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    Enterprise Wifi - Roaming not agressive

    I have this exact problem at my office with a Lumia 1020 (8.1 DP) and regular wifi. I practically always have 1 bar until I manually turn wifi off and on. It's annoying.
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    Weird USB settings

    A lot of people seem to be assuming this is what the option means, but where's the evidence to support that? The most popular UserVoice suggestion for this feature (I think) only has 1672 votes and is NOT marked as completed: Usb tethering – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone Has there been...
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    Weird USB settings

    So does anyone have any hard info on what "Ask me before using USB data connection" is referring to? My uninformed guess is that if you enable this setting, then plug your phone into a USB port on a computer, the OS will ask if you want to make the phone visible to the computer for transferring...
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    Lets talk about Smartphone Photography

    Personally I think the hump size of the 1020 is acceptable. Sure it'd be nice for it to be smaller but that's very very low priority in my opinion, and not worth sacrificing anything to get. My wishlist for the camera, using the 1020 as a starting point, is as follows: reduce sensor noise -...
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    1020 Battery Drain

    Measuring from 100% to 90% may not give you a reliable picture of true battery performance. You should see what the performance is like after the battery level has decreased by at least 30-50%. Or, start measuring once the level hits 80% or below. As for using the phone with the display on...
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    First Lumia 1020 RAW samples

    Based on earlier comments in this thread and a quick search, it doesn't look like there's any good free software to work with RAW files. But, I found a program called nama5 that is only 25 euros (quite a bit cheaper than PS/Lightroom!) and has a free demo version. I confirmed that it works...
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    1020 Battery Drain

    sdc1 - I really don't think that's possible. Even Nokia's official 1020 specs page claims "Maximum Video playback time: 6.8 h", which is 14.7%/hour. Video playback is highly optimized and hardware accelerated on all modern devices. Pretty much any other task is going to consume more power...
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    1020 Battery Drain

    The battery level is not always indicated reliably. For me, it will stay stuck at 100% for a while after charging it. Sometimes turning the phone off and back on solves this, sometimes not. It's better to measure starting at 85% or less. Also keep in mind that the battery discharge curve is...
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    1020 Battery Drain

    I've only made a significant effort to monitor and optimize battery consumption while the phone is idle. I don't have as good of an idea of the drain rate when actively using the phone with the display on. I do know it's MUCH higher than when the phone is sitting idle, which is what I'd...
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    DXO-Mark review of the Lumia 1020

    Common sense also dictates that specs aren't everything and actual results are what matter. I don't know about the other points but when it comes to video noise, the 1020's low score is well deserved in my opinion. I don't know why but video on the 1020 is incredibly noisy, worse than a...
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    1020 Battery Drain

    Skype is not a major battery drain in my experience. I've had it pinned and notifying me of IMs / calls since 1020 launch and I regularly get around 1%/hour idle consumption. Of course, I always use the back button to close it once I'm done checking on messages and stuff.
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    Has anyone noticed call quality issues with the Lumia 1020?

    Apart from being a bit on the quiet side, the sound quality for calls is perfectly fine on my 1020 using LTE on AT&T. I don't do much talking on the phone but I recently did a 45 minute call in an area where I get 1-3 bars and it worked flawlessly.
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    Shifting from 808 symbian to lumia 1020

    You're right. From WPCentral's review: And yet I've heard this argument before, that WP8 doesn't support dedicated silicon. I can't find any basis for it though. Is it just BS or is there some element of truth to it? How is it that the lowly HTC could manage to have a dedicated imaging...
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    Rotation lock is poorly implemented

    Somebody help! I can't stop laughing at this.
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    Shifting from 808 symbian to lumia 1020

    Nice theory. :) I think that limitation was a factor but not the only one. If that limitation did not exist or could be overcome, would they have used dedicated silicon? Doesn't seem certain to me, considering all of the other differences between 808 and 1020.