#MORELUMIA. That was the promise from Nokia ahead of their IFA press conference, and that’s exactly what they delivered. The Microsoft-owned company unveiled two new Windows Phones, the Lumia 830 and Lumia 730. The Lumia 830 is the company’s thinnest and lightest Lumia ever, with a 10-megapixel PureView camera and mid-range specifications. The Lumia 730 is a self-described “selfie phone”, with a wide-angle front-facing camera, a special Lumia Selfie app and more pedestrian internals.
Nokia Lumia 830
The Lumia 830 is a mid-range phone with features that have previously only appeared on flagship Lumia models. The leading feature is the inclusion of a PureView camera – albeit with a reduced 10-megapixel sensor – with optical image stabilisation and ZEISS optics. That should set a new photographic standard for what is otherwise a mid-range phone.
The Lumia 830 may be thin, but it does have a reasonably large 720p screen at 5 inches. The 830’s diminutive dimensions are stuffed with a reasonable amount of horsepower. There’s a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB storage and a microSD slot. On the outside, the Lumia 830 is clad in the same aluminium frame and polycarbonate rear cover that Nokia have found favour with in the past, in bright colours: orange, green, white and black.
In terms of software, you can expect Windows Phone with the Lumia Denim update that was announced today. That update includes Cortana in the UK, folders, SMS merging and forwarding, customisable snooze times, VPN support and improvements to IE.
The Lumia 830 comes with support for wireless charging, and is compatible with a new DT-903 wireless charging plate that’ll also show you notifications. We’ll have the full range of Nokia Lumia 830 accessories available soon.
The Lumia 830 should debut for around €330 (before taxes and subsidies) from September.
Nokia Lumia 730 + 735
The second model announced by Nokia is their self-described “selfie phone”, available as the Nokia Lumia 730 (dual-SIM) or Lumia 735 (LTE) models. The models are identical apart from this difference in network connectivity, so we’ll refer to both here.
The Lumia 730’s selfie capabilities come care of a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, with a 24mm focal length. That translates into a wider angle view, letting you take group selfies or capture your surroundings more easily. The phone comes with a special Lumia Selfie app for maximising your ‘selfibilities’. Nokia also highlight the camera’s suitability for video calling on Skype (which, of course, is also owned by Microsoft).
The Lumia 730 comes with similar internals to the 830: the same quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and 1GB of RAM, but only 8GB of internal storage instead of 16GB on the 830. The rear camera is also weaker on the 730, as it comes without that PureView branding and with a weaker 6.7-megapixel sensor. The phone also has the same resolution screen – 720p – at a slightly smaller 4.7-inch span.
The Lumia 730 and 735 will begin shipping in September; the LTE (735) version will cost €220 before taxes and subsidies, while the dual-sim model (730) will cost €200 before taxes and subsidies. As usual, we’ll have a full range of Lumia 730 accessories and Lumia 735 accessories available as the phones are released.
Signing off
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