Nokia Lumia 635 vs Nokia Lumia 1320 Camera Comparison: David vs Goliath

By Rich W Woods

The Nokia Lumia 635 and the Nokia Lumia 1320 have quite a bit in common. They are both budget phones, they both have low resolution LCD displays, they both use Snapdragon 400 processors, and they both have 5 MP rear cameras.

The Nokia Lumia 1320 does have a few bells and whistles that the Lumia 635 does not. It has a flash on the rear camera and it has a front camera. Oh yea, did I mention that it’s 6″ in size?

OnePlus One vs Nokia Lumia 635 Camera Comparison

By Rich W Woods

Last Sunday, the Nokia Lumia 530 was released in the United States. While it is supposed to be the successor to the Nokia Lumia 520, the specs are inferior to the Nokia Lumia 520. In fact, the camera can’t even focus. I ended up finding that the Nokia Lumia 635 would be a much better idea for comparisons, even though it has been available since June.

I have been spending a lot of time with the Nokia Lumia 635 lately along with the Nokia Lumia 530, Moto G, Moto X, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus. I compared the camera to the Moto G, Nokia Lumia 530, iPhone 6, Moto X, and Nokia Lumia 1020; however, the one community that would crucify me if I don’t include them is the OnePlus community, so here it is.

Moto X vs Nokia Lumia 635: Camera Comparison

By Rich W Woods

This is a crazy month if you follow the smart phone industry. Since September 3, we have heard announcements for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Sony Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, Moto X, Moto G, HTC Desire 820, Desire Eye, Nokia Lumia 730, Lumia 735, Lumia 830, and Sony Xperia Z3v. I’m sure I missed one or two.

I’ve been spending a lot of time with these phones and when the Nokia Lumia 530 was released last Sunday in the United States, I got one to review it and the camera was a huge disappointment. It doesn’t focus. I got the Nokia Lumia 635 to compare it to and I am super psyched about it.

Nokia Lumia 635 vs Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Comparison: The Results May Surprise You

By Rich W Woods

Ever since Nokia sent me a Nokia Lumia 635 to review, I’ve been itching to compare it to the Nokia Lumia 1020. After all, 90% of the time, when you are looking at a photo from a Nokia Lumia 1020, it’s a 5 MP photo. This will be a comparison to see if the 5 MP photo from the Nokia Lumia 635 can stand up to the Nokia Lumia 1020.

The Nokia Lumia 1020 has three settings: 5 MP JPEG, 5 MP JPEG and 35 MP JPEG, and 5 MP JPEG and 35 MP DNG. The 35 MP photo will be 38 MP if the user changes the aspect ratio to 4:3. On the first or the third setting, the user is only seeing a 5 MP photo unless he opens the DNG photo in Photoshop or another photo editing app. If the user shares a photo, it uses the low resolution photo. The only time it uses the high resolution photo is when the user zooms in on the image.

Moto G vs Nokia Lumia 635 Camera Comparison: Battle of the Budget Phones

By Rich W Woods

We spend a lot of time talking about our iPhones, Moto Xs, OnePlus Ones, HTC One M8s, Nokia Lumia 930s, and our LG G3s with their 2.5 GHz Snapdragon 801 processors and 2 or 3 GB RAM. These phones have up to 20 MP rear cameras and up to 5 MP front cameras. Some of them take 4K video. Some of them support RAW photos. The LG G3 has a laser focused camera. The Moto X is always listening.

If you grew up in the 90s like I did, you will have a hard time reciting the specs of the OnePlus One without following it up with “arg arg arg more power” like Tim Allen used to do in Home Improvement.

We spend so much time with these super-powered phones that when a mid-range phone like the Moto G or the Nokia Lumia 635 comes our way, we just sort of say that they are great phones, but we pass them up because they certainly wouldn’t be able to meet our needs.

iPhone 6 vs Nokia Lumia 635 Camera Comparison: Similar Specs, Different Price Part 2

By Rich W Woods

Earlier today, I wrote a comparison of the Moto G and the iPhone 6. After all, they have almost identical specs but that price is vastly different. The specs between the Nokia Lumia 635 and the iPhone 6 are a little less similar than the iPhone 6 and the Moto G, but they’re still pretty close.

Note that iOS is built for the iPhone, so it doesn’t require as much power as Windows Phone or Android does, so a high end iPhone has lower specs than a mid-range Android or Windows Phone.

Nokia Lumia 530 vs Nokia Lumia 630/635: Camera Comparison

By Rich W Woods

Microsoft has finally released the Nokia Lumia 530 to the United States yesterday on Sunday, October 5, 2014. The Nokia Lumia 520 is the successor to the Nokia Lumia 520, the best selling handset that ran Windows Phone 8.

Unfortunately, the Nokia Lumia 530 is not quite a worthy successor to the Nokia Lumia 520. The 5 MP camera can’t focus, it has 4 GB storage instead of the original 8 GB storage, and the display isn’t LCD. The Nokia Lumia 530 is a phone that is designed to scrape the bottom of the barrel where the Lumia 520 was actually something a little more usable.