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Nokia Lumia 1520 Review

United States (RM-938)     See other variants reviews Score: 70.2 / 100

Nokia Lumia 1520 is an amazing Windows Phone 8 phone released back in the year 2013, having a large 6 inches display, a high-tech Quad-Core processing unit running at 2200 megahertz, and 2 cameras, a 20 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 1.2 megapixels front side camera. We will get a better idea about this cellphone's advantages when we get into specific details.

Even though the Lumia 1520 is only 6.41 inches long and 3.36 inches wide, it is able to fit a a 6" screen. The Lumia 1520 is just 0.34" thick, making it one of the thinnest devices in the market. This device feels much lighter than what you would expect from a device this size. This phone is sold in multiple color options like black, yellow, red and white.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 ships with an extremely fast Quad-Core processing unit speeding at 2200 MHz, packed into a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 system chip and a huge 2 GB of RAM. Graphic intensive applications and games often uses a lot of CPU cycles, so the Lumia 1520 also has an Adreno 330 GPU running at 450 megahertz to improve overall performance. A good point of this phone is the 32 GB astonishing internal storage memory and a slot for external memory cards, allowing the user to install lots of applications, games, songs, photos and videos without thinking about running out of space at all.

This device is equipped with two cameras, a 20 MP back camera and a 1.2 megapixels front camera. It also films videos in 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 frames per second. In addition, this phone's camera also counts with multiple great characteristics like auto-focus, flash, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, optical image stabilization and geo tagging.

Nokia designed this phone with a beautiful 6-inches display, and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (Full HD), which makes everything look absolutely great. This display uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, with an incredible 600 candela/m2 brightness and allows multi-touch gestures.

This cellphone counts with Wi-Fi connectivity (and it can be provided to other devices acting as a modem), 4G (LTE) great performance internet connection and also HSPA+ data connection, which is a slower 4G type and fast 3G internet connection, supported by HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. This phone uses a Nano SIM card for GSM networks.

This cellphone also features a wide range of interesting characteristics like Wireless charging, NFC, Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Localization, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

This phone packs a 3400 mAh great Li-Ion non-replaceable battery, enough to provide this phone with an extremely long battery life. Nokia afirms this phone has a 768 hours stand by time and a 27.4 hours talk time. An issue to consider is that the Nokia Lumia 1520's battery is not removable so you won't be able to replace it when it begins to lose its charge, whereas with such a huge battery size you will probably buy a new cellphone before that becomes an issue.

The Lumia 1520 costs 229 dollars, quite expensive for a cellphone this level. No matter if you will use it as a work phone, are an amateur photographer, will use it as a gamer device or want a social phone, this phone is the correct option . Nokia sells the Nokia Lumia 1520 with Nokia AC-60 MicroUSB Charger, Quick guide, Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD, SIM Door Key and Nokia Headset WH-208.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Nokia
Operating System (OS):Windows Phone 8
Variant:United States
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Also Known As:Nokia Bandit, Nokia RM-937
Product code:RM-938
Dimensions:6.41 x 3.36 x 0.34 inchesMetric16.28 x 8.53 x 0.86 cmImperial
Weight:7.37 ouncesMetric208.94 gImperial
Colors:Black, Red, White and Yellow
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:Nokia AC-60 MicroUSB Charger, Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD, Nokia Headset WH-208, Quick guide, SIM Door Key
Release date:2013-10-22
Price:$ 229.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD (16M colors)
Size:6 inchesMetric15.2 cmImperial
Resolution:1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:367 pixels per inchMetric144.49 pixels per cmImperial
Brightness:600 cd/m2
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
Processor:Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (800 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 330 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:32 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 128 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:No
Capacity:3400 mAh
Wireless Charging:Yes
Stand-by Time:768 hours
Talk Time:27.4 hours

Camera

Back camera:20 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.40
    Focal length:26mm (35mm equivalence)
    Sensor size:0.4 inches (1/2.5")
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:1.2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (30 fps) (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting, Fast Burst Mode, Geo Tagging and Optical Image Stabilization

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Nano SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:700 (band 17), 850 (band 5), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1900 (band 2), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor