Nokia Lumia 720 in 2024 | Nostalgia & Features Rediscovered!

[@anotherferrigho]

I really wish hmd would release new phone with this Lumia design, still iconic with those square design, I see the Samsung and Pixel used that square in the latest phone

[@AbdullaZaki]

The galaxy S22 ultra is literally a modern take on this design language, while Nokia is moving away to a more boring direction. It's a shame

[@anotherferrigho]

@@AbdullaZaki yup

[@tpiapiac]

From what I’ve read (months ago, so maybe it changed) HMD cannot use Lumia design, because they cannot. The owner of that “style” is still a Microsoft.

[@anotherferrigho]

@@tpiapiac oh okay, thanks for the enlightenment

[@AbdullaZaki]

@@tpiapiac Hi Tomasz, this could be true but I don't think so

[@deldom570]

I had one yellow 720. It was a great phone. I loved it a lot. It gets attention from everyone. It had 2 days battery life which I had never seen on any smartphone.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Yellow was a very nice choice :)

[@indiangamingfactshistory4642]

I don't know why but Google pixel 6a reminds me this phone 😅.

[@elielahoud3531]

I can't thank god enough for not being the only one obsessed with lumia phone since the beginning, it's so beautiful to see someone that sees and remembers all the beauty of nokia lumia , i remember screenshoting and watching all the nokia lumia photos and videos on my ipad 2 as a kid and growing up to buying many nokias after the unfortunate death of the brand , but thankfully in my country i can still hop in a sim card in a lumia and it still works

[@avim4896]

That's the thing about Lumia phones, they were soo beautifully designed that you can keep looking at them for the whole day without getting bored unlike the majority of android and iphones we get nowadays

[@Danzel.S]

I'm still in love with lumia phones. I had 720 in white. Thanks for making this video 😊

[@AbdullaZaki]

Lumia love is something the new generation might not understand haha. Thanks for watching

[@jobsinpk1793]

@@AbdullaZaki brother Where to buy this Piece of art in 2022 in UAE?

[@adhiyanthaprabhujeyashanka2091]

Those times are much beautiful and peaceful than these days

[@AbdullaZaki]

Indeed, better times

[@adityashandilya2789]

True

[@chinmaypatil3665]

​@@AbdullaZaki please gift me one ..😅

[@ku-1500]

This is really nice! The 720 is the best looking Lumia in my opinion, the second being the 820. I still have them simply because it's a joy just by looking at them.

[@sultanabran1]

i still have my lumia 800 and lumia 1020 around. they are beautiful

[@raivisrasnacs1088]

Agree. Had 820 in gold days of Lumia era. With Qi charging case it was quite unique device.

[@arkanbarua3593]

This is my favourite channel. Especially like it when you explain everything so nicely. I wish you a lot of success with the channel and happy life.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Makes me very happy to hear. Thank you :D

[@MintuMohan]

My first Lumia device. I still have it in working condition and still looks flawless. Love that design and fluid windows phone UI. Truly value for money device.

[@peloyane7724]

I owned a black 720 for almost 3 years. It had an amazing camera and when it finally got the pro camera app, it really shined

[@v44922]

I still have this beauty with me, the only reason I can't use is lack of apps that I need for daily use. I loved the camera

[@AbdullaZaki]

Which colour do you have it in? Such a beautiful piece of hardware

[@v44922]

@@AbdullaZaki I had the same colour "Cyan" (chose it because at that time no other manufacturers made such lovely colours). Had to repair twice (it survived two falls from a moving vehicle 🤕 now it's in white with sim and memory slot in cyan 😂

[@tpiapiac]

This is the first lumia I’ve ever wanted to have. Simple designed midrange device with amazing skin colors. Power performance nice for that time and that system (I want to come back the WP 8.1

[@SilverHeart26]

I remember my first phone to buy many memories back..🙂

[@AbdullaZaki]

That's a very nice phone for a first phone :)

[@rogerklk]

I had it, a lovely little phone. Looked beautiful with a TileArt homescreen, ran smoothly and I bet it still feels fresher than most phones today.

[@althafhussain6401]

I used Lumia 730 ,I absolutely loved every second I used

[@alihejazi2060]

You woke up early mate 😅 Appreciate your hard work 🙏

[@AbdullaZaki]

I schedule my videos early. I usually stay up all night working on them so when they are out I'm usually asleep haha. Need to fix my schedule

[@MrRichardlobo]

It was my First and Last Windows Phone. I used for 4 years i loved it

[@saurabhkulkarni8854]

I still have this device and use it everyday for music, movies and podcasts. Found it a couple years ago for dirt cheap in amazing condition. I love it. While it can’t do much nowadays, that clearblack display is still great to watch movies on. And it makes glance possible, which is one of the most charming features of lumias. I have the Lumia Desktop software installed, and I transfer podcasts and music to it that way. The best part about this phone is it feels well made even though it was always meant to be the cheaper option to the 920. And the fit in my hands is perfect. The design was way ahead of its time. If anyone hasn’t held this device in their hands yet, you’re missing out. It’s weight is deceiving, the plastic is real high quality- better than what Samsung was using for years to come and the button placement is spot on. And the unit I found still has an awesome battery life. I updated it to GDR2 which is the latest wp version any non windows 10 Lumia will run. Although it was a bit of a pain to update.

[@AbdullaZaki]

That's amazing! Which colour did you get?

[@saurabhkulkarni8854]

@@AbdullaZaki Sadly it’s the generic black. I am on the lookout for official coloured cases sold by Nokia back in the day (especially the Qi ones) but that feels like finding a needle in a haystack.

[@sagarpednekar7960]

Boy that was nostalgic.....i still have one working...and m gonna keep it till the end of time

[@iamdesignerr]

Lumia was an emotion! I had so many of them and the best was 720 and 830

[@Stinger430]

Terrific video. I really miss this era of Nokia devices.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thanks! So do I.. Every time I get my hands on one of those Iconic devices I feel sad that a new generation of people will never be able to understand our passion

[@ritwiksondhi]

I still have my Lumia 1020, and used it as my secondary phone till 2019 (when WhatsApp stopped support). It's still fluid.

[@aravindbalakrishnan4032]

My first smartphone. Just Superb 👍 Thanks for making me remember of that again.

[@andreseriliano1761]

The design language still looks relevant to this day. It doesn't look like a phone sold on the market over a decade ago.

[@AbdullaZaki]

This is what happens when you follow all the right design principles. You create a timeless device like this one which looks good today and will continue to do so in the future!

[@andreseriliano1761]

@@AbdullaZaki exactly, thats the right way to describe it, TIMELESS

[@SirFaceFone]

That's Metro UI+Fabula for you

[@klen7642]

My very 1st windows phone. nice vid as always

[@champipoy]

I used to have the Lumia 535 with over 75 apps installed.. never lagged since the day i sold it.. the camera is outstanding for a 5 megapixel... 😎😘

[@in-tuition-fj9840]

Thank you, Abdulla, for making this great review. I always wanted to get the Nokia 920; I know you are speaking about the 720. On Nokiamob you wrote the review of the 720 and I feel I may have forgotten which is the one I wanted all along. I liked the 720 but now I see that the Nokia 920 is the one I craved for, it might be because it had an 8mpx sensor vs the 720's 6.7mpx sensor. I got the Nokia 735 instead with the same type of camera sensor, which it had 6 elements to be able to capture some amazing photographs. Even though I had super positive feedback about the 920's body design, not to mention I wanted the yellow or red vs the plain white on the Nokia 735 I had, but the camera of the 735 made me feel grateful enough with my choice. Nokia software camera tricks really were ahead of its time, with amazing action shots, being able to choose which frame you wanted or include all of them was the best part of taking photographs. I do not see that on any phone nowadays. The 720's camera, I remember reading was not too far from the specs of my Nokia 735 which I lost when moving. The shutter speed, ISO, focus, able to configurate white balance, the list goes on. While Pixel and Samsung as well as some Huaweii phones dominate photography, back when these Lumias were around they were top of the game, and I believe this is why is hard for a lot of Nokia fans to forget. We hold great nostalgia for these devices that may have been abandoned, becoming obsolete, but not forgotten!

[@mannydejesus3156]

I had to pull out my Lumia 735 to watch and comment keep up the great work thanks

[@tarunsuresh7267]

Had it... One of the best Nokia phones I have used.

[@im_dhruv]

Nostalgia! i had one in red. I just pulled it out of box last week. Those were really cool days. I remember how i started doing photography on the phone and instagram too was just picking up in those days. The phone really stood out with its sleek shiny design (Even had wireless charging with a snap on cover required) . I used it for around 4 years before the buttons got damaged and i can't switch the phone on again. I remember the small well knit community we had on windows central and how everyphone was hyped up when joe belfiore announced windowsphone 8.1. The app support was a bummer. They tried catching up but were shunned by a few developers (snapchat) Also, one of the reasons of their demise was change of leadership. Every month we had usage stats and the lumia range was popular on lower and mid range and expanding well in europe and asia. Satya nadella decided to pull the plug citing "We are a software company and not a hardware" Though, later he regrets why we retracted from the smartphone segment. Though, it was really cool to own a lumia in it's own time.

[@yt_Ajay_]

The live tiles setup was such a brilliant design.. Especially when they added transparency. Nokia really needs to embrace the wacky Lumia colours again.

[@Tipheret]

I miss my Lumia. No phone has come close to this perfection.

[@kumargauravsinghofficial]

I owned lumia 520. But I loved the color and design elements of all nokia lumia phone. They are best of our time, truly smartphones.

[@physics77guy]

Hi Abdullah I have Lumia 1520 with me still and i loved the size of this phone. i had all the nokia phones from the time they brought windows on it. I am still holding on to 1520 as I love this phone so much along with 950XL.

[@AbdullaZaki]

The 1520 is such a beast! I covered it in a dedicated video too btw

[@physics77guy]

@@AbdullaZaki yeah I watched it too... I actually have 2 white and lipstick red, never was able to get my hands on green and yellow... To me that was the best phone produced in terms of hardware, screen and just the feel of the device

[@asirimaduranga7198]

My first phone was lumia 435 when im young. I lost it while cycling. Good memories.

[@RaviShankarVishwakarma]

I love Nokia Lumia devices so much. Thanks for your nostalgic videos. Love your videos so much. 🙂😊😃❤

[@michael5089]

Brilliant video. Amazing phone. Thank you!!! 👌🔥🔥👊👊

[@rafhaelibnumar2194]

I still have this phone since 2013.. still working 💪

[@KT43124]

These old Lumia devices are still better than today's new generation phones. I really wish hmd global Nokia and Microsoft release few windows 10 devices.

[@ihpvlogs5990]

I'm using this phone since 2014 and still working very well.

[@MadKroniK0037]

I had a red lumia 720. My mom had used it between 2013-15. I used it from 2015-19. I miss using the windows phone. I had played Asphalt 8 throughout my childhood on that phone. I had completed the game as well. Subway surfers, temple run, angry birds, asphalt 8, age of empires and a lot more. Made my childhood a lot more enjoyable hahaha

[@vasudevarchak7873]

this was my fav phone back in the day

[@vasylenk014]

had a white lumia 720, it still is one of my favorite phones to this day

[@allyouneed6962]

This is one of my dream phone..... Which is still my dream ...!! But now am having Nokia 7.2

[@Hezbollla4583]

I think modern flagship devices from Apple , Samsung, mi,oppo etc are still far behind from design of Nokia , Nokia's design are still fresh

[@AbdullaZaki]

I absolutely agree...

[@ia_mdsaad]

The fan base is there , if this phone comes again there are people who'll buy it 😍😍

[@naughtychoudhary663]

Lumia love always

[@donoester6744]

Nice video covering it. I still have my 720 in white polycarbonate, and still use it as my alarm clock. Unfortunately, the microphone died in mine within 3 years, and so did the vibration motor. One thing that was unacceptable was the poor web browser performance. If you use it today, you'd experience stalls and crashes all the time - it was even a problem when the phone was in regular use.

[@ranumbakoh7292]

Really missed my 720, really love the UI and sleek design

[@AbdullaZaki]

:(

[@peppy5635]

I regret that i mocked this Nokia series Now i want this back nowadays because of it's good features

[@jeremjerem]

This phone with the 820 were absolutely gorgeous

[@jaif7327]

im new here and didnt read the channel name and thought u were portuguese or smth but at 4:40 when u said mid range device that was such a heavy arabic accent lol love it, anyways great video

[@mcrazza]

My mum had a 720 in red. That was her first Lumia and it was great phone for its time. The only complaint was the pointy corners which made it a little uncomfortable to hold in the palm in landscape orientation.

[@AbdullaZaki]

The red was beautiful!

[@SubhamKarmakar24]

I still have my 720. It's in yellow. The camera was great for the time but the phone had it's fair share of issues, one of which was, it'd freeze up randomly and since the battery couldn't be removed, I had to wait till the battery got discharged and the phone turned off. This had happened way too many times and it was frustrating to say the least. I also remember updating the software to Windows 10 on this through the Windows Insider program 😁

[@subashbks]

Wait till battery to drain?... If I not wrong, long pressing the Power key ( for almost 10 - 15 seconds) will reboot the device.

[@AbdullaZaki]

I've seen some people face such issues on launch software, and yeah you could just hold power button and volume down for a few seconds to get the device to restart. How was the experience on Windows 10? I'd imagine not as good as WP8

[@SubhamKarmakar24]

@@AbdullaZaki yes but the volume down button on my phone was faulty, it didn't work 😂 So I had to wait for the battery to get discharged, everytime. WP10 was pretty good, pretty fluid. I liked it better than WP8 because I found WP8 to be pretty boring at the time 😛

[@AbdullaZaki]

@@SubhamKarmakar24 that's a different story haha

[@SirFaceFone]

Wait you can upgrade it to Windows 10M?

[@marktitusramos3798]

That is my first Nokia Lumia even 2nd hand. Even if it has touch screen issues. So in love with this metro tiles and absolute black display. 😍 I cannot find the feels with today's flagship. And even it is midrange, it does not feel any lag honestly. Except the camera of course. Missing Old Nokia days.

[@manueljenkin95]

This was the best phone I have ever owned, period! To this day! The keyboard experience on windows phone is unparalleled.

[@Unknown-jh3wk]

Hey Abdullah , I am using nokia 6.1 plus since 2018 and now I am feeling bored of using Android 10. I want to purchase a new one but the question is - should I choose any nokia phone which is on Android 12 or should I look to another brand?

[@sirakayakomzin3926]

Depends on your budget. If you want near stock android experience and you have $500 to spend on a phone then wait for pixel 6a. If not then nokia is your best bet i think.

[@Unknown-jh3wk]

@@sirakayakomzin3926 Stock Android is not going to come on pixel phones . Google developed his own ui *Material you* . Kinda it feels like advanced stock Android. But Android one in nokia is pretty much good as I think because it has some features which lack in stock Android. But if I compare it with other ui like miui , Color os , oxygen OS , it seems to lack in feature

[@sirakayakomzin3926]

@@Unknown-jh3wk does nokia guarantee future updates? MI phones don't get regular updates. Oneplus is okay ig. About the pixel phones, the material you looks nice personally. But it also lacks features like call recording (i think only samsung phones have this).

[@AbdullaZaki]

It's a complicated question to answer! Stock android works really well on midrange and lower powered smartphones because its lightweight. I always chose based on design first and a basic look at specs that I find reasonable. Any devices from Nokia or others that grabbed your attention?

[@sirakayakomzin3926]

@@Unknown-jh3wk for ui features, future updates, etc i would go with Samsung A series or something

[@masum06nobi]

it was my first smart phone, also my first lumia. i had the red one. man i still miss using it. one of the great design in respect of appearance and os wise

[@ALXTorresC]

That was my first smartphone... I love it

[@AbdullaZaki]

Which colour did you get?

[@ALXTorresC]

@@AbdullaZaki a Yellow one...

[@vishnumenon6541]

I still like this UI over current iterations of Android or iOS

[@AbdullaZaki]

Me too

[@rsg6174]

me three

[@paramsingh4104]

I was a windows phone app developer back in the day and absolutely loved the design language of Windows Phone. Lumia was a revolution, pity it failed!

[@AbdullaZaki]

How was the development process for apps on the platform? Easy? complicated? :)

[@nrbgamingYT]

I had to pick from between this and L625. I went ahead with the later, but my friend owned the L720. Loved these phones!

[@AbdullaZaki]

Both fantastic :)

[@mahfujurrahaman9146]

My fevorite lumia look, i want Nokia to do this again

[@AbdullaZaki]

Me too!

[@jagadishs]

I still have this phone in working condition. Best display and audio quality.

[@lewis9752]

This was my first promer phone im now 20 years old what a great phone this was

[@mgkole]

No other range of phones had so much afordable style, both hardware and software-wise, as a Lumia range. I still find them very atractive and appealing.

[@DanielPereiraSantista]

I had a L720 and missing days when a smartphone fit perfectly in my hand and into my pocket.

[@ansariarshad29]

I still remember my lumia 525 it was awesome.wish nokia still launch windows phone.

[@sultanabran1]

my wife had a yellow 720. lovely phone. windows phone was a superior OS to android and ios. it was well ahead of its time and coupled with Nokia's design language, it was a great fit.

[@blackhawk69100]

It was a fantastic phone. I had a yellow 720 and then a white 730. It had everything needed. In my experience the real drawback was the ppi on the screen. I remember using Here maps for the first time on the 720 and being blown away. Controversial to Nokia windows phone users but the 720,730,1320 are my favourite midrange phone from Nokia. Not because they had the best to offer, but because they offered so much more then the competition at that price point. And the Nokia sweet of apps was just so polished a long with how well windows phone ran on lower end hardware, just made the whole experience so much more engaging. Great phone and great video. Maybe in the future you could do the 730 as a follow up to show how Nokia took it up a peg to address the short comings of the 720😉

[@AbdullaZaki]

If I was buying it back in the day I would be so conflicted between yellow red or cyan haha. The 730 is another one of those gems I'd love to cover on the channel one day. Nokias services were indeed fantastic, and in many areas way ahead of their time. But Nokia was so bad at showcasing their advantages, its a shame.

[@GodKiller26]

Lumia 720 (red) was my first windows phone.

[@AbdullaZaki]

Red was very beautiful!

[@aniketsontakke2083]

I would love to see a review of Nokia X2. Please give this phone a try.

[@AbdullaZaki]

I have the Nokia XL, will make a video for it soon :D

[@aniketsontakke2083]

Nokia X2 was an upgrade of Nokia X and XL, it came with a really good software experience. Hope to see the review of Nokia X2 too.

[@cifer09]

My first true smartphone and I miss it so much 😭

[@angied8919]

Beautiful phone, I had a red one! Using Samsung s22 plus but still miss my Windows tiles etc

[@SirFaceFone]

There's Launcher10 on the Play Store, but it just doesn't feel the same.

[@angied8919]

@@SirFaceFone agreed

[@cefre00]

I hope we live to see, that either Nokia or Microsoft tries to revive these devices. I always get excited when I see a video from you talking about a Lumia. But I restrain myself not to start up my old Lumias... I focus my ex-Nokia passions on my Sony Xperia 10 with SFOS. That is only what is left and still can work as a daily. 😞

[@bahubali9799]

From where did you buy this Lumia 720?? I wanted to buy it...

[@janikoskinen7903]

Lumia 735 was the actual masterpiece with it's oled display and unparallel dual-sim functions.

[@BeIlG]

I accidently bought a nokia windows phone back almost 10 years ago. I customized it using the os, HATED it initially but grew to now love this more than any other os to date. It was solid! I wish this os didn't fade away so quick. Just wish windows would have removed their own dumb apps and google wasn't a little b about passing along their apps. It was amazing though! I created a custom theme through the os for my tiles so I could turn on and off the wifi with a click, flashlight, browser launcher, important apps, cell data, and bluetooth. It was clean and gorgeous!

[@Kenn_Adams]

I had the next best iteration of this phone Lumia 730, it had OLED display, better pixel density. Upgraded to Windows 10, 1 gig of ram never lagged once. I had it for 5 whole years despite the lack of app availability. Changed the phone only cos WhatsApp stopped their support for Windows phones. I still have it in my desk drawer.

[@mahmoudmubarak5203]

Great video, hope using a better mic next time, cheers

[@shaileshjagtap3949]

Hey Abdullah were do you buy these phones from which site please i want too❤️

[@vigneshkraja]

I had a red Lumia 720. It was sleek and had a great battery. Camera was really awesome at that time. I miss it. Wish Microsoft brings Windows Phone back.

[@ibrahimmohammed1867]

Man i love this phone i had one when it released

[@faysal9447]

Hello Abdullah Since you have Lumia 920 and 1020 Witch one is the more comfortable in hand ? I will buy one of them for Mp3 and Browsing the internet .

[@AbdullaZaki]

Hi Faysal, I would say 1020 because it's lighter and easier to fit in the pocket

[@faysal9447]

Thanks alot Abdullah

[@Aryan_Sanan]

I used to own this phone back in 2014

[@nurjamanamd7151]

Oh my first lumia

[@AbdullaZaki]

Which colour did you have?

[@victorkreig6089]

Abdulla I'm thinking about buying an old windows phone specifically to use it as an mp3 since it's so hard to find a zuneHD these days that aren't totally wrecked. Suggestion on model for that specific use?

[@SirFaceFone]

Get any top of the line Lumia. The 925/930 has a compact form factor if you're into that, 1520 if you like it big.

[@urosgorjan9527]

So miss windows mobile with Nokia

[@karim-abdelaal]

I had Lumia 630 then Lumia 640XL. I'd say that it's just a shame that Nokia/Microsoft didn't go forward with Windows mobile, one of the best OS I've ever used. Greetings from Finland ;)

[@tirujit]

Super cool, thanks for the video, I still have this phone in black color, but sadly screen is shattered

[@TomiThemself]

*The description:* _"2 years old video"_ *The title:* _"Nokia Lumia 720 in 2024"_ *Me:* _"Sus"_

[@musiyyab]

Where you getting all these 💎?

[@confusedcoco5947]

Idea- what if the XR20 replacement had the fabula design. Durability+design=sells like hotcakes

[@AbdullaZaki]

Would love that

[@paveldas6036]

This was my first ever smartphone. Watching this video on my iphone 13

[@swaksharghosh2705]

I had it for 2 yrs. Then I sold it off like a fool! Wish I kept it, i miss it till date...

[@Lordosvk]

I have nokia 7 plus. Amazing phone. Also the frimware.

[@arvy8434]

I have this in yellow. My very first smartphone.

[@Jitesh_Raut_3114]

Loving it Nokia

[@MarkIvey2]

Do Lumia 620 next.... :)

[@AbdullaZaki]

Its on the to do list, but for the future :D Don't have one yet

[@jasonmanongtong3904]

hard to broken like old phones when falls to grounds

[@Wildscape98]

Nostalgic 🥹