NOKIA Lumia 930 Pro Reviews

All in all, if you’re after a Windows Phone or just an all-round capable high-end smartphone, the Lumia 930 from Nokia is a solid choice.

The Lumia 930 is a step in the right direction with its semi-metal design and decent hardware line-up. We like the screen and camera but it's lacking additional features and doesn't have expandable storage. Windows Phone 8.1 vastly improves things on the software side but the platform is still not a priority for developers – especially when it comes to third-party hardware.

A well-priced, well-made Windows 8.1 smartphone that performs well where it counts

We found the Nokia Lumia 930 to be an excellent Windows Phone device. Perhaps the biggest virtue of the 930 is that it finally packs Nokia's PureView camera goodness into a fairly compact and manageable format, coming with solid premium build but without bulk protruding on the back. The 930 can capture great images with some drawbacks, videos with rich sound, and has stellar voice quality. It also comes with a fine AMOLED display that has decent image quality, and great outdoor visibility. Windows Phone 8.1 is now a functionally rich mobile OS, too, that makes day-to-day operations with the phone much easier than with previous WP editions. When we add the preloaded HERE maps navigation that gives you offline voice-guidance for free, and the MixRadio streaming, we certainly can't complain about the out-of-the-box software that comes with the Lumia 930. The ecosystem still lacks in terms of app count, though, so if you are coming from an Android handset, or an iPhone, some applications you know and love might not be here yet. The fly in the ointment with the otherwise well-rounded Lumia 930 is its pricing scheme. Nokia priced it at $600 – a tad less than what Android flagships cost - but, considering Microsoft's mobile platform market share, its poster boy might have a steep sales climb ahead. For this kind of dough you can get the Galaxy S5, Xperia Z2 or HTC One (M8), and each of them has comparable or surpassing hardware features, save for HTC's flagship, whose camera is inferior to the rest. When we add the popularity contest that Android and its apps have won over Windows Phone, one might have to wait for the Lumia 930 price to fall more in line with its potential market, which, if the Lumia line's history is any indication, should happen rather quickly.

The Nokia Lumia 930 may not have the staying power of other Lumia devices, but for those who want the best Windows Phone 8.1 experience in a normal-sized handset, there's simply no competition. It doesn't come cheap, as contracts start from £33-per-month, but we wouldn't expect any less for a top of the range handset. With a fantastic screen, lightning fast performance and a great camera, the Lumia 930 is the greatest Windows phone yet. With this handset Nokia has brought Windows Phone handsets up-to-date, with specs that site alongside those of the best Android handsets, but don't surpass them in any way. If you want Windows Phone then there's nothing here to dissapoint, but those looking for the latest tech should take a gander at the LG G3 instead.