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Should I ditch Android for Nokia’s Lumia 1020?

Could Nokia’s new 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 be the best smartphone for shutterbugs? I love taking pictures. But I can’t tell you the last time I carried around a point-and-shoot camera. I almost exclusively use my smartphone for most of my picture taking needs nowadays. But to be perfectly honest, I am often disappointed in the images. Unless it’s an immaculately …

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ABCs of smartphone screens: 1080p and more (Smartphones Unlocked)

The smartphone industry tosses around a whole bucket of names and numbers to describe the viewing experience on your smartphone screen: ClearBlack, 1080p, Retina, AMOLED, supersensitive. And the list goes on. Some designations are marketing monikers cooked up to give one company an edge; others are more scientific. That isn’t to say that flashy names like Apple’s Retina Display are …

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