Nokia Lumia 1520 Review

Nokia Lumia 1520 is a high quality phone released in October 2013, packing an enormous 6" multi-touch screen, a 2.2 GHz Quad-Core processing unit, a 20 megapixels back side camera and a 1.2 mega-pixels front-facing camera.

Nokia decided to equip the Lumia 1520 using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chip, which holds an extremely powerful 2200 MHz Quad-Core CPU with a huge 2 GB of RAM memory. Graphic calculations generally uses a lot of processor cycles, so this cellphone counts with a 450 megahertz Adreno 330 graphics processing unit to help handle those graphic tasks. A great aspect of the Lumia 1520 is its big 32 GB internal memory and an external memory card slot, enough to install hundreds of applications and even the largest games currently available without having to worry about filling it.

Nokia made a great job making this phone as lightweight as 7.37 ounces. This phone is for sale in many different color variations like black, yellow, red and white. Being just 0.34 inches thick,this cellphone is thin and good-looking. Even though the Nokia Lumia 1520 is only 6.41" long, it is able to fit a a 6 inches display.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 is equipped with an awesome 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) 6" display, which makes it impossible to even see the pixels that compose the display. Its display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, with a brightness of 600 candela/m2 and can detect multi touch gestures.

This cellphone includes WiFi connection (which can be provided to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot), 4G (LTE) fast connection and also HSPA+ internet connection, which is a lower speed 4G network and 3G fast connection type, using HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This phone works with a Nano SIM card for GSM carriers.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 20 megapixels back-facing camera and a 1.2 megapixels front-facing camera. It also shoots videos in 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 frames per second. The camera also includes multiple amazing characteristics like flash, fast burst mode, auto-focus, optical image stabilization, face detection shooting and geo tagging.

This cellphone packs a big capacity 3400 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery, enough to provide the Lumia 1520 with a great battery life. According to Nokia, this phone has an estimated 27.4 hs talk time and a 768 hs stand by time. An issue to evaluate is that this phone's battery isn't replaceable so you can't change it when it starts losing capacity, while having 3400 mAh you will probably replace this cellphone before it happens.

This cellphone also includes a wide variety of useful characteristics as Wireless charging compatibility, NFC, Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Navigation, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This cellphone may be a bit overpriced considering it is offerred for 229 dollars, and many similar cellphones are sold for a bit less than that. No matter if you want a device to play games, you love taking pictures, need a phone for work or want this cellphone majorly for internet broswing and social networks, this cellphone is probably a great option . If you buy this cellphone you will also get Quick guide, Nokia AC-60 MicroUSB Charger, SIM Door Key, Nokia Headset WH-208 and Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD.