Quite a lot of people PM me about is that worth to upgrade their phone from Lumia 920 to Lumia 830

Or

Should i go for 830 instead of 930? (because there is quite huge price gap in between two flagship devices)


So now i would like to make a quite comparison about both of the devices on

1. Overall Hardware quality
2. few photo comparison

This review will update from time to time as i just get this devices around 2 days

Sorry for broken manglish and i am not really good at writing proper essay (most probably will provide TL;DR point form with a lot of photo)




Updating....

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 25 2015, 10:15 PM

Introduction:

-Skip this shit Let's go for specs comparison


Specs compare


Summary

Pros of Lumia 920
-Much bigger internal storage (32gb)
-Dual LED flash light
-Much "better" secondary camera


Cons of Lumia 920
-Smaller screen size ( i think it depend on user preference)
-Heavier(185g)
-Dual core processor with much older GPU
-No expandable sotrage


Pros of Lumia 830
-Much more future proof product (better processor and GPU)
-Expandable storage (microSD up to 128gb)
-10MP with 1/3.4" sensor pureview technology
-Newer corning gorilla glass
-Lighter
-Higher capacity of battery and it's removable

Cons of Lumia 830
-Poor secondary camera ..yes ..kinda poor
-Still 1GB ram
-16gb internal storage
-Slippery phone

taken from GsmArena

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Mar 6 2015, 09:09 AM

First impression (What's new?)

Hardware/Design
-Lumia 830 come with very smooth and high quality removable casing. Other than that,it's not fingerprint magnet like lumia 920 casing
-Newer phone design (lumia icon) and much lighter compared to Lumia 920
-MicroUSB port move from bottom to top (beside 3.5mm audio jack)
-Soft volume,power and camera button (which i dont really like it ..personally i prefer lumia 920 button)
-Brighter screen and no screen burn issue(overwarm display color temperature at lumia 920)
-Silky sleek touch feeling on the screen and phone



Software
-Lumia 830 come with most recent update which is Lumia Demin. While Lumia 920 currently still on Lumia Cyan(my device come together with developer preview)
-Lumia 830 come with much complete and updated camera firmware/algorithm (like live image)
-Lumia 830 pre-bundled more features than lumia 920 ..like motion data,glance screen,brightness profile etc


Feel free to let me know more info/ cool feature


screen burn issue on lumia 920 [captured in darker environment]

Added/Misc:


This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 29 2015, 07:38 PM

Photo comparison

Lumia 920 - F/2.0 Aperture , 8.7MP , 1/3.2" , 26mm
Lumia 830 - F/2.2 Aperture , 10MP , 1/3.4" ,

Both photo are taken with Microsoft camera apps, all auto exclude iso fixed at 400 and flash off

Lumia 920 Original


Lumia 830 Original


Lumia 830 Autofix





Close shot
Lumia 920 Original

Lumia 830 Original


Thanks Thor!



Selfie? ...errr.....both also ...errr........maybe both of them just enough for video conferencing


Other photos that taken by Lumia 830 [Resized]




This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 30 2015, 02:48 PM

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 30 2015, 02:48 PM

Conclusion[25/1/2015]

Q: Worth to upgrade to Lumia 830 (Affordable flagship model) from Lumia 920?

A: Yes and No. Because it's not really a huge upgrade from lumia 920. You still getting 1GB of ram with 16GB of internal storage (lumia 920 come with 32gb internal storage). It's just a replacement model of lumia 920 with much more updated processor and design. I will consider 930 instead of 830 if i am upgrading from 920.


Q: Worth to jump ship/change to Lumia 830?
A: Yes. With less than 1.2k, you can get a decent specs of windows phone with above average of camera. Other than that, windows phone store apps should more than enough to serve you


Q: Should i purchase Lumia 830 instead of Lumia 920

A: Yes. You should. because Lumia 830 provide much more flexibility to that devices(like expandable storage,removable battery etc) and camera performance in between 2 devices are quite on pair

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 27 2015, 10:31 AM

in be4 no Clash of Clans
in be4 no apps

not nano sim?

even official website also stated nano http://www.microsoft.com/en-my/mobile/phon...specifications/

i havent try to slot in any sim card yet ...still using 920 as primary phone


yes ..less heat produced compared to my 920 as well ..i tried both side by side navigation for half an hour

830 lesser heat

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 26 2015, 10:34 AM

nope ...even my lumia 920 (after lumia black) ..no issue on delay incoming whatsapp and viber notification

i believed it's something to do with the background task activity

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 27 2015, 01:25 PM

hmmm..tonight i try to cucuk my micro sim n see

now i still testing on standby time on my 830

wow ..thanks for your info bro

selected device are doing promo at storekini

i would say this is quite reasonable deal



This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 28 2015, 08:09 PM


Attached thumbnail(s)

ya lo ..i pun pening

havent got chance to try it ...no good object to test it out

maybe this weekend will try my luck to go to some place and try it out

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 28 2015, 08:24 PM

530 and 535 can say is 1 of the most selling device

yes ..just go and tell them ..best is go to HQ or main store

i believe it's original avaxx set

avaxx set always cheaper than zitron 1

both is local ..just carried by different company

errr..i am not sure now still got zitron avaxx stuff or not

last time nokia era really have this ..but most of the official nokia store will sell zitron set

tonight i try

added standby battery life

one thing that i observed on microsoft camera apps

last time microsoft camera apps on lumia 920 come with spot focus
*which means if u touch some place ..it will adjust setting based on that point

but i can't get this feature in lumia 830 microsoft camera apps (830 always use wide focus)


for example

Lumia 920 (Microsoft Apps + all auto(include iso) + spot focus(touch on bright))


WP_20150129_010 by Fantasy1989@Lowyat.net, on Flickr


Lumia 830 (Microsoft apps + all auto(include iso) + wide focus)

WP_20150129_008 by Fantasy1989@Lowyat.net, on Flickr



did i missed some setting? i didnt recall that L920 need to change setting in order to do spot focus


both works fine on Lumia camera apps

This post has been edited by fantasy1989: Jan 29 2015, 11:34 PM

maybe microsoft they tried to do stock camera apps for "auto" and dummy user

lumia camera apps is for PROOOO