Earlier today Nokia held a press conference in New York City to unveil their latest in their line of Lumia smartphones – The Lumia 820 and flagship Lumia 920. At the core of these handsets is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4 processor. The performance powerhouse of the S4 processor allowed Nokia to outfit these phones the flashiest hardware technology and bleeding edge Microsoft software. Below is a walkthrough of how the Snapdragon S4 is powering some of these features in the flagship Nokia Lumia 920.

Since the release of Windows Phone, Snapdragon processors have been the only hardware platform deemed worthy to support it. Inside every Window Phone 7 handset was either a Snapdragon™ S1 or S2 processor.

And by cool, we’re not referring to its looks. Heat isn’t something gadget users always worry about. However, there are circumstances when a mobile device will heat up significantly, say, when you’re playing a 3D intensive game, chatting with video enabled, or watching an HD movie continuously for long periods of time.

Last week Nokia turned heads with the Lumia 900 – a new smartphone featuring a Snapdragon processor. Many reviewers were big fans of this Windows Phone.