Camera
Although the camera does not have flash
support to enhance brightness when shooting in low light condition, but the
imaging application that supports ISO sensitivity from 100 to 800 and many
scenes mode for selected as backlight, night, outdoors... the imaging
capability of the phone is quite efficient. Testing some outdoor scenes
shooting, the definition stability and get detailed at each point of the phone
is quite good. Especially when shooting close, the phone also provides quality
images with neutral tones, gentle color. Being a Windows Phone 8 handset
there's also a dedicated camera button, which give you quick access to the
camera by holding the camera button for 2 seconds even in the lock state,
standby mode.
Outdoor
shots clearly displays fully details
With
indoor shots, there isn't many noise due to the camera application has been
updated.
Close-up
shots are good, fully detailed.
Even
at a distance of 30 cm, the ability to focus is still stable.
Honest
skin tone reproduction
Beside that, the phone comes with many
professional imaging applications from Nokia that allow you to add creative to
your image. For example, the Photobeamer application allows you to quickly
share photos from your phone to any computer without having to plug in the data
transmission cable.
Specifically, users just need to open the
Photobeamer application and select photos to share. Then use a computer to
open photobeamer.com web page, the screen will display a QR code symbol. Just
scan the QR code with your phone and those pictures will appear on the computer
screen without having to plug in a USB cable to copy the data.
Photobeamer
application
Besides,
there are other applications as Cinemagraph (Animation) based on the effects.
Smart shoot (continuous shoot then let the users choose the most beautiful one),
etc.
Other features
Besides, the application store of Windows
Phone 8 has many good applications, especially those games are on their trial
period which is free to play (free) or have free demo. For example, those
familiar games on the Android operating system, such as Angry Bird, Fruit
Ninja, Jewels, etc. are in trial period or free-to-play. A huge plus is the
super-sensitive ability of the Nokia screen is very comfortable, not cumbersome
like some smartphones at the same level.
Application
Store of Windows Phone 8 has many good applications, especially those games are
on their trial period which is free to play (free) or have free demo.
The Phone feature of Windows Phone 8 is
stable, fast call transfer, the keyboard take two-thirds of the screen makes it
easier for dial. In addition, the phone also features “Merge call” which simultaneously
connects two calls together to form a 3-person call, but there is no other
feature such as call recording or making a list of blocked calls.
Performance
The phone's configuration is quite good
with a dual-core processor, an operating system that has been upgraded,
modified and has bug fix update so those silly problems such as crash, self
reboot, unstable camera should no longer occur.
With
Phone Mark benchmark, the phone's score is 628 points, with Peackeeper, a
measuring web browsers tools support HTML5, the phone gains 212 points.
With
AnTuTu the phone gets 7,660 points, which is stronger than some phones using
dual-core processor from MediaTek (MTK). With WP Bench, the phone reachs a
graphics rate of 50 frames / sec.
The
test checks the read speed of the card data reach an average speed of 29.79 Mb
/ s.
Battery
Experiment with battery test application in
WP Bench, the phone has lasted for 7 hours 32 minutes, which is a high battery
level compared to other smartphones. However, the actual use of the test is:
set screen brightness in average mode, listen to FM radio with headphone,
access social networks and watch movie online with rotating connectivity 3G and
Wi-Fi, occasionally make phone call, 20 times textings and the phone only lasted
about 6 hours 15 minutes before an battery exhausted message appears.
In addition, the test with maximum
brightness and entertainment with 3D action games as Assassin's Creed, the
phone still run fine, but after 30 minutes, the back and the screen of the
phone start to warm up. This is a common problem of the Nokia Lumia using
Windows Phone 8 so if you tent to use it continuously for a long time, you
should pay attention to the heating problem and the battery is depleted very
fast, only about 4 hours.
Overall, the Nokia Lumia 520 is a
smartphone which is very suitable with new users who begin switching from basic
phone to smartphone due to its fast web surfing, great touch screen, and a lot
of interesting camera features.
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Specifications
and price
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Product name: Nokia Lumia 520
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2G network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900
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3G network: HSPDA 900/2100 – RM – 914
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Sim: Micro-Sim
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Dimensions: 119.9x64x9.9 mm (4.72x2.52x0.39 inches)
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Weight: 124 g (4.37 oz)
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Display Type: IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen,
16M colors
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Display Size: 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches (~233
ppi pixel density)
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Sound: Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones,
loudspeaker, 3.5mm jack
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Memory: 8 GB internal storage, 512 MB RAM
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Card Slot: microSD, up to 64 GB
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WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
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Bluetooth: Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
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USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0
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Camera: primary, 5 MP, 2,592x1,936 pixels,
autofocus, ¼” sensor size, geo-tagging
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Video: Yes, 720p@30fps
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OS: Microsoft Windows Phone 8
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Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8227
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CPU: 1 GHz dual-core
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GPU: Adreno 305
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Battery: Li-Ion 1,430 mAh battery.
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Colors: Yellow, red, cyan, white/black
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Price: $192
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