Moto X, Lumia 1020, Xperia Z Ultra – Pocketnow U-Review 003

(Updated with final viewer scores. See below.) For a while now, the mobile-tech review landscape has looked much the same. Reviewers like us craft lengthy written pieces packed with charts, photos, and videos, and readers like you … read them. Sure, you have the opportunity to respond in the comments, and most good editors will answer questions there, but there’s precious little real-time interaction between reader and reviewer. There’s not much chance to ask questions, seek ...

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Nokia Lumia 1020 review: the Warthog of the smartphone world

The A-10 Thunderbolt II is a ground-attack aircraft operated by the U.S. military. It’s big, it’s slow, and it’s built around a single dominant feature: the 30mm cannon slung under its cockpit. The A-10 is also so ugly that it’s one of the few planes in the world known better for its nickname than its official designation: pilots long ago rechristened the ugly bird the “Warthog,” and the name stuck. It’s anyone’s guess what nickname the mass market will give to Nokia’s latest Windows Phone flagship, but we can probably expect something ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 054: you’ve got questions, we’ve got Lumia 1020s

To kick off this week’s podcast, a few apologies are in order. First, we’re sorry we were forced to push the Weekly further and further back until we were backed up against the cold, wet reality of a Friday afternoon – the Lumia 1020, new Nexus 7, HTC 8XT, and about forty other devices landed on our office doorsteps this week, and we’re ...

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Nokia Lumia 1020 vs HTC One (Video)

We’ve put the new PureView Goliath (aka Nokia Lumia 1020) up against its predecessor and we’ve thrown it into the snake pit with the reigning king of flagship Android sales, the Galaxy S 4. But Samsung isn’t the only contender in the high-end Android space, and our 1020 was beckoning us to throw it into the ring with a stouter foe, one with a build that could take a ...

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Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Nokia Lumia 920 (Video)

It is here, and it is awesome. That’s a little spoiler about our forthcoming Nokia Lumia 1020 review, which we haven’t had quite enough time to write just yet. But that doesn’t mean you should be deprived of Nokia Lumia 1020 hotness on this bright and beautiful pre-launch Wednesday, now does it? That’s the spirit! What follows is an in-depth comparison video documenting the similarities and differences between Nokia’s 2012 and 2013 flagship Windows Phones. We’ll talk housing humps, design disparities, and just how big the gulf really is between 8.7 and ...

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Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Galaxy S 4 (Video)

Comparisons have been a little rough lately. Nearly every time a cross-platform comparison has come up, we’ve been forced to pit the newest and hottest Android device up against the impressive but rapidly-aging Lumia 920. And while the 920 is a beast and a tank, and by now accustomed to such treatment … it’s also an ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 053: HTCs are getting smaller, and Lumias are getting laaaaaarger

Never let it be said that Multimedia Manager Jaime Rivera isn’t a trouper. In the hot Honduras heat, with no power and no A/C (and, incidentally, no shirt), he still manages to show up on-time to the Pocketnow Weekly podcast. That right there is some broadcast heroism, folks. No matter what Taylor Martin’s new-office excuses are. But that’s not what we’re here to talk about. No, we’re about a week overdue for an audio-only examination of Nokia’s newest flagship, the Lumia 1020: we’ll cover it’s high, low, and so-so points, and debate just how ...

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The Nokia Lumia 1020 is my next phone

So, remember last year when the Lumia 920 was announced, and I declared I’d buy it to use as my personal smartphone? That was pretty cool, and so was the experience of actually following through with it. The 920 has served as trusty sidekick ever since, earning high marks in

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Lumia 1020, Lumia 920, Lumia 900: whatever the number, carrier exclusivity still sucks

I want to make this clear right up front: as a consumer, I really like AT&T. The nation’s second-largest carrier has, for my entire time as a customer, provided me with outstanding LTE speeds, excellent coverage in the places I live and work, and a device selection that blows my previous carrier out of the water. Its rate plans aren’t cheap, but they’re at least fair – and I’m even reasonably certain the provider has my back in case of a national emergency. I ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 052: ’twas the day before the Lumia

It’s not every day you schedule a podcast the day before one of the biggest Windows Phone announcements in the platform’s history – but given our plans to host a special-edition Pocketnow Live event covering Nokia’s NYC event tomorrow, we thought it best to get the Weekly out of the way ahead of time. That doesn’t mean we don’t talk Nokia – indeed, we’ve got Chief News Editor Stephen Schenck on the air with us this week to discuss what it’s been like to follow the story of the EOS/1020/909, probably one of the most widely-leaked devices ...

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After eight months, the Lumia 920 camera is still my favorite vacation companion

As you’ve probably heard, we’ve got some Nokia news to look forward to this week. If the rumors and leaks are to be believed, the company is gearing up to drop quite a smartphone on the world come Thursday – and whether it’s called the EOS, 909, 1020, or something else, it’s a safe bet its name won’t be the big story. Taking center stage will most likely be its super-sized camera module, which at an assumed 41MP seems guaranteed to blow the pants off every other device ...

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Pocketnow Weekly 051: Baby, you’re a firework

It’s weird when holidays fall in the middle of the week, because either you’re kicking off a long weekend with the special celebration, or you’re returning to work the next day with a fuzzy brain, a sunburn, and sand in your hair. We’re in the latter situation this week at Pocketnow, the American portion of the team coming down from a day of BBQ and a night of fireworks … but in our case, it’s a good thing. Because today’s the day for our weekly mobile tech podcast, and we love us some mobile-tech podcasting. We hope you do, too, because ...

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra, SmartWatch 2, new GS4 & more – Pocketnow Daily

Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the recent leaks of a Samsung Galaxy S 4 that’s LTE-Advanced capable and also includes a new Snapdragon 800 processor. Microsoft follows the news as Xbox games are now tipped to reach iOS and Android very soon. Nokia also made the rumor headlines due to the possible name of their future PureView EOS Lumia smartphone. Sony follows as they now announced their new SmartWatch 2, and it proves to be a very compelling product. We end today’s show talking about the new Sony Xperia Z Ultra phablet, and our first impressions of the ...

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