Videos of Lumia 1020 show of pro-style software features

A series of videos from Nokia focusing on the newly-launched Lumia 1020 show off the 41-megapixel smartphone's various features as well as its strength as a camera. So far, the Nokia Pro Camera app looks very promising. With the ability to take both large oversampled photos and smaller, regular sized smartphone camera photos, users now have the option of blowing up a scene and picking out details and making those the focal point of the picture. So that's what they meant by Zoom. Reinvented.

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Nokia launches Lumia 1020 Windows Phone with 41 megapixel camera and advanced photo apps

Nokia unveiled the successor to the flagship Lumia 920/925 smartphones in New York City today. The Lumia 1020 features an unprecedented 41 megapixel sensor, the first for a Windows Phone (Nokia sold the Pureview 808 Symbian phone in certain markets last year and that device had 41 megapixels as well).

Then Lumia 1020 is said to feature  the "largest back side illuminated sensor available on a smartphone." It also has a Gorilla Glass 3 covered  4.5-inch 1,280 x 768 pixels (at a 16:9 aspect ratio) AMOLED PureMotion HD+ display.  In terms of apps, the Nokia Pro Camera app is what pushes the envelope in terms of functionality. Allowing users to manually adjust flash, ISO, focus,  shutter speed, white balance and exposure, it is the best way to optimize the camera's optics and approximate a standalone camera. Add the Carl Zeiss optics, improved stabilization and this is one capable cameraphone, at least in terms of specs. We're still waiting on when the Lumia 1020 will come to Canada and with which carrier.

Lumia 1020 on AT&T image leak reveals Nokia Pro Cam app

The Lumia 1020 which is AKA as the Nokia EOS is the expected  smartphone with a 41 Megapixel senor that's being launched next week in New York City.  While earlier press invitations and blog posts from Nokia have alluded to a revolutionary smartphone camera an actual image from Twitter's favourite smartphone tipster @Evleaks shows what seems to be the AT&T version of the Nokia EOS complete with a new Nokia Pro Cam Live Tile. Nothing has been confirmed but as far as we know, this could be very probable. As for Canadians, Rogers is Nokia's preferred partner for high-end Lumias, at least that was how it has been with the Lumia 820 and Lumia 920, so if this impressive smartphone does come to Canada, we expect it to be under the banner of the big red machine.

Will this be the ultimate smartphone camera? Can this possibly disrupt both smartphones as well as digital cameras in general? All will be revelaed on July 11th!