Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom : Camera Wars
A few days ago, for the first time the Nokia Lumia 1020 came into our attention, and you should know that we are talking about a 41 megapixel back facing camera. The new device is more than prepared to compete with the new released Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom. Now, if you think about the evolution of technology, you’ll realize that not long ago having a camera sported on a phone was an amazing feature but nowadays the camera can be found not only on cellphones, but in the smartphones as well. Moreover, the smartphones are coming out sporting camera technology way advanced than many of the common pocket friendly point and shooters. We can see that Samsung and Nokia are owning mechanisms that pay the same attention to both the smartphone and its picture power. So, it’s pretty hard to make a difference in this situation.
Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
Camera Specs
If you didn’t know, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is running a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor having an f/3.1-f/6.3 24-240mm 10x zoom lens. At first hands-on, Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom seems to sport an very well-equilibrated shooter that takes pretty nice pictures with both its front 2 megapixel camera and its back camera as well.
On the other side, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is sporting a 41 megapixel PureView sensor as the company named it and it’s running with an f/2.2 ZEISS lens. Even though the Nokia smartphone is running an up to 6x digital zoom configuration, according to the reports the zoom will not loose from its quality. All this due to the capacity of the machine to gather from the start as much info as possible related to the image.
The Nokia device should be tested outside as well, but until we get that kind of photo experience we should tell you that we are pretty confident that the results will be as great as those taken with the Nokia 808 PureView which is the original Nokia 41 megapixel device.
Dimensions
The difference between phones and camera is made by the shape of these devices which is pretty unique. While the Samsung device has on its back a standard camera and lens having an aesthetic position, the Nokia device practically sports the back facing camera lens in decor which should give you a hint that you should not hope for a portrait-facing feature.
You’ll see the fact that the face of both devices is designed to be similar with the one of a smartphone. So, you’ll find the Samsung Galaxy S4 coming out with sizes of 125.5 x63.5 x15.4 mm and the Nokia Lumia 1020 which is slimmer but wider and larger at a size of 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm.
Storage Space
We know that you’ll need enough space for all your videos and pictures that you plan taking so you should know that the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was released having an 8GB internal space and a micro SD card slot which is able to raise the capacity up to 32GB of storage space. On the other side, Nokia Lumia 1020 will come out having 32GB of internal space right from the start, but this time you’ll have no added micro SD card slot. You can see this situation either as an extra or like a tradeoff.
The operating system
The operating system running on these two devices could be the main factor of decision when it comes to which one of them you should choose. Considering this, you should know that the Samsung Galaxy s4 Zoom was released sporting the last version of Android – the Jelly Bean 4.2.2 firmware, while the Nokia Lumia 1020 device is running the Windows Phone 8. Keep in mind that both devices were released by their designers with a large capacity of backing up, with a big investment in their operating systems and more important each of them is sporting an original system under its cover.
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