Lumia’s newest baby
With the launch of the Lumia 920 and 820 in
India, Nokia is now trying to competing with the affordable budget smartphones
that have been ruling the roost for quite some time now. So, we have now seen
the launch of the Lumia 520 which is the replacement for the Lumia 510. Priced
rather competitively at $180, this will certainly take on the budget
smartphones segment head-on, with its Windows 8 goodness. But is it any good?
Nokia
Lumia 520
Build & design
At only 9.9mm thick, this is quite a slim
smartphone and at only 124 gms is quite light-weight too. The structure is true
to the Lumia family of smartphones and feels quite nice, though we will have to
wait for a review unit to fully see if this phone feels like a plastic cheapo
phone or not. Overall, from the pictures, we see a very well-built handset
with a typically Nokia polycarbonate chassis. Another Nokia signature is the
range of bright colors the phone will be available in; red, cyan, white, black
and yellow are the options for potential buyers. These can be swapped around as
well, but you will have to buy them all separately.
At
only 9.9mm thick, this is quite a slim smartphone and at only 124 gms is quite
light-weight too.
Hardware & software
The 4-inch IPS LCD screen has a resolution
of 800x480, which isn't great but good enough to compete with the budget phones
in this price bracket. On the plus side, the phone has a rather decent Qualcomm
CPU which has two Krait cores clocked in at 1Ghz. Coupled with 512MB of RAM and
Adreno 305 GPU, this is quite a tempting combination for the asking price. Not
to forget an internal storage of 8GB and microSD card support up to 64GB.
There's also a 5MP snapper, but no flash. Ouch! Wi-Fi gets boosted with
dual-band support too, and only NFC missing, this is quite a sweet deal for a
Windows 8 phone on a budget.
The
4-inch IPS LCD screen has a resolution of 800x480, which isn't great but good
enough to compete with the budget phones in this price bracket.
Early thoughts
Markets like India will surely be where
Nokia will expect the Lumia 520 to do really well, and with a fairly impressive
spec sheet it should. If Nokia play their cards right, they will be back in the
smartphone domination game in a year or so, with the help of such products.
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Specifications
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4” IPS LCD WVGA resolution
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1Ghz dual-core processor
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Adreno 305 GPU
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512MB RAM
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8Gb internal storage microSD card support up
to 64Gb
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5MP primary cam
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no flash
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1430 mAh battery
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