Nokia Lumia 820 Windows Mobile smartphone

Nokia's Lumia 820 was firmly stuck in the Lumia 920's shadow -- in fact it barely figured in Nokia's big presentation. But one thing it holds over its bigger, publicity-hungry brother is the ability to switch covers, so while the 820 won't get its wireless charging built-in, a specific case can add the same functionality. Well, Nokia's now revealed the phone's own range of dedicated ruggedized cases. These covers, arriving in green, yellow and orange, will measure in at the same length and width as the others, but will protrude marginally more, offering some protection to that 4.3-inch screen when it comes into contact with surfaces. A "rubber-like" trim will afford some extra protection to those glossy corners too. Expect the toughened cases to appear alongside the Lumia 820 at launch -- whenever that is.

Marking the relative lower end of the two devices announced by Nokia today is the Lumia 820. The phone packs in the same chassis specs as the Lumia 920 but has a few key differentiators. Clad in a beautiful red and black chassis with a bright 4.3? AMOLED display, the Nokia Lumia 820 runs the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. The front of the phone is essentially dominated by a 4.3? Clear Black Display Super AMOLED screen. Jargon apart, its the same display as being used on the Lumia 900 and is definitely stunning. The resolution might seem lacking by today’s standards but WVGA on a 4.3? panel is perfectly serviceable. The back of the phone is clad in a plastic shell with a camera module placed in an alternate color to make it stand out. The camera unit has been tweaked with some of the innovations from Nokia’s PureView line of devices but isn’t labelled as one. The buttons are all placed on the right side of the device.

Like the 920, the phone support the Qi wireless charging standard which means you can just place it on a charging mat and never really have to connect a cable to it at all. Something really cool about the Lumia 820 is that it has interchangeable back covers. This should let you sport a bright red or yellow and switch to a more sober black when going in for a meeting. The phone also supports microSD cards so it should be a cinch to expand the integrated 8GB of storage. The hardware is solid and we’re hoping that the software can match expectations.

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