{"id":14389,"date":"2017-03-05T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T09:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=14389"},"modified":"2017-05-16T12:53:55","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:53:55","slug":"review-nokia-lumia-800-16-gb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/review-nokia-lumia-800-16-gb\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Nokia Lumia 800 16 GB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStands out from the crowd\u201d would be an understatement! The Lumia 800 sports a head-turning design and a high-quality build. It\u2019s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/126\/Cellular+Phones?brand=Nokia\">Nokia<\/a> phone to use Microsoft\u2019s Windows operating system.<\/p>\n<p>Calling all social media lovers! If posting, tweeting and instagramming is the main purpose on your phone, then listen up. The device has a one-touch social media button; you can access all of your platforms quicker than ever! Any breaking news, you\u2019re going to be the first one to know about it! One of the glaring issues is that you cannot upgrade the storage capacity \u2013 16 GB is all you\u2019re going to get.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14396\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14396\" class=\"wp-image-14396 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert-300x300.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert-150x150.jpg 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert-768x768.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Nokia-lumia-800-insert.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lumia 800<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Lumia 800, unfortunately, is only equipped with a single core CPU, putting it at a serious disadvantage compared to competitors\u2019 devices that use a dual core processor.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that this device will perform everyday tasks without any problem \u2013 social media and Internet browsing, sorted. However, if you intend on running many high-demand apps, it\u2019s best to consider another device.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3.7\u201d AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 480 X 800 pixels<\/li>\n<li>Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass; Nokia ClearBlack Display<\/li>\n<li>Primary camera: 8 MP, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, dual-LED flash<\/li>\n<li>Secondary camera: No<\/li>\n<li>Wi-Fi 802.11 b\/g\/n<\/li>\n<li>OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, upgradable to v7.8<\/li>\n<li>Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon S2<\/li>\n<li>CPU: 1.4 GHz Scorpion<\/li>\n<li>Cardslot: No<\/li>\n<li>512 MB RAM<\/li>\n<li>16 GB internal memory<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth: v2.1, A2DP, EDR<\/li>\n<li>microUSB v2.0<\/li>\n<li>Non-removable Li-Ion 1450 mAh battery (BV-5JW)<\/li>\n<li>Up to 13 h (2G) \/ Up to 9 h 30 min (3G)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pros: <\/strong>Affordable; very well built; fantastic design; great ergonomics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons: <\/strong>Low screen resolution; single processor; small screen; can\u2019t increase storage capacity; no Flash video; sub-par video recording<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/71159658\/FD+Nokia+Lumia+800+16gb+blue?sst=16gb+800+lumia+nokia%2Cfkey&amp;ssp=1&amp;sso=1&amp;rc=default\"><strong>Nokia Lumia 800 16 GB available at R1,599<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStands out from the crowd\u201d would be an understatement! The Lumia 800 sports a head-turning design and a high-quality build. It\u2019s the Nokia phone to use Microsoft\u2019s Windows operating system. Calling all social media lovers! If posting, tweeting and instagramming is the main purpose on your phone, then listen up. The device has a one-touch<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/review-nokia-lumia-800-16-gb\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1752,1754,1753],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/nokia_lumia_800_white_live_sg_8-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14389"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16198,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14389\/revisions\/16198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}