First Impressions: Nokia Lumia 928

New Delhi, May 14: Nokia has finally launched its Lumia 928 for Verizon. From the hardware standpoint, the Lumia 928 is identical to the Lumia 920, a phone that launched on AT&T last year. Design-wise, the Lumia 928 is a bit thinner and lighter than Lumia 920. The Lumia 928 has a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage with no SD card slot. The smartphone has a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ OLED WXGA HD display that offers 1280x768 screen resolution. The screen looks crisp and bright with good black levels.The smartphone is heavy for its size and not pocket friendly. However, the curvature makes it comfortable to hold even if the plastic is a little slippery.The device offers solid build quality, but there's an unmistakable sense of cheapness to the 928. The glossy plastic looks gives an impression that it won't survive too many hard knocks.On the right hand side, there are three unlabeled buttons (volume rocker, sleep, and camera button). The microUSB port is embedded in the top of the phone, next to a hidden tray for the phone's SIM card and the headphone jack.On the back, you'll find a longer metallic strip housing the 8.7-megapixel camera having Carl Zeiss and PureView branding. The Xenon flash is on its left side, contained in a significantly elongated ellipse of its own.The 928's made to run on Verizon's network, so you'll find support for LTE / CDMA, but there are also radios for HSPA+ making it "global ready."Interestingly, Nokia's using the same PureMotion HD+ screen tech in the 928, so the big difference between the 928 and the 920 is the brightness and vividness of its 4.5-inch, Gorilla Glass 2-coated window to WP8. That's because of the OLED display. The 928 offers excellent viewing angles.