I've got the AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020. You've got questions. Get your answers here!

[Daniel Rubino]

Hi Daniel,
There has been some criticism around low light pics for the 1020, in your opinion is it valid? Especially compared to the 920/5/8

Cheers

Lloyd

Gut reaction: 1020 lowlight imaging is as good and maybe better than 92x. Will need to do more tests though. Plus, the Xenon flash is the best I've used.

 

[techiedude007]

1. The best smartphone for mobile photography is the Lumia 1020. A Windows Phone. Deal with it already.

Nominated for "Answer of the Year" L'edOL at that one HAHAHA

 

[MrPhilicorda]

Hi Daniel, I have a question about the screen. I used to have a Lumia 800 with the AMOLED 'ClearBlack' technology and I didn't like it at all, it was too much black. It was as if all shades beneath a certain treshold just became black and you would lose detail. I think the 920 screen is better and it feels much more natural. How is the 1020 in this respect?

 

[Daniel Rubino]

I had a similar question on "resume to photo". How long does it take from hitting the camera button to wakeup the phone, holding it down, and being ready for your first shot?

There was a review (I think on the verge) where they said it was 5 seconds, twice that of the iPhone. How does the 1020 resume-to-photo time compare to say the 920?

If you use Pro Camera, it's about 5 seconds, so a delay. If you use the default cam app, it's the same as always.

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Hi Daniel, I have a question about the screen. I used to have a Lumia 800 with the AMOLED 'ClearBlack' technology and I didn't like it at all, it was too much black. It was as if all shades beneath a certain treshold just became black and you would lose detail. I think the 920 screen is better and it feels much more natural. How is the 1020 in this respect?

I like the display a lot and with the tools under Display + Setting for manipulating contrast/saturation, it's not an issue to make things more "natural" looking

 

[jMawl]

Will see what I can do for the review.

Oh, and could you take them of a baby just to make sure they look right

 

[Bartdog]

4-5 seconds (holding down shutter, it kicking in, launching Pro Camera, etc.)
Yeah, Pro camera takes a second to load. Can't say it's a bad thing though or something that is causing me problems.

Wait... is that from locked or unlocked?

 

[sgrobeson86]

How is the battery life so far?

 

[erike3198]

If you just shoot 5mp in auto does the pic quality differ from pro cam to stock camera?

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Wait... is that from locked or unlocked?

Locked.

 

[Daniel Rubino]

How is the battery life so far?

No complaints, seems on par with past devices though I think it may do better with AMOLED than LCD (Lumia 920).

 

[Daniel Rubino]

If you just shoot 5mp in auto does the pic quality differ from pro cam to stock camera?

I believe it's still oversampled, yes.

 

[Daniel Rubino]

For those who want to know how to back up your high resolution photos, wirelessly, here you go:

How to backup your high resolution AT&T Nokia Lumia 1020 photos and get 50GB of free cloud storage | Windows Phone Central

 

[sgrobeson86]

I have an iPhone 5 currently and with heavy use I only get maybe 5 hours if I'm lucky. Can I expect to get more than that?

 

[GK Wong]

Does the amoled screen have any color banding issue? Especially when displaying gradient tones. Battery life better compare with 920?

 

[blessthejon]

Hello Daniel. Do you know when I might receive my Lumia 1020 if I pre-ordered from microsoftstore.com? Thank you.

-Jon

 

[sticitodaman]

Can I have it?

 

[Daniel Rubino]

I have an iPhone 5 currently and with heavy use I only get maybe 5 hours if I'm lucky. Can I expect to get more than that?

Probably? Hard to say, I'm not you, lol

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Hello Daniel. Do you know when I might receive my Lumia 1020 if I pre-ordered from microsoftstore.com? Thank you.

-Jon

Sorry, no info

 

[Daniel Rubino]

Does the amoled screen have any color banding issue? Especially when displaying gradient tones. Battery life better compare with 920?

If you load a full gradient, sure you can notice it a little bit, but it's less than what it used to be on WP7 devices like the Focus, etc.