Samsung Omnia W, Samsung’s latest venture, is quite frankly not exactly what one would call perfect. But to be fair, no phone can ever be perfect. Also, it comes with a new and improved look for the menu, and has low battery consumption. On the other hand, the Nokia Lumia, considered by many as the smartest phone ever produced by Nokia has received an excellent response from among tech lovers the world over. In today’s review, we compare these two phones.
Ergonomics:
The Samsung Omnia W measures 115.6 mm lengthwise, 58.8mm breadthwise, and an astounding 10.9mm in thickness. It weighs a paltry 115.3 grams and comes with a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen measuring 3.7”, with a pixel density of 252ppi. The considerably larger Nokia Lumia measures 116.5mm lengthwise, 61.2mm breadthwise, and 12.1mm in thickness. Wighing 142 grams, the phone comes with an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen measuring 3.7”, with a pixel density of 252ppi.
Operating System:
Both phones run on Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Operating System with a Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset , and a 1.4GHz Scorpion CPU. For graphics, the two phones rely on an Adreno 205 GPU.
Connectivity:
The Samsung Omnia W comes with GSM quad-bands of 850/900/1800/1900 in the 2G network, and HSDPA quad-bands of 900/2100 in the 3G network. Its HSDPA speed is up to 14.4Mbps, and HSUPA speed is up to 5.76 Mbps. The phone is enabled with Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and comes with Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP. Nokia’s Lumia comes with GSM quad-bands of 850/900/1800/1900 in the 2G network, and HSDPA quad-bands of 850/900/1900/2100 in the 3G network. Its HSDPA speed is up to 14.4Mbps, and HSUPA speed is up to 5.76 Mbps. This phone too, comes with Wi-Fi 802.11b//g/n and Bluetooth v2.1. Both phones are enabled with GPRS and EDGE.
Memory:
Samsung’s Omnia comes with an amazing 8GB internal memory and a 512MB RAM. It however, does not come with a card slot. The Nokia Lumia 800, on the other hand, comes with 16GB internal memory, and a 512MB RAM, but again, without a card slot.
Camera:
Samsung’s phone comes with a decent 5MP camera with auto-focus and LED flash. It has features like geo-tagging, and image stabilization. Nokia clearly has the upper hand here, since it comes with an 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual-LED flash. Both phones are capable of video recording of quality 720 pixels and at a rate of 30fps.
Battery Life:
The Samsung Omnia comes with a standard Li-ion battery of rating 1500mAh, which gives a stand-by time of 370 hours. Nokia’s Lumia comes with a battery of rating 1450mAh, which gives a stand-by time of around 265 hours in 2G.
Price:
Samsung’s phone comes for around 350 USD, while the Nokia Lumia costs around 590 USD.
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