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The Lumia 900 carries the hopes and dreams of two companies on its shoulders: Nokia, which is looking to re-establish itself in the U.S., and Microsoft, whose slick Windows Phone software has yet to catch fire with consumers. No pressure, right? The $99 Lumia 900 for AT&T looks like it has what it takes to light the way, offering 4G LTE speeds, a premium design and an 8MP Carl Zeiss camera. Nokia also throws in its own apps and content unique to its flagship. Is all of that enough to finally put Windows Phone on the map?
With its Carl Zeiss optics, the 8-megapixel camera inside the Lumia 900 promises sharp photos. Outdoors, this smartphone delivered crisp and colorful photos, especially of a motorcycle and the intricate stone carving on the roof of a building. You can also tweak all sorts of settings, from white balance and exposure to choosing one of multiple scenes.
Unfortunately, while you can unlock the camera quickly by long pressing the shutter button, we noticed lag when taking photos. A half-second delay prevented us from capturing the exact group shot we wanted of fidgety kids. The Lumia 900 with battery like canon NB-1L battery , canon NB-2L battery , canon BP-511 battery , canon NB-5L battery , canon NB-4L battery , canon NB-5H battery , panasonic VW-VBD1E Battery , panasonic VW-VBD1 Battery , Panasonic CGA-S002 Battery , HITACHI DZ-HS300E Battery , Olympus FE-230 Battery , canon MV930 Battery also had trouble with dim lighting compared with the iPhone 4S; images looked considerably darker and grainier with a blue cast. The dual-LED flash helped but often resulted in subjects with red-eye.
The 720p camcorder captured smooth and detailed footage of New York City traffic. Yellow taxis and the clear blue sky looked bright and colorful on the AMOLED display. When I shot a clip of my daughter swinging on the playground, her pink puffy jacket popped, and the Lumia 900's microphone easily captured her giggles from a few feet away.
For now, the 1-megapixel front camera on the Lumia 900 works only with the Tango app, but Nokia and AT&T told us that Skype should be available soon. Too bad Tango doesn't work over 4G LTE; it's Wi-Fi only. When we made a call over our Wi-Fi network to a desktop, the other caller said our face looked pixilated. Audio also stuttered at times. FaceTime this is not.
As expected from a Nokia phone, the Lumia 900 offered very good call quality in our tests. The earpiece provided a large sweet spot, and calls made to landlines and wireless numbers both came through loud and clear. We also found the speakerphone to be plenty loud to hear in a vehicle with kids gabbing in the back seat.
The Lumia 900 features a 1830 mAh battery, which is considerably larger than competing Windows phones. The Samsung Focus Flash, for instance, packs a 1650 mAh battery, while the Lumia 710 only has room for a 1300 mAh pack.
Overall, the Lumia 900 provided very good endurance, but it varied based on where we connected. In an area with HSPA+ coverage (but not LTE) the phone still had 10 percent juice left after 15 hours of light to moderate use. In New York City, where LTE is prevalent, we saw closer to 7 hours of battery life with moderate to heavy use, so you should be able to get through most of a workday.
When we hit the Lumia 900 really hard with the LAPTOP Battery Test (continuous Web surfing over LTE on 40 percent brightness), the handset lasted 4 hours and 37 minutes. That's a lot less than the Motorola Droid RAZR Maxx (8:25), but in the same ballpark as other 4G LTE phones on AT&T's network like the HTC Vivid (4:21) and Pantech Burst (4:10).
If you want to squeeze out every extra minute, you'll want to engage the Battery Saver mode under Settings, which will disable push email and running apps in the background.
If the Nokia Lumia 900 was $199 we'd still say it was a worthy flagship device for Windows Phone, so at $99, it's a fantastic value. The design looks and feels great (especially in blue), the interface is as compelling as ever, and the addition of 4G LTE helps speed up everything from surfing to streaming video. And while we wish the display were sharper, the bright and colorful AMOLED screen makes everything from Live Tiles to photos and apps come alive. Microsoft still has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to app selection--and we wish this phone's camera worked better in low light. But for us the more personalized user experience offered by the Lumia 900 helps elevate this device over many Android phones at the same price. This smartphone is a winner.