#Nokia lumia reviews windows
Like with the Lumia 920 before it, swiping around the Windows Phone UI is fast and responsive, and blacks on the AMOLED fade perfectly into the bezel, which makes the colorful Windows Phone interface really pop.
Nokia labels its 4.5-inch display as "PureMotion HD+," a fancy term for reducing latency on animations. Unlike the Lumia 920's IPS LCD display, Nokia has opted for an AMOLED panel on the 925, and the switch has clearly helped slim the device down a little. Although it doesn’t necessarily feel like a pure aluminum phone, thanks to the polycarbonate rear, the design and solid build make this every inch a flagship device on the outside. With the Lumia 925, it finally feels like Nokia has improved the Lumia design in a package that will appeal to a wider range of consumers.
I wouldn't call this design striking, but it's subtle enough to demonstrate the industrial design that Nokia is known for. The Lumia 925 comes entirely in black, or with a silver frame and a gray or white back. You can add color with optional wireless charging shells, and the metallic look is welcome, but I do miss the color choices available on other Lumias. The move to metal is a first for Nokia on its Lumia range, which typically uses colorful unibody polycarbonate shells for its flagship Windows Phones. The second minor issue is the lack of color here. It's like finding that first scratch on your brand new car - it's irritating, but you'll get over it. It spoils the clean lines and overall design of the device, but it's something that you won't notice initially. Nokia tells me this is normal, that it provides access for technicians as there are no visible screws on the device. On my review unit the top of the polycarbonate flexes a little, and if you look closely at the edges you can see a gap between it and the aluminum chassis.
It feels very thin and it also doesn't look or feel like it's fully in place. I have two minor gripes with this design, and one originates from the polycarbonate rear. The Lumia 925 has a beautiful, but not flawless, design Nokia has also improved the lighting of its capacitive Windows Phone buttons, meaning they’re a lot more white when illuminated - they had a slightly yellow tint on the Lumia 920. The screen feels like it's bleeding into the edges of the curved aluminum and the buttons at the side of the device don't wobble or interfere with that. With the exception of the display, the entire device is curved in every way possible. The aluminum frame feels soft and smooth to touch, and it complements the glass and polycarbonate well. Nokia has coupled the aluminum design with a 4.5-inch AMOLED display, PureView camera, and the usual assortment of buttons and jacks. I've always disliked large screens on my smartphones, but a thin frame, like Samsung's Galaxy S4, makes them a lot more usable to me. In pure numbers that sounds like very little, but in reality it makes the Lumia 925 a lot more usable in one hand and for day-to-day use. The result is a sleek package that's just 8.5mm thick instead of the 10.7mm wedge of the 920. The Lumia 925 swaps this thick plastic for an aluminum frame with a thin polycarbonate back. Gone is the bulky polycarbonate shell of the 920. If the Nokia Lumia 920 was a tank, the 925 could be likened to a stealth bomber.
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