brian klug of "anandtech" in his review wrote: "the lumia 800 is indubitably the best windows phone hardware out there right now," with notable features such as "[a] camera without compromises, hardware build quality that’s unique and solid, nokia’s attention to detail..." with regard to the device's shortcomings, klug mentioned "lack of usb or external storage, a still fledgling application ecosystem, and a few others." regarding the camera, brian klug added: "lumia 800’s camera comes out looking very good against the rest of the 8mp competition, and for me this is the first f/2.2 8 mp shooter i’ve come across. with less compression and better isp, it could be even better than most."