Nokia Lumia Icon review

Nokia Lumia Icon for Verizon Wireless is the most capable smartphone to come out of the Finnish manufacturer to date. A successor to the Nokia Lumia 928, the carrier-exclusive Windows Phone handset ticks all the boxes of a proper flagship smartphone - from the chipset, through the camera and the display, all the way to the premium build and finish.

They include the beefy Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset, as well as the capable 20MP PureView camera with Carl Zeiss optics.

 Features

    Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
    Quad-band 3G with 21.1 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
    Tri-band LTE Cat4 support, 150Mbps downlink, 50Mbps uplink
    5" 16M-color 1080p ClearBlack AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, Nokia Glance
    20MP PureView sensor (15MP effective), 1/2.5" sensor size, Zeiss lens, Optical Image Stabilization, dual-LED flash
    1080p@30fps video recording; 2x lossless digital zoom
    1.2MP front-facing camera with 720p video recording
    Windows Phone 8 GDR3 OS with Nokia Black
    2.2GHz quad-core Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset, 2GB of RAM
    Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
    GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support
    Nokia HERE Drive+ with free lifetime worldwide voice-guided navigation
    32GB of built-in storage
    Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
    Wireless charging with optional accessories
    Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
    Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
    microUSB port
    Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP and file transfers
    SNS integration
    Xbox Live integration and Xbox management
    NFC support
    Digital compass
    Nokia MixRadio

Drawbacks

Mediocre battery life
Somewhat thick for a flagship
No microSD card slot
Over the top carrier branding somewhat spoils the design
Lack of support for Nokia Glance Screen