Hands on: Nokia Lumia 1020 review

We check out the simply astounding camera on the new Lumia 1020… but does it forgive Windows Phone 8?

There's no doubt that Nokia knows how to make a phone, and with the 41MP sensor on the Lumia 1020, we're pretty excited.

There's a new level of RAM inside, a decent 32GB of memory (with larger sizes on the way) and the whole device has been slimmed down to an almost impossible level when you consider how much technology has been packed in.

There's the obvious elephant in the room: it's still running Windows Phone 8, which many will see as a negative, thanks to a lack of apps and power compared to its counterparts.

It's a notion that's a little unfair, given that while it does have a processor that graced handsets from last year, Nokia and Microsoft have put a lot of effort into making an OS that plays well with a CPU without requiring the heavy lifting of a quad core option.

It still struggles when taking pictures and saving them instantly, but the time isn't horrendous and seems in keeping with what you'd expect when making photos of around 15MB.

We'll be posting more photos and thoughts on the Nokia Lumia 1020 in the near future, so stay tuned to see if we love, loathe or are thoroughly nonplussed by Nokia's new flagship device.