Nokia Lumia 800 review: Nokia's first Windows Phone, wrapping WP7 in the N9's gorgeous body.
Nokia bets the company on Windows.
The Lumia 800 was Nokia's first Windows Phone, wrapping the smooth Metro UI in the beautiful polycarbonate body of the N9. It launched the Lumia brand and Nokia's all-in Microsoft gamble — a striking device hampered only by WP7's limitations.
01Display
64/10064/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
02Camera
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2011 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
54/10054/100 puts it above the 51-point average for flagship phones of 2011.
04Battery
56/10056/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
05Build
74/10074/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
06Value
56/10056/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2011.
- Stunning N9-derived polycarbonate body.
- Smooth Windows Phone 7.5 Metro UI.
- Carl Zeiss camera.
- Curved ClearBlack AMOLED.
- WVGA, single-core — couldn't go to WP8.
- No front camera.
- No microSD.
- WP app ecosystem was thin.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 7-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .