Hotel Near Miami Beach - Nokia Announces Lumia 1020 with 41-Megapixel PureView Camera

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At an event in New York, Nokia announced its latest Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 1020. This new smartphone has the company's PureView camera technology, which includes the 41-megapixel sensor first seen in the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian smartphone.

The high number of pixels doesn't mean you get incredibly large images. What the phone does is to combine the pixels to give you a smaller image that has better quality. Other strengths of this camera compared with regular smartphone cameras are lossless zoom and optical image stabilization.

Camera aside, the Lumia 1020 is lighter than the bulky Lumia 920, and is slightly thinner. It comes in white, yellow and black. In addition, there are accessories including a snap-on wireless charging back cover and a camera grip (US$79) that makes the smartphone look even more like a compact digicam.

As a phone, you get everything you expect from a Windows Phone. Furthermore, CEO Stephen Elop announced new apps including one called Oggl Pro from Hipstamatic that will allow image uploads to Instagram.

Find out more about the new smartphone in our preview.

The Nokia Lumia 1020 will first be available in the US through AT&T on July 26 for US$300 with a mobile contract. It will then ship in China and in "key European markets" this quarter. We have contacted Nokia about availability in Asia Pacific and will update this article when we have more information.