Nokia Lumia 1020

I still have some nostalgia for Windows Phone. I genuinely liked the platform - even bought an Omnia 7 back in the day, and later a Lumia 1020 (that camera was so good). I still think the tile based UI was underrated. Live Tiles felt like a smart idea that never quite got the support it needed. It's one of those "what could have been" stories in tech.

Definitely my favorite phone ever was the Lumia 1020. I loved the OS, and I loved the phone itself with its focus on the camera. Sadly, I was able to get it in 2015 and by then it was too late. I don’t think any phone since then has hooked me like that.

I really was happy with my Nokia 1020 and Dell Venue phones. I ended up going back to Android after the death of Windows Phone till I got frustrated with the lack of support of even former flagship devices and switched to Apple. I've gotten used to Apple, but I really still miss how intuitive and customizable Windows Phone was.

Hell, my Nokia 1020 was faster with the 48MP resolution

I don't have this problem. I can't stand and have never been able to stand browsing social media or the internet on smart phones. I have the latest iphone max, but I only use it for comms (phone, SMS, email, slack, discord, zoom if I'm on the go and really screwed) and taking pictures. I never have and never will "consume" on my phone unless I have absolutely no other choice of device to use (like if I were locked in an elevator with only my phone for several days). Mobile websites are terrible so when I do "consume" on my phone I inevitably check the "request desktop site" checkbox and do everything I can to avoid the site thinking I'm mobile, because once they know you're mobile 2/3rds of the features suddenly are unavailable typically. 99.99% of my media consumption, video watching, and web browsing is on my laptop or through various streaming devices like apple tv, etc. In the past I did play a few select mobile games that were quite good like Bloons TD, but I always gravitated towards the desktop version instead when it became available, and I find that these days there aren't any good games that aren't pay-to-win via microtransactions, at least none that come up when I poke around. So for these reasons I've never understood how someone could find their phone addicting. It's an ad-displaying machine with terrble UX and limited functionality that can also do comms. I browse social media like Twitter, etc., on my laptop. I can't understand how anyone would ever want to do…

Yeah, the Flash has a wear lifetime. Battery has a finite lifespan too. Anything over five years is pretty good going. My wife managed that with a Nokia 1020, the last and best of the Windows phones. Like everything else, phones need to be backed up.

There's a good record of phone imaging over the years to be found in a few devoted sites still comparing phone cameras with the Lumia 1020, the 2013 flagship of Windows Phones known for their camera hardware and naturalistic processing. I find it quite remarkable that the 1020's 41 MP, 1/1.5", f/2.2 camera, relying only on oversampling, has performance that still falls within the range of the flagships of today. It even achieves comparable performance when zooming , despite modern dedicated telephotos! Nokia 808 vs 1020 vs Pixel 5 vs iPhone 12 Pro Max: http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/24153_Youwante...

And there have been several music videos from famous artists shot on an ... iPhone https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/music-videos-shot-with-s... (actually looks like John Legend and Ellie Goulding filmed their music videos on a Google Pixel 2 and Nokia Lumia 1020, even more impressive.)