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What a bizarre choice to omit expandable storage on a device that is designed specifically to produce and store large files.
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  1. The 1020 is confirmed to have a 64Gb version coming in the future, but so far, no Nokia phone has more than 32Gb. I wanted a 920 because I love its design, but without an SD slot or without 64Gb of storage, the 920 is inviable to me. I really wanted to give Nokia my money, but they don't want to take it.
  2. In this second video, we show you how to insert SIM and MicroSD cards into Nokia 5. Dual-SIM card slot takes two nano-SIMs and the SD card slot takes one MicroSD card. Watch the video below to.
  3. The top of the Nokia Lumia 925 houses the micro SIM card slot at the left, the micro USB port and 3.5mm headphone port near the centre and the microphone to the right. The bottom edge is left.
I thought the price was right and i was seriously tempted but that is a deal breaker for me.

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  • Agreed, this seems like madness given the rest of the spec. I am looking to move away from a leading alternative mobile OS provider cos the latest handsets are just stupid money. This looked perfect but no SD and that camera, can't see how that makes sense!
  • And why should SD card support be? The SD card slows down the phone (never reaches the write speed as internal storage) and causes the phone to restart when it is damaged. I use backups over Google Photos always have plenty of space on my phone, and I only have half a smaller repository than Nokia 9.
  • Agreed, missing the external SD card makes no sense on such a phone, which is specifically catered to people that want to take great photos that on this phone take roughly ~5 times the normal size (not even taking into account RAW here)
    I was likewise really looking forward to the phone, and all leaks up until now were stating that it would support MicroSD but considering its missing I am unlikely to purchase the phone (I have a 256gb MicroSD card which I use to specifically store photos and videos taken by the phone, as well as my Spotify offline music)
    > @petrus said:
    > And why should SD card support be? The SD card slows down the phone (never reaches the write speed as internal storage) and causes the phone to restart when it is damaged. I use backups over Google Photos always have plenty of space on my phone, and I only have half a smaller repository than Nokia 9.
    Huh?
    Internal SD card storage does not slow the phone down if you just use it like an external storage, your apps and internal data is still stored on the phone where as your photos, videos and music are stored on the SD card.
    I am using an SD card on a cheap android chines phone and I have never gotten restarts due to 'damaged SD card'. Also the speed of newer SD cards can hit up to 90mbs (which is fine for pretty much all uses for storage on a phone)
  • If you are buying a serious photography tool that can write raw files and shoot 4k video on a device that also needs room for the OS, apps, music, films you are going to soon find space at a premium. I'd imagine a Nokia 9 raw file to come out at around 30MB and 4k video around 250MB'ish per minute.
    Google Photos is a fine service but 4k videos are resized to 1080p and image files are highly compressed when using the unlimited storage option, if you are serious about photography (which i believe this device is aimed at) you would not use Google Photos as your primary backup source. No point having a 15MB JPEG only for Google Photos to compress it to less than 2MB, you are compressing an already compressed file and the missing data is to the detriment of the image. Raw files should you save them to Google Photos are not included in the unlimited option and therefore eat in to Google Drive storage which at some point you're going to run of and need to pay for more.
    An SD card doesn't slow a device down when it is being used purely for storage, it isn't integrated with the OS and they are more than fast enough to handle large image and 4k video files with even cheaper cards now writing at 90MB/s and reading at 100MB/s.
    On my Nokia 8 the phone storage is only used for apps and it has 40GB free out of the 50GB usable. The 128GB SD card however has 20GB free, 70 GB of that is nothing but photos and videos and that is on a phone with a rubbish camera with only 2 rear sensors and no raw availability.
  • How bizarre me and mdedetrich made nearly an identical post at the same time
  • > @mrbelter said:
    > How bizarre me and mdedetrich made nearly an identical post at the same time
    Great minds think alike!
  • OK guys, I have other experience with SD card Even though I used a fast SD card. Maybe, I had bad luck.
    @mrbelter  Yes, I know about these Google Photos options. That's why I use a paid storage.
    HMD should rather give more variants of the internal storage size.
  • Given all my 4 DSLRs and travel camera use SD cards they clearly aren't that rubbish, i have only ever had one fail and that was one being used as expandable storage in a Moto G Play, i never used that option again i can tell you lol
    Id rather put my faith in multiple HDDs and Blu-Ray discs stored in a light proof box when backing up my images. Google Photos is handy as a last resort but at the end of the day all you are doing is feeding their machine learning and AI.
  • In any case, the phone is being marketed as a 'digital SLR light' phone, and any kind of digital camera product has expandable storage for this reason.
    Even if online storage is an option, it would take up insane amounts of internet data (as well as being really slow).
    Having a larger phone also only solves half the problem since one of the points of external storage is that if you are taking a lot of photos its quick to replace the microSD card.
    Furthermore if you actually care about the longevity of your phone, using the microSD card is a good thing since it means that you will wear out your phones internal SSD storage less (considering that the quality of phones internal SSD pales compared to desktop SSD since most phone manufactures expect people to replace their phones every two years)
  • As far as I know the 9 PureView has a hybird SIM/uSD card slot. I asked Juho and this is what he told me. However, I see that the spec page on the website only says internal storage, the manual doesn't mention SD cards and most reviews say there's no space for a uSD card. Strange.
    On the cloud storage point, I think I recall being told that the free version of Adobe Lightroom which is provided does include some online storage but I can't remember the specifics.
  • I think many of the rumours specified the SD card (probably as it seemed a no brainer!) but I agree all the spec info doesn't make any mention.
  • All of our media claim that a microSD card can be used. The supported size is 512GB.
  • I know that the leaks all claim that there is a hybird SIM/uSD card slot, but there is a Amazon preorder of Nokia 9 in Germany and it mentions it doesn't support uSD.
    EDIT: Actually in the table on the Amazon preorder page, it does say that it supports microSD (look at https://www.amazon.de/Nokia-PureView-Dual-SIM-Smartphone-blau/dp/B07NYTQ63M)
    Can someone from Nokia actually confirm whether it supports uSD? There is conflicting information everywhere about this.
  • there is no mention of an SD Card in the official user guide. https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_gb/support/nokia-9-pureview-user-guide
  • Two major omissions for me:
    No dedicated camera button.
    No SD card slot-- if only to accommodate a large music collection.
    Is the Nokia's thinking that one would transfer photos daily to either a laptop, or portable hard drive?
  • Looks that way, to be honest i would rather edit photos on a PC anyway but i'd still rather have an SD card (partly just for music like N808)
  • If I had known about the omission of a uSD card slot when I was with the HMD bunch I think I would have had a few strong words to say to them. It really is strange not to include it, especially when the default cloud storage will ruin all the good work of the 9 PureView.

With Nokia’s announcement today of the new Lumia 925, many questions have been asked by you regarding design choices, hardware specifications and the future of Nokia’s Lumia efforts.

During the day, we spoke with Kevin Shields (Management Overhead, Nokia) and Stefan Pannenbecker (SVP Product Design, at Nokia) who were kind enough to take some of inquiries about today’s product reveal.

Want some answers to your most asked questions? Then head past the break..

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Why no microSD?

One of the most frequent questions we received was why there is no microSD on the Lumia 925? Shields and Pannenbecker both stated that here, device design was the main concern and adding a microSD card, while preferable for usability, both takes away from the flow of the device and adds complications. Some of the difficulties include size restrictions and having to “move things around” to accommodate the additional storage, creating a cascading chain effect, if you will. To be blunter, you only have so much space to work with when making a thinner phone with a large battery and PureView camera.

Another consideration was the sheer difficulty in adding a “slot” for a microSD door. While there is one for the microSIM card, we were told this was no easy feat for Nokia when making the slide out door. Adding a microSD slot would only compound the problem.

If all of this sounds like Nokia putting design ahead of sheer specs, you would be correct. It’s clear that Nokia places a high value on design, flow and the overall appeal of the device as opposed to just shoving as much as they can into the phone. We understand some consumers may recoil at such “form over function” arguments, but then again we’d argue that it is Nokia’s attention to design that has won over many loyal fans.

Why metal, why now?

Nokia choosing to make the Lumia 925 now with aluminum may raise a few eyebrows. First, we should point out that Nokia doesn’t consider this to be “the next 920” but rather, as Kevin Shields says “another expression of it”. While the Lumia 920 came in some bold, bright colors, the Lumia 925 is “less audacious, more subtle, engaging”.

Though we really like the Lumia 920, others opined about its size and weight—a somewhat legitimate complaint if you like thin and light devices. The 925 is the answer to that question and while it does remove some things e.g. wireless charging, the tradeoff is a more svelte design that can appeal to a wider base. The 925 is the 920 for those who want a lighter phone; it’s not meant to replace the 920 just appeal to a different user base.

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As to why now, Shields notes that with the current technology and ability to design it right was the leading factor the 925 coming at this time. Indeed, when Vodafone’s Patrick Chomet took the stage today he noted he saw design plans for the 925 back in September.

microUSB on top and not the bottom—what’s the deal?

On the Lumia 900 the USB charging port was on top. On the Lumia 920, it moved to the bottom. Now on the 925 it’s back on top—why?

As it turns out, putting the microUSB on the bottom is also another engineering challenge. Nokia worked real hard to get it on the bottom for the 920, but with wireless charging become more popular, they found the preference for having in that position has become less of a priority.

Another consideration: putting the microUSB on the bottom evidently has a negative effect on signal reception, at least that what Nokia is claiming from their tests.

LCD versus AMOLED

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Another change with the Lumia 928 and 925 is the use of the non-Pentile AMOLED display. While Nokia will continue to work with LCD where appropriate, the AMOLED display allowed them to get that extra thinness on the 925, something that would not have mattered much on the 920 because it’s size is due to other things (polycarbonate, wireless charging and overall design).

Nokia sees AMOLED as just another tool to use when appropriate. And yes, this is still a PureMotion HD display with the high refresh rate and ClearBlack display.

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There are no speaker holes on the wireless charging back cover!?

Indeed, there aren’t. No, Nokia did not forget to add them. Instead, they have created a “channel” within the plastic to help direct the sound out through the bottom of the device. They did this for acoustic reasons and we’ll just have to take their word (for now) that this won’t negatively affect audio performance.

Of course we’ll test this as soon as we get our review unit it, but it sounds like Nokia did not omit anything here. Pun intended.

Other ways to make it thinner?

The Lumia 925 users 2.25D Gorilla Glass whereas the Lumia 920 used 2.5D. The higher the number, the more curved the glass is at the end but also it’s thicker. The 925 has thinner glass on board basically due to it being a smidge less curvy. Combine it with an AMOLED display and you get a 8.5mm thin Windows Phone.

Why does the Lumia 925 have plastic on the back instead of being all aluminum?

Nokia could have made an all-aluminum phone, after all it’s feasible. Happy new years online. But there were specific reasons for not doing it that way—some functional, some design choices.

For design, they could have colored the metal, but they felt that it was “too 1980’s looking” and it was decided against. The polycarbonate back, on the other hand, allows some color variation along with a warmer feel where you hold it.

Likewise, NFC would have had some interference with an all metal back and although they could have made just the NFC-area polycarbonate, such a design change creates a different look.

Finally, the colors of white, black and grey were chosen to match the metal. As mentioned earlier, it’s a less audacious design than the Lumia 920’’s “here I am!” yellow. That’s because Nokia here is trying to appeal to a different audience, some of whom want a more subtle phone.

So will Nokia just do metal phones in the future, or…?

No, the Lumia 925 is deigned to look a certain way and make appropriate tradeoffs to appeal to a certain audience. The design team will use materials where they see appropriate, so bold bright polycarb designs will still be used while on occasion, aluminum or other materials may be used to achieve a “different expression” of a phone.

Five lenses versus six

The Lumia 925 has an added sixth lens to help improve daylight performance. From what could discern, this was in response to some criticism of the 920’s somewhat soft daylight performance. In that sense, yes, the Lumia 925 has a better physical camera than the 920 though it remains to be seen how that translates into actual performance (for that, we have device reviews). For now, it’s worthy to note that Nokia appears to be attempting to continue push boundaries (six lenses have not been done before in a phone camera) and listen to feedback from users.

Conclusion

We hope that clears up some questions for you. We realize that some don’t see the 925 as a worthy Lumia 920 upgrade, which is a good thing. It’s not. It’s meant for a different audience and while it makes some sacrifices e.g. some versions only have 16GB of storage (while others have 32GB) or no built-in wireless charging, it does allow the 920 type hardware to appeal to a different audience (or T-Mobile users a shot at some premium hardware).

Will this be the last story of the 9xx series? Of course not. And Nokia was quite blunt about “more to come” this summer for the Lumia hardware and if that sounds like EOS, you’d be right.

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