Nokia Lumia 920 & HTC 8X : Due grandi smartphone Windows Phone 8 a confronto !

 

Ieri, HTC ha rubato la scena a Nokia quando il produttore di telefonia taiwanese ha presentato il suo smartphone Windows Phone 8 in occasione di un evento speciale dei media a New York.

HTC 8X e 8S arriverà sugli scaffali dei negozi solo nel mese di novembre, dopo il rilascio ufficiale della nuova generazione di Microsoft Windows 8 Phone OS.

Tra Nokia Lumia 920 e HTC 8X e HTC 8S (quest’ ultimo paragonabile al Nokia Lumia 820) ci sono caratteristriche molto comuni che serve per aumentare la concorrenza sul mercato tra HTC e Nokia.

So what will it be? HTC 8X or Nokia Lumia 920? Which WP8 Appllo handset is it going to be for you? Gizbot has come up with a spec comparison between the two smartphones and how they will stack up against each other in the Windows war. 

Design: Both the smartphones are uni-bodied and well crafted as far as designing is concerned, however, 8X is slimmer and lighter than the Lumia 920.

HTC 8X carries a dimension of 132.35 x 66.2 x 10.12 mm, weighing at 130 grams and Lumia 920 boasts a dimension of 130.3 x 70.8 x 10.7 mm and a weight of around 185 grams.

Display: HTC 8X houses a 4.3 inch Super LCD 2 HD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels while Lumia 920 sports a larger 4.5 inch PureMotion HD+ IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display with 1280 x 768 pixel resolution.

Further, both the displays are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass.

Operating System: In this segment, both 8X and Lumia 920 are powered by the upcoming Windows Phone 8 OS.

Windows Phone 8 has improved features like dynamic Live Tile Information, social network integration in the People hub, Skydrive and Office 365 documents synchronization, Facebook-events integrated calendar, visual voicemail, threaded email conversations support and many more.

Processor: Both the smartphones will have a head-to-head in this zone, as HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 920, both are powered by the same dual core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor.

Camera: On the camera optics front, 8X has an 8MP camera with auto focus, LED flash and BSI sensor and a front facing 2.1MP camera for video calling boasting similar quality as seen in HTC One X and One S.

On the other hand, Lumia 920 packs an 8.7MP rear camera with dual LED flash, autofocus and PureView branding (similar to Nokia Pureview 808) and a 1.2MP front camera.

Storage: While 8X has 16 GB internal memory accompanied with a 512GB RAM, Lumia 920 has 32GB internal memory and 1GB RAM. Further, the Nokia WP8 handset also will come with a 7GB of free Microsoft SkyDrive storage, which is common for all Microsoft phones, however HTC has not confirmed yet.

Instead, HTC 8X will come with the likes of Beats Audio technology and memory storage. Although, Lumia 920 and 8X, both lack an external micro SD card slot for expandable memory support.

Connectivity: On the connectivity front, Lumia 920 has features like NFC, Bluetooth 3.1, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Qi Wireless Charging and Wi-Fi Channel Bonding. In comparison, 8X also has NFC, Bluetooth v2.1+EDR and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n features.

Battery: 8X is loaded with a 1,800 mAh Li-Po battery while Lumia 920 is equipped with a 2,000 mAh BP-4GW battery, which offers 400 hours standby and 10 hours talk time.