1. Form
Nokia Lumia 920 - 130.3mmx70.8mmx10.7mm, 185g
iPhone 5 - 112g
Nokia's Lumia 920 follows a similar design format to the Lumia 900 and Lumia 800. It's highly angular, being essentially a bold rectangular shape with sharp corners and slightly softened edges.
It uses a polycarbonate unibody, which is sturdy and has a high quality feel in the hand – it also neatly wraps around the front panel which houses the curved touchscreen display.
Although conventional black and white colours are available, Nokia also offers a range of very bright Windows Phone colour options which contrast with the black display surround and can match or contrast with the Windows interface Live Tiles.
The result is an eye-popping and distinctive piece of kit we find it difficult to look away from.
The iPhone 5 isn't quite so attention-grabbing, unfortunately. It is different from its predecessors thanks to its stretched-out aluminium unibody, resized and repositioned ports and a few new vents here and there. But, generally speaking it's the same old iStyle.
That means you get excellent build quality, of course, but unless you're a dyed-in-the-wool Apple devotee you may, like us, be getting a bit tired of the iconic look even on the slightly larger scale and with a fancy aluminium shell.
Winner – Nokia Lumia 920
2. Storage
The Lumia 920 has 32GB of onboard storage while the iPhone 5 has options for 16GB, 32GB or 64GB.
Neither device has Micro SD capability, despite the fact that, in the case of the Lumia 920, Windows Phone 8 does now allow it.
Winner – iPhone 5
3. Display
As was previously rumoured, the iPhone 5's screen has expanded from the earlier models' 3.5-inches to a full 4-inches, it's not a huge leap, but it's enough to make a difference in terms of visuals, usability and the overall look and feel of the device.
The screen is an IPS LCD Retina and its resolution clocks in at 1136x640 pixels and with a pixel density of 326 pixels-per-inch (ppi).
The Nokia Lumia 920 uses a 4.5-inch IPS display which can even be operated while wearing gloves.
It has Corning Gorilla Glass, an improved version of Nokia's ClearBlack technology to improve dark colours, blacks and contrast, and Nokia's new PureMotion HD+ for supposedly 'better than HD' image quality with a faster refresh rate than conventional displays.
The 920's display has a 1280x768 pixel resolution and a pixel density of 332ppi.
Both handsets are on the cutting edge of mobile display tech, but we think Apple may just have the advantage here.
Regardless, we doubt many users will be disappointed by Nokia's display if they find it placed alongside the iPhone 5's.
Winner – iPhone 5
4. Processor
Nokia's Lumia 920 uses a Qualcomm Series 4 (S4) Snapdragon MSM8960 dual core chip based on ARM's Cortex-A9 architecture and some top-of-the-line 28 nanometre (nm) semiconductor technology.
It's clocked at 1.5GHz with 1GB of dual-channel RAM and an Adreno 225 graphics processing unit (GPU).
This would be a zippy set of hardware on most operating systems and with Windows Phone 8 it'll be no exception, being a well-optimised platform to start with.
Apple's new iPhone 5 uses the company's new A6 processor.
Winner - Nokia Lumia 920
5. Operating System
At this point we don't know all the details about Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 operating system as the company and its partners are keeping tight-lipped about the finer points.
What we do know is that it'll build on what Windows Phone 7 started – the interface will remain the 'Modern UI' with Live Tiles, but now you'll be able to resize them and choose from a wider range of theme colours.
While nothing has been confirmed, we expect multitasking capability to improve now that multicore support has been added.
Other features include built-in voice support, a highly customisable lock screen, Microsoft Office integration, improved security and enterprise support, a shared programming core with Windows 8, enhanced gaming support (DirectX, Direct3D, Havok physics, Unity graphics etc) and dedicated camera apps known as 'Lenses'.
There are bound to be more as-yet unrevealed features but in the meantime it's still looking like a very rich ecosystem already.
iOS 6 features many improved features including better Siri, improved Maps, an extra row of icons and little else.
The Nokia Lumia 920 wins here as Windows Phone 8 is a revolutionary update. iOS 6 isn't.
Winner: Nokia Lumia 920
6. Camera
The Lumia 920 is the first Windows Phone device to sport Nokia's Pureview label, but it's not a direct import of the 41-megapixel oversampling camera tech we saw on the Symbian-powered 808 Pureview earlier in the year.
No, instead what we have is an 8-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and a large aperture.
Nokia says it's designed to allow in as much light as possible and the company has paired this with some advanced stabilisation technology to ensure high-quality imaging isn't compromised. It also sports a dual LED flash and 1080p video capture.
The iPhone 5 features an 8-megapixel camera with Panoramam mode. it also includes the Sapphire lens which goes some way to improve pictures. Around the front, there's a camera from Facetime HD which can now be streamed over cellular data.
Winner: iPhone 5
Final Thoughts - a tie. Two great and amazing phones...
IMOH, Patrick E.
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