Nokia Lumia 1020 Advanced Cameraphone Video Preview

Earlier today (and after months or rumors) Nokia announced it’s second generation photo-centric smartphone – the Lumia 1020. The new smartphone is based around a 41 megapixel large sensor (the same as in the Nokia PureView 808) with 6 element Zeiss optical system and a built in image stabilization mechanism.

Unlike the PureView 808, the new 1020 is a Windows Phone 8 based device with some powerful Dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 2GB of RAM, 4.5″ OLED display, 32GB of storage onboard, Xenon flash and a redisgned application with a lot of new features including the abbility to save simultinously both full resulution images and 5MP ones for web usage.

The Lumia 1020 will also have a snap on wireless charging shell and an optional Nokia camera grip with a tripod mount and 1020 mAh battery in the grip.This video by the verge shows a quick first peek at the new Lumia 1020 smartphone shot at the NY launch event today.

Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.