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Nokia Lumia 520 Review

Global Model     See other variants reviews Score: 54.3 / 100

Nokia Lumia 520 is a pretty good cellphone released back in the year 2013, with a great performance Dual-Core CPU clocking at 1 GHz, a 5 MP back side camera and a medium 4 inches multi-touch screen. Let's take a closer sight of what this cellphone offers to us.

Nokia ships this cellphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 system chip, including a great performance Dual-Core processing unit running at 1000 MHz with 512 MB RAM memory. Graphic calculations usually uses lots of processing power, so this phone has an Adreno 305 graphics processing unit ticking at 450 megahertz to help the processor with those tasks. A nice aspect of this cellphone is its 8 GB quite big internal storage and an SD memory slot, which allows you to store a couple hundred applications without worrying about space.

This cellphone doesn't feel very lightweight for a device of this size, with a weight of 4.37 oz. Nokia made this phone in a lot of color variations like black, yellow, red and white. Being just 0.39 inches thick,the Lumia 520 is thin and comfortable.

This phone only has a 5 MP back facing camera. It also shoots videos in 1280x720 (HD) at 30 frames per second. This camera also features geo tagging and auto-focus.

This phone is equipped with a very good 4 inches screen with a 800 x 480 resolution, which makes everything look vivid. Its screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and has multi-touch detection.

This phone comes with a medium 1430 mAh Li-Ion battery that can keep this phone running for some hours, although you will probably find yourself looking for a place to charge it after some moderate to heavy usage.

This cellphone offers WiFi connection (which can be provided to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot), 4G (HSPA+) data connection, which is not so fast as LTE networks and the fastest 3G connection type, using HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The Lumia 520 works with a Micro SIM card for GSM carriers.

This phone also includes some useful characteristics as Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Navigation, and a few sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

This cellphone is being sold for about $ 95, which is expensive for this type of cellphone. This device is the correct option if you want a cellphone to mainly use social networks. When you buy this device you also get High Efficiency Charger AC-20, Nokia Stereo Headset WH-108, Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-189CD, Nokia Battery BL-5J and Quick guide.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Nokia
Operating System (OS):Windows Phone 8.1, 8
Variant:Global Model
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Dimensions:4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 inchesMetric11.99 x 6.4 x 0.99 cmImperial
Weight:4.37 ouncesMetric123.89 gImperial
Colors:Black, Red, White and Yellow
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:High Efficiency Charger AC-20, Nokia Battery BL-5J, Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-189CD, Nokia Stereo Headset WH-108, Quick guide
Release date:2013-02-25
Price:$ 95.00

Display

Screen Type:IPS LCD (16M colors)
Size:4 inchesMetric10.2 cmImperial
Resolution:480 x 800 pixels
Pixel density:233 pixels per inchMetric91.73 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227
Processor:Krait (Dual-Core 1000 MHz)
RAM Memory:512 MB
Graphics Processor:Adreno 305 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:8 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:1430 mAh
Talk Time:14.8 hours

Camera

Back camera:5 megapixels
    Aperture:f/2.40
    Focal length:28mm (35mm equivalence)
Max video resolution:1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus and Geo Tagging

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Micro SIM
UMTS Bands:900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor