Nokia Lumia 720 WP8 Overview & First Looks

The Star of the Phone: The Camera

As I say it, the star of this phone is indeed the camera. It's clear that the camera plays a crucial role in the overall performance of the device. As you can see, it says yes, it was a Calcius lens, and it's a 6.1 megapixel camera. The best part? The f-stop is 1.9, making low-light photography a breeze with this one. I'll be testing that out extensively to see how it holds up.

But the camera isn't the only impressive feature of this phone. We also have a LED flash, Nokia branding, and an opening for the speakerphone. Moving on to the front, we find a 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera that can shoot video up to 720P HD. The rear-facing camera can also shoot video up to 720p and is ready for some quick physical overview.

Physical Overview

We have the 3.5 mm headphone jack and, of course, where you insert your micro SIM. Just insert a pin, and this tray comes out on this end. We have the volume rocker, power on/off button, and a dedicated camera button on the bottom. On this side, we find the micro USB slot that will be used for charging. And, as an added bonus, there's also a microphone hole, and if you press this side, it opens up to add a Micro SD card up to 64 GB. The internal storage is 8 GB, which should suffice for most users.

Unlocking the Phone

Let me just unlock the phone for you, and as you can see, we have the new tile interface that comes with Windows Phone 8. These are where our apps will be stored, and they're looking sleek and modern. Let's quickly go to the settings and take a look at what else this phone has to offer.

Settings

Unlike the Lumia 520, this one does have equalizer and also Dolby enhancement, so you get that complete suite. The processor and RAM are the same as the Lumia 52620 – it sports a 1 GHz dual-core processor and an Adreno 305 GPU. However, I do want to note that the RAM is just 512 MB, which might be a concern for some users who play games on their phones.

Battery Life

One of the things that I have to comment on is that the battery life on this phone might not be as long-lasting due to the low amount of RAM. Windows Phone requires at least 1 GB of RAM to run certain games, so we'll have to see how that affects performance.

Display

But overall, the build quality and looks are very good. The back is non-removable, and the battery is sealed inside, making it a large 2000 milliampere battery. And let me tell you, this display is great! See how the viewing angles? It's a 4.3-inch screen, and I'm impressed by its quality.

What Do You Say?

As we're connected to our Wi-Fi network, the browser opens up pre-installed, and it loads websites pretty quickly. Let's try out some pinch-to-zoom gestures – see how smooth that is? No issues at all! And let's play back a video embedded on this device. It's opening in a separate app and maximizing the volume review.

Bluetooth Speaker Review

But before I go any further, I want to give you a quick rundown of another product that caught my eye – the JBL Flip Bluetooth wireless speaker. This is the JBL Flip, and it's a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker system. It supports 3.5 mm audio output, and I've found that it plays music pretty well.

Support

Here are some features that make this speaker great:

* Portable design

* Wireless connectivity

* Long battery life (up to 20 hours)

* Waterproof and dustproof

* 40W of peak power output

Overall, the JBL Flip is an excellent addition to any music lover's collection. It may not have all the bells and whistles, but it gets the job done.

Camera Test: Lumia 720 vs Lumia 520

Now that I've taken a closer look at this phone, I'll be testing out its camera extensively in my next video review. But for now, let me just say that both the front and rear-facing cameras on this device take great photos. Let's take a quick glance at some of the images it took.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is Ranjit from tech2bus.com and I have this Nokia Lumia 720 with me and we are going to do the initial Hands-On overview of the same I know that I'm late I was scheduled to get this handset in June sometime early June but I just got it now so here is the overview and this phone runs on the windows Phone 8 OS we also have the Lumia 520 and the 620 that also Rana on the Windows 408 OS I have already done the review for those phones so you can check out the links for more info regarding that and let's have a closer look at this phone now and the first thing that strikes me is the build quality of this one it Sports a 4.3 inch screen the resolution is 480 by 800 but just notice the clear black display we also saw this in the Lumia 620 and I have to say again the build quality looks very good and we have in this in this yellow color it's not that glossy yellow it's matte finish so it actually looks very good and I would say the star of this phone is the camera as you can see it says yes it was a calcius lens and it's a 6.1 megapixel camera and the best part is that the f-stop is 1.9 so low light photography should be very good with this one I'll be testing that a lot more we also have a LED flash over here Nokia branding and the opening for the speaker phone and moving to the front it also has a front facing camera that's a 1.3 megapixel and it can also shoot video up to 720P HD the rear feeder testing camera also can shoot video up to 720p and let me give you a quick physical overview here we have the 3.5 mm headphone jack and here you will insert your micro SIM you just insert a pin and this tray comes out on this end we have the volume rocker power on off button a dedicated camera button on the bottom we have the micro USB slot that will be used for charging the microphone hole and on this end if this also opens and you can add a Micro SD card up to 64 GB the internal storage is 8 GB you can just let me unlock the phone and as you can see we have the new tile interface that we get with the Windows Phone 8 and these are the apps will be stored here let's just quickly go to the settings and let me also show you the audio uh unlike the Lumia 520 this one does have equalizer and also Dolby uh enhancement so you get the complete suit and as I said it Sports a 4.3 inch screen and at the bottom we have the back the Windows key and the search button if you hold this uh back key you get to the multitasking tray in terms of the processor and RAM it's the same as the Lumia 52620 that's it Sports a one gigahertz dual core processor and the GPU on this is adreno 305 and also the ram is just 512 MB the only thing that I have a little Corners that Ram is just 500 lmb so some of the games might not work because Windows Phone requires 1GB of ram to play some of the games so that's the only con I have with this phone but overall uh the build quality and looks is very good also the back is non removable and the battery is sealed inside it's a 2000 milliampere battery so the battery life is considerably large on this and again as I said the display is very good see the viewing angles and then if it's a great display and we are connected to our Wi-Fi network we have the what do you say I browser pre-installed let's just try to go to our website that's tech2bus.com this is the keyboard that we get and as you can see it loads the websites pretty quickly let's try the pinch to zoom gesture again it's very smooth as you can see no issues let's try to play back a video that's embedded I have a YouTube video that's embedded let's see how it handles that let's change the orientation and that was quick and then let's play back this video and it's opening it in a separate app and let's maximize the volume review for this Bluetooth wireless speaker from JBL known as the JBL Flip This is a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker system so this is the JBL Flip and this is support so again as you can see it could play that back and the speaker is actually uh pretty loud so no issues so that's for the web browsing let me get out also one more thing about this as I said the camera is the star for this so let's just open up the camera app code here that is the camera app here is the camera app and let's just quickly take some snaps and let me just hold this and as you can see it took the snap actually very quickly flash it set to Auto I'll switch it to off and let's see how it takes and let's preview those two photographs that we saw they should be here in photos camera roll and actually quite a bunch of photos that we have this is not the one that we took right now and this is the one that we took right now and I think that this one was with the Flash good amount of detail let's look at the one without the flash also this one was actually without the Flash and actually this one also came pretty Sharp so I'll test the camera of this Lumia 720 a lot more I'll be making a dedicated video regarding the same also I'll be doing a full in-depth review for this phone very soon so if you have any particular questions regarding this phone do post them in the YouTube comments I'll try to include them in my review thanks for watching this video this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video foreignhi there this is Ranjit from tech2bus.com and I have this Nokia Lumia 720 with me and we are going to do the initial Hands-On overview of the same I know that I'm late I was scheduled to get this handset in June sometime early June but I just got it now so here is the overview and this phone runs on the windows Phone 8 OS we also have the Lumia 520 and the 620 that also Rana on the Windows 408 OS I have already done the review for those phones so you can check out the links for more info regarding that and let's have a closer look at this phone now and the first thing that strikes me is the build quality of this one it Sports a 4.3 inch screen the resolution is 480 by 800 but just notice the clear black display we also saw this in the Lumia 620 and I have to say again the build quality looks very good and we have in this in this yellow color it's not that glossy yellow it's matte finish so it actually looks very good and I would say the star of this phone is the camera as you can see it says yes it was a calcius lens and it's a 6.1 megapixel camera and the best part is that the f-stop is 1.9 so low light photography should be very good with this one I'll be testing that a lot more we also have a LED flash over here Nokia branding and the opening for the speaker phone and moving to the front it also has a front facing camera that's a 1.3 megapixel and it can also shoot video up to 720P HD the rear feeder testing camera also can shoot video up to 720p and let me give you a quick physical overview here we have the 3.5 mm headphone jack and here you will insert your micro SIM you just insert a pin and this tray comes out on this end we have the volume rocker power on off button a dedicated camera button on the bottom we have the micro USB slot that will be used for charging the microphone hole and on this end if this also opens and you can add a Micro SD card up to 64 GB the internal storage is 8 GB you can just let me unlock the phone and as you can see we have the new tile interface that we get with the Windows Phone 8 and these are the apps will be stored here let's just quickly go to the settings and let me also show you the audio uh unlike the Lumia 520 this one does have equalizer and also Dolby uh enhancement so you get the complete suit and as I said it Sports a 4.3 inch screen and at the bottom we have the back the Windows key and the search button if you hold this uh back key you get to the multitasking tray in terms of the processor and RAM it's the same as the Lumia 52620 that's it Sports a one gigahertz dual core processor and the GPU on this is adreno 305 and also the ram is just 512 MB the only thing that I have a little Corners that Ram is just 500 lmb so some of the games might not work because Windows Phone requires 1GB of ram to play some of the games so that's the only con I have with this phone but overall uh the build quality and looks is very good also the back is non removable and the battery is sealed inside it's a 2000 milliampere battery so the battery life is considerably large on this and again as I said the display is very good see the viewing angles and then if it's a great display and we are connected to our Wi-Fi network we have the what do you say I browser pre-installed let's just try to go to our website that's tech2bus.com this is the keyboard that we get and as you can see it loads the websites pretty quickly let's try the pinch to zoom gesture again it's very smooth as you can see no issues let's try to play back a video that's embedded I have a YouTube video that's embedded let's see how it handles that let's change the orientation and that was quick and then let's play back this video and it's opening it in a separate app and let's maximize the volume review for this Bluetooth wireless speaker from JBL known as the JBL Flip This is a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker system so this is the JBL Flip and this is support so again as you can see it could play that back and the speaker is actually uh pretty loud so no issues so that's for the web browsing let me get out also one more thing about this as I said the camera is the star for this so let's just open up the camera app code here that is the camera app here is the camera app and let's just quickly take some snaps and let me just hold this and as you can see it took the snap actually very quickly flash it set to Auto I'll switch it to off and let's see how it takes and let's preview those two photographs that we saw they should be here in photos camera roll and actually quite a bunch of photos that we have this is not the one that we took right now and this is the one that we took right now and I think that this one was with the Flash good amount of detail let's look at the one without the flash also this one was actually without the Flash and actually this one also came pretty Sharp so I'll test the camera of this Lumia 720 a lot more I'll be making a dedicated video regarding the same also I'll be doing a full in-depth review for this phone very soon so if you have any particular questions regarding this phone do post them in the YouTube comments I'll try to include them in my review thanks for watching this video this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video foreign\n"