Is it wise enough to buy nokia lumia 720 right now?

[Gaurav Paul]

Where ever you decide to buy, try to avail this offer. You will get 20 GB of free space in SkyDrive for one year; regardless of where you buy it from. As long as its new. I'll PM you if I come along a good trustworthy deal online.

 

[EpicIncognitO]

Gauravs point about the battery is correct and also I already said its the best hand fitting and good looking phone , second to 925. Get it from flipkart.

 

[fdalbor]

I think you must have just gotten a bad 820. I have had one for the past seven months and have had none of the problems you stated. I get over two days of battery life and since Black/GDR3 was installed my pictures are better than ever. Mine has the wireless recharging rear cover and with its 64GB SD card puts the 920/925 to shame as far as storage. Not that anything is wrong with the 720/920/925 but the 820 is one of the most versatile phones on the market. It was never promoted by Nokia/Microsoft and got lost in the 920 promotion. Too bad, I plan on keeping mine for quite awhile. Lets not forget it has a removeable battery,, and LTE also. I don't think the 720 has LTE.

 

[prasath1234]

No battery life is worse only particilarly if u use internet.nd also 3G not locking.am in India so no benefit of LTE.

 

[Gaurav Paul]

Sadly LTE in India is only limited to Metros. At that the network isn't consistent. So mostly it switches between LTE and HSPA+. So users aren't really able to take full advantage of the LTE bandwidth.

 

[prasath1234]

Hey gaurav lumia 820 is not LTE enabled.it has only 3G.AM in chennai but still no LTE nd by the way how u get LTE in india.

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[rcazador]

Hey gaurav lumia 820 is not LTE enabled.it has only 3G.AM in chennai but still no LTE nd by the way how u get LTE in india.

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820 has LTE capable hardware. India doesn't have LTE.

And to the OP, don't get the 720 now, if you have a choice wait a few months.

 

[rcazador]

Since you've mentioned your requirements, the 720 does fit the bill. As for the 820, its a very good device. But with a 1650 mAh battery, it doesn't have a great battery back up as the 720. On a recent 700 KM road trip, I had navigation turned on the whole time with battery to spare at the end of the trip. Also the 820 not as sleek as the 720. But its quite a cute phone itself. But please note that the although the 820 has 8.7 MP camera, its not a Pure-view Camera. So not as good as the 920. The prices will be higher than the 720.

NOT 8.7. And it has 1gb ram while the 720 has just 512mb

 

[Zulfigar]

NOT 8.7. And it has 1gb ram while the 720 has just 512mb

Just adding that the 820 has an 8mp camera, still good, but isn't a Carl Zeiss camera (I do believe it is still a PurView one though, not 100% sure).

 

[SlingLaker9811]

Just adding that the 820 has an 8mp camera, still good, but isn't a Carl Zeiss camera (I do believe it is still a PurView one though, not 100% sure).

Pureview but not Carl Zeiss? How is that possible? If it's having Pureview,the it must definitely be a Carl Zeiss lens.....

 

[Gaurav Paul]

Just adding that the 820 has an 8mp camera, still good, but isn't a Carl Zeiss camera (I do believe it is still a PurView one though, not 100% sure).

Only 920,925,1020,1520 have Pure-view cameras.

 

[Gaurav Paul]

Pureview but not Carl Zeiss? How is that possible? If it's having Pureview,the it must definitely be a Carl Zeiss lens.....

Not necessarily. The 720 has a Carl Zeiss camera. But its not a Pure-View camera.

 

[Gaurav Paul]

Hey gaurav lumia 820 is not LTE enabled.it has only 3G.AM in chennai but still no LTE nd by the way how u get LTE in india.

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Its available currently in Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. I'm not sure about Chennai. I use a Airtel LTE Dongle provided by my company. I've been using it for more than a year now. So I'm quite confident about the network inconsistencies.

 

[prasath1234]

Don't compare with 820 with 720 camera. 720 camera is 1000000 times better than 820 .820 camera in low light is very worst camp are to 720.when u take pics it is most grainy when u zoom. Also it gets green nd yellow tint.

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[SlingLaker9811]

Not necessarily. The 720 has a Carl Zeiss camera. But its not a Pure-View camera.

You misunderstood me... If a phone has Pureview,then it is obviously a Carl Zeiss lens,right? For example, 920 hs Pureview,so it is obvious that it has a Carl Zeiss lens.Whereas a phone without Pureview, like 820,720,520, etc
may or may not have a Carl Zeiss lens,for example,820 and 720 have Carl Zeiss lenses,520 does not.

 

[SlingLaker9811]

Don't compare with 820 with 720 camera. 720 camera is 1000000 times better than 820 .820 camera in low light is very worst camp are to 720.when u take pics it is most grainy when u zoom. Also it gets green nd yellow tint.

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But yours is an exception, right? Most 820's I have seen produce better images than 720,both theoretically and practically.....

 

[prasath1234]

Hmm plz 720 owners give ur opinion.even in every review in sites they say 820 camera quality is bad compared to 720.plzz reply guys.

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[emperor_skull]

Well it depends, for me I suggest you go for the 920 at least the price tag is not that bad now , well the 720 is a nice phone runs with the same processor as the 520 and even the same resolution,but the ppi is a bit little to that of the 520 even the 820 has the same resolution , you can still check all the specifications and comparisons at the Nokia website

 

[maverick786us]

I purchased a 1320 for my dad. In each and every aspect it is better than 720, except for camera and its capacitive keys doesn't illuminate.

 

[Gaurav Paul]

You misunderstood me... If a phone has Pureview,then it is obviously a Carl Zeiss lens,right? For example, 920 hs Pureview,so it is obvious that it has a Carl Zeiss lens.Whereas a phone without Pureview, like 820,720,520, etc
may or may not have a Carl Zeiss lens,for example,820 and 720 have Carl Zeiss lenses,520 does not.

My bad.