Monday, April 9, 2012

See the guts of the Nokia Lumia 900

Good news for Nokia and Microsoft. As usual with various gadgets that arouse the curiosity of the market, the smartphone Lumia 900 was dismantled by an enthusiast site soon after their landing on the shelves, which shows that he has achieved so far, looks to divert some consumers would choose between any Android or iPhone.

The dissection performed by Tech Republic on the new top line of the Finnish firm shows that the device has hardware simple, solid construction and does not hide any surprises under the hood.

The basic specifications of Lumia 900 were already known since its introduction in January, and dismantling revealed nothing as an NFC chip or something. So far rumors of Chinese suppliers indicated that the unit came with an NFC chip hidden in her womb, which would be activated in a future update.

Beneath her ​​slim built in the polycarbonate Lumia hides a 900 S2 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 1.4 GHz, 512 MB ​​of RAM provided by Japan's Elpida, 16 GB of storage, Qualcomm's 3G/4G modem, 8-megapixel rear camera and front of a megapixel.

No surprise, coming to disappoint Bill Detwiler, responsible for dismantle. "Lumia The 900 has no outstanding technical specification against the iPhone 4S and Samsung Nexus S2 Galaxy. but mediocre hardware also helps to contain the price," he says.

In the U.S., Lumia 900 can be purchased for $ 99 on a plan two years of loyalty, the same as an iPhone 4 (which is no longer a high-end).

Simple hardware aside, good to remember that at least when it comes to performance the 900 is not Lumia behind its rivals in almost - almost - all functions.