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Phones in cameras so good now. Sort of. They’re good when you compare their output to the smudgy, iffy images we put up with so many years, but an S95 can still blow them out of the skies. Maybe that changes with the Nokia Lumia 1020, which we’ll meet today.

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It’s time to jump in on the next generation of Windows Phone camera power thanks to none other than the Nokia Lumia 1020: the company’s fabled combination of PureView power and the shape of the 900. What does that mean to the lay person tuning in with us for this “Zoom, Reinvented” event? It means we’re in New York City for Nokia’s push that’s sure to show off at least the likes of the machine called Nokia Lumia 1020, a smartphone with Windows Phone 8 and a 41 megapixel camera on its back.

This device has all but leaked in full at this point, and with good reason. We’ve been looking forward to the technology shown off in the Nokia 808 PureView (ages ago, it would seem), with the slightly more standard Windows Phone environment. Here we’re getting a body that’s nearly as thin as the company’s recent hero phones in the Nokia Lumia 928, 925, et all.

The device itself is said to work with a 4.5-inch AMOLED display on one side, an f/2.2 lens and optical image stabilization on the other. And 41 megapixels of power, of course. There’s also said to be a Pro Camera app inside exclusive to this machine, giving the camera the abilities it needs to bring it well above the rest of the fray.

Inside there’s the capability for wireless charging – an add-on case will take car of such needs. There’s 2GB of RAM, a processor that’s at least dual-core and straight from Qualcomm, and there’s a grip shell, as well! This machine certainly won’t be going without a full-on multi-tiered collection of accessories right out the gate, that’s for sure.

SlashGear will be covering the event the whole way through – starting at 11AM Eastern Time (4PM in London, 8AM PT) and ending when Nokia says it’s ending. Stay tuned straight through our Nokia tag portal this instant!

Nokia Lumia 1020 “Zoom, Reinvented” event: we’re here! is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.

Nokia’s big reveal for the Lumia 1020 PureView isn’t expected to take place for another few hours, but that hasn’t stopped full details of the Windows Phone 8 flagship from emerging beforehand. The Lumia 1020 will have a 4.5-inch AMOLED display on one side and a 41-megapixel PureView camera with an f/2.2 lens and optical image stabilization on the other, with a new “Pro Camera” app to give more access to manual settings and tweakable modes than on any Windows Phone before it.

According to The Verge‘s sources, that will include control over white balance, focus, ISO, shutter speed, and image ratio. There’ll be a new “radial” interface to scroll through the options, it’s said.

Nokia has even included the ability to take two photos simultaneously but at different resolution, presumably giving one low-res shot for instant and speedy sharing to social networks like Twitter and Facebook, and another full-res version for printing and archiving. It’s also likely to be the basis of the “Zoom, Reinvented” tagline Nokia has picked for the Lumia 1020′s launch: by cropping out portions of the full-res image, the user will be able to in effect take advantage of a lossless digital zoom even after the original frame has been captured.

The Lumia 1020 will have 32GB of internal storage to store all those shots, and a Xenon flash.

Other specifications supposedly include a wide-angle front facing camera lens, for fitting more people into the frame, and 2GB of RAM. Wireless charging won’t be integrated, though – like on the Lumia 925 – Nokia will supposedly offer a wireless charging cover that can be snapped on to enable the feature.

However, the Camera Grip shell we’ve already seen leaked is arguably a more interesting case to wrap up the Lumia 1020 in. That, as we’ve seen suggested before, has both a battery and a two-stage camera button, as well as a tripod mount for more professional use of the new PureView phone.

As for why PureView is special, and how the lossless digital zoom actually works, check out our full SlashGear 101 on Nokia’s camera technology.

SlashGear will be at Nokia’s Lumia 1020 event later today in New York City to bring back all the details of the new Windows Phone’s launch. It kicks off at 11am ET (4pm London; 8am PT).

Update: Screenshots of the Pro Camera app have emerged, courtesy of Vizileaks, showing the radial layout for control over ISO, white balance, and other settings, as well as one of the settings pages for stills. That confirms the dual-capture feature, apparently grabbing up to a 40-megapixel still (along with what we’re guessing is a more regularly sized image). Vizileaks also has some sample shots from a prototype Lumia 1020 and an early version of the Pro Camera app.

Nokia Lumia 1020 PureView Windows Phone leaks in full is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
© 2005 – 2013, SlashGear. All right reserved.

The much rumored Nokia EOS smartphone will actually be called Nokia Lumia 1020. Nokia is going to unveil this smartphone at an event on July 11th.

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