FWIW, I installed a CCTV security system for friend a couple years ago that came with Sony-sensored cameras. I had a problem with one of the cameras, but the company was out of the same Sony sensor cameras. Instead, they sent me the same level (price-point) camera, but with a Sharp sensor. The Sharp based camera has a much better image. I mean much, much, better. Way better color and sharpness. Really night and day.
Hm..ya, Sharp are one of those "out of the spotlight" Japanese companies that always had good products, they even tried mobile phones as far as I remember, and they stood out with higher res screen.. "back in the day"
In fact.. who makes the screen for the 920 ? I know its not Nokia, and its not Samsung.. its either LG, Sony.. or possibly Sharp.
Anyway.. the sensor in the 920 is custom made for sure, since it has a true 16:9 aspect ratio.. Nokia seems the only company that makes the effort to do that, but it makes a big difference. If you compare any of the Nokia cameraphones to an iPhone for example, the iphone's perspective is way narrower than the Nokia's.
independentvolume said:
The Nokia elitism was at an all time high. Now people are realizing that it's just another high end smartphone with exaggerated features.
We should note something important here. Nokia's imaging is respected because of many, many years of development and innovation, it started with the 7650, then the N73,n93, n82, n86 ... all of which were ahead of the competition. They got some competition from SonyEricsson with their cybershot line (k850, Satio, etc) and from Samsung's Omnia HD and the mighty Pixon12, but overall.. they were always leading the way. The pixon12 wasn't even a smartphone..
Then in 2010 they destroyed everything with the Nokia N8(which is still better than anything besides the 808), and two years later they gave us the pinnacle of mobile photography.. the 808 PureView, which won not one.. but several photography awards, it's capabilities are well know and respected in the industry..actually.. several industries.
So.. the important part here is that all that innovation was done when they had their own platform (Symbian) and they had full control of the OS, so they could modify whatever they want to fit their developments, now.. things are very different.
Their Lumia line was worse than camera phones they were producing years ago, even the N86 would produce better results than the 800/710/900/810 in most situations, not to mention the N8/808.
So something is off.. I don't know what is, but they have the technology ready, and they know exactly what they are doing.. but for some reason, they are not delivering on Windows. I guess the 920 is the first real attempt to bring their innovation.. and it does work, they are still bringing something no one else has ever done in a mobile phone.. but you know, there are always people that would complain about almost anything.