On July 11, 2013, Nokia unveiled the successor to its groundbreaking 808 PureView smartphone. The 808 was the first smartphone to feature Nokia’s PureView imaging technology. The new phone, revealed at a company event in New York, was called the Nokia Lumia 1020. The Camera Although it ditches the PureView name, the Lumia 1020 retains Nokia’s innovative and, in this case, defining feature. PureView combines a 1/1.5-inch imaging sensor which is much larger than the ones found on several other smartphones with Carl Zeiss optics. The mere size of the Lumia’s sensor enables pixel oversampling which involves squeezing several sensor pixels into a single image pixel. This means that full resolution is condensed into a lower-resolution picture, thus increasing image sharpness and low light performance.
Though most of us loathe to admit it, the Australian summer is more tolerable, shorter even, with the cooling vents of an air-conditioner. Despite a variety of stereotypes bouncing around the internet, yes, we do sweat; we feel the heat and swelter as much as anyone else, eager to escape the often vicious December days leading up to Christmas, brows lined with perspiration. If you’re an air-con fan, you’re probably aware there are a few things you can do to keep your balmy best friend in the best repair possible, to save any unexpected breakdowns. Take it from an Aussie, you don’t want a faithful unit to struggle against the elements and fail on the hottest day of the year. Power Down Make sure the