera because the front camera didn’t provide the same details in its
pictures. It was all down to luck and most of the times we failed.
But now we have devices that boast of 5MP and 8MP front
facing cameras. Then we have the likes of OPPO N1 and N3 which have rotating
13MP and 16MP cameras so you can take awesome pictures from both sides.
Well we are here to talk about the Lumia 730, which doesn’t
boast of a rotating camera. But it does have a front facing 5MP camera and is
the first of its kind in the Windows Phone lineup.
Yes the Lumia 730 is built specifically for taking selfies
with a 5MP wide-angle front camera which is also capable of taking full HD
(1080p) videos. Wide-angle means that you can fit more people into your
selfies. On the back it has a 6.7MP camera. Doesn’t sound much. But what
matters here is the sensor. It has Zeiss optics and as you know more megapixels
doesn’t always mean better pictures. It is also capable of recording videos at
full HD resolution.
HARDWARE
The device supports a 4.7 inch HD (720p) OLED display with
Nokia’s Clear Black technology. So you can expect a very good display quality.
The pixel density comes out to be 316 ppi. The display is protected by Gorilla
Glass 3, which will prevent scratches to the display.
The Lumia 730 is powered by a Snapdragon 400 1.2GHz quad
core processor coupled with 1 GB of RAM and an Adreno 305 GPU. This should make
the device perform fairly well. The internal storage is 8 GB and can be
expanded up to 128GB using a micro SD card. The device houses a 2200 mAh
battery which Nokia says gives the device a talk time of 17 to 22 hours.
SOFTWARE
The Lumia 730 comes with the latest Windows Phone 8.1 update
Denim and has all the features such as Live folders, notification center, etc.
Windows Phone is good but can’t be compared with the likes of Android and iOS
still. But it has a lot of room for improvement.
The Lumia 730 is available here in India for INR 14,950 from
Flipkart.
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