Nokia Lumia 1020 - £254 at Tesco UK (use parcel motel)

ablelocks

it's reduced to £254 on tesco at the moment (black and yellow - SIM free) - absolute bargain. Use parcel motel for delivery (i'm assuming this is still an option from the tesco website...)

Ardennes1944

41 Megapixel, are they for real?! :rolleyes:

Alanstrainor

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

41 Megapixel, are they for real?! :rolleyes:

http://www.nokia.com/global/products/phone/lumia1020/

They are. Crazy sensor technology, and probably one of the best camera phones out there. Not really 41 megapixels in the typical sense, but not wrong either...

soirish

Sold for €430 in Ireland. Good catch OP!

beauf

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

41 Megapixel, are they for real?! :rolleyes:

What do you mean? The specs are here. The Zenon Flash and OIS you won't find on many other phones either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_Lumia_1020

Fresh Pots

soirish wrote: »

Sold for €430 in Ireland. Good catch OP!

€360 from Amazon so it's a saving of about 20 euro.

nexsus

316 on simplyelectronics.net

FatB

You can use 8 or even 38 of the 41 megapixels, it's pretty spectacular - Think of it more for lossless zooming than for actually using the 41 megapixels all the time, if you zoom into 10x, you are still getting a perfect picture once there is no shaking etc.

Great price, been looking to get this or the 930 with a while now... Might hold out to see if the 930 drops to similar pricing before November (got too much on until then to justify any major outlays >.> )

g0g

Out of curiosity, for anyone who has one what size is the image file typically if you take a full resolution shot?

Kenny Logins

nexsus wrote: »

316 on simplyelectronics.net

Plus VAT and duty?

nexsus

check website

Kenny Logins

nexsus wrote: »

check website

Yep. I did.

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fifib

just to warn ye guys if ordering from tesco UK and delivering via Parcel Motel if you have to return for any reason the tesco courier will only pick up from delivery point which is Parcel motel depot up north. I had to return lumia phone few months back and turned into a nightmare. was over a month going back and forth between parcel motel and tesco to arrange a pick up. spent weeks not knowing where the phone was. got it returned eventually but was total nightmare

fatboypee

I've got one of these as a work phone. Specifically got it for the camera which, for a phone is pretty damned good . I use the Nokia Camera App which allows white balance, ISO and shutter speed configuration as well as simpler modes.

My view on this phone is, its a camera attached to a phone and not the other way around as its my first (and last) foray into Windows phone and simply put, if you can put up with no apps that function the way they're expected (sat nav: Here maps for a good example, Skype not allowing you to use your existing Skype account without linking it to an MSN / Hotmail account, Office that is clunky and keeps dropping out...) then its a great phone, oh, and did i mention the utterly utterly crap signal unless you upgrade the firmware to 8.1+ ??

So, yeah, great camera, great phone quality, shame about the operating system...

FBP.

stevejazzx

fatboypee wrote: »

I've got one of these as a work phone. Specifically got it for the camera which, for a phone is pretty damned good . I use the Nokia Camera App which allows white balance, ISO and shutter speed configuration as well as simpler modes.

My view on this phone is, its a camera attached to a phone and not the other way around as its my first (and last) foray into Windows phone and simply put, if you can put up with no apps that function the way they're expected (sat nav: Here maps for a good example, Skype not allowing you to use your existing Skype account without linking it to an MSN / Hotmail account, Office that is clunky and keeps dropping out...) then its a great phone, oh, and did i mention the utterly utterly crap signal unless you upgrade the firmware to 8.1+ ??

So, yeah, great camera, great phone quality, shame about the operating system...

FBP.

Why? Since 8.1 I can say The OS is the best I have used for a phone - have used ios7 and most android but the windows phone is easily my favorite.
http://www.engadget.com/products/microsoft/windows/phone/8-1/

jimmynokia

nexsus wrote: »

316 on simplyelectronics.net

Ever bought from them? No thanks..

Davy

g0g wrote: »

Out of curiosity, for anyone who has one what size is the image file typically if you take a full resolution shot?

Roughly:

1mb to 3mb low

7mb to 12mb High

Rsaeire

Davy wrote: »

Roughly:

1mb to 3mb low

7mb to 12mb High

If you save in DNG format, the resulting file is 47.4 MB.

podgeandrodge

nexsus wrote: »

316 on simplyelectronics.net

Listen to this at your peril.

g0g

Not wanting to go way off topic, but TBF I bought one thing once from Simply Electronics and had no problems at all with delivery, customs or anything else. It was around € 150 I think and the experience was very positive. Just think it's worth highlighting that not everyone has a bad experience with them!

Alanstrainor

Lovely phone, I'll get one when the price drops again. Windows phones are amazing, and the pricing falls through the floor quite quickly in most cases! Although I have been Android for the last year, so I might struggle going back and not having apps like Hailo.

Ardennes1944

I have read up on the sensor in this seems quite cool to be fair! Although I thought the same about my One M7 and its Ultra Pixel technology. Camera on this went rubbish though.

A good camera for me is really important when I dont have the SLR with me, but I dont know could I do without the apps of Android as Alan said

Celly Smunt

I have the 1020,ill upload a standard photo later as an example.

Kavs

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I have read up on the sensor in this seems quite cool to be fair! Although I thought the same about my One M7 and its Ultra Pixel technology. Camera on this went rubbish though.

A good camera for me is really important when I dont have the SLR with me, but I dont know could I do without the apps of Android as Alan said

Have no doubt this device takes fantastic pictures, I personally have the Pureview 808 model, the predecessor to the 1020 and the photos it takes are mind blowing for a phone. I use it for both work and leisure and the image quality is un-believable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7wct1hTRo

Also throw in the best mobile sat-nav (offline maps I might add) and this phone will make all your other electronic devices obsolete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbdLRvTChE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6t-uqXYvUY

Finally wireless charging, really works well with a compatible car cradle:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-CR-201-Wireless-Charging-In-Car-Black/dp/B00GP20Q42/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1408451011&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=nokia+wireless+charging+car+cradle


It still amazes me that people don't wise up to the fact that nokia have been producing the most innovative and ground breaking mobile phone technology for the last 10 years. That price is excellent I am very tempted myself.

gizmo555

ablelocks wrote: »

it's reduced to £254 on tesco at the moment (black and yellow - SIM free) - absolute bargain. Use parcel motel for delivery (i'm assuming this is still an option from the tesco website...)

I see they have the camera grip case in black too, at £43.95, which is a good price.

balfe1990

Kavs wrote: »

Have no doubt this device takes fantastic pictures, I personally have the Pureview 808 model, the predecessor to the 1020 and the photos it takes are mind blowing for a phone. I use it for both work and leisure and the image quality is un-believable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g7wct1hTRo

Also throw in the best mobile sat-nav (offline maps I might add) and this phone will make all your other electronic devices obsolete.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbdLRvTChE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6t-uqXYvUY

Finally wireless charging, really works well with a compatible car cradle:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nokia-CR-201-Wireless-Charging-In-Car-Black/dp/B00GP20Q42/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1408451011&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=nokia+wireless+charging+car+cradle


It still amazes me that people don't wise up to the fact that nokia have been producing the most innovative and ground breaking mobile phone technology for the last 10 years. That price is excellent I am very tempted myself.

I have the Nokia Lumia 930, and while its a "measly" 20MP instead of a monstrous 41MP, pictures I take still amaze people. Nokia are imaging champs. Its a beautiful marriage of software and hardware.

The 930 is only 430€ off contract from most of the major carriers here. A fine price indeed for a new flagship phone.

WarKitteh

Fantastic deal - thank you OP!