Nokia Lumia 520 hands-on review written updates:-
Htc declared a new budget range Windows Cellphone 8 smartphone at MWC, the Lumia 520. Here's our Htc Lumia 520 hands-on evaluation.
Nokia has included two new mobile phones to its Lumia family in the form of the 720 and 520. The latter is the new budget range choice instead of the already inexpensive Lumia 620. The Lumia range might be getting a bit populated but the numbering system is at least simple enough to get your head circular.
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Considering the Lumia 520 is now the most affordable choice of The lenders Windows Cellphone 8 promotions, we were amazed by what is on offer for around £140.
We mentioned that the 720 appears like the 920 in shape and style but in less sized size. Well the 520 is similar but small still. However, at this price, we weren't amazed to discover a detachable protect and a lcd rather than the shaped one.
This little smartphone seems really awesome in the hand with its shaped back protect. Like the 620 and 820, you can get different color includes which can be turned around easily. It's unexpectedly slim and light at 9.9mm and 124g (the 620 is a puffy 11mm thick).
Apart from the style, it's the requirements of the 520 that we're really satisfied with. It's less expensive than the Lumia 620 but stocks many of the same elements. It operates on a 1GHz dual-core processer, Adreno 305 GPU and 512MB.
Running Windows Cellphone 8 OS, we found the Lumia 520 cold for a budget range smartphone. There's still the reward of Htc software too such as applications like Htc Music, Cinemagraph and Innovative Studio room.
We predicted storage space to be a generally budget range 4GB but it's dual this, in fact, at 8GB (the same at the Lumia 720) plus there's a microSD card for up to 64GB cards.
Although the 4in display is relatively low-res at 480x800, it looks very excellent with The lenders ClearBlack technology. We were amazed to discover it uses an IPS board making for great watching perspectives. Like the Lumia 920 and 820, you can use the extremely delicate display with handwear cover on.
Like the Lumia 620, the 520 stones a 5Mp photographic camera at the back which can record video at up to 720p. Analyze images seemed taken on the MWC show ground seemed very excellent but we'll have to hang on to give the 520 a proper test before we can fully viewpoint.
The first indication of cost reducing with the Lumia 520 is the lack of a front experiencing photographic camera. For a inexpensive smartphone, this is not really a big deal in our viewpoint.
The only other thing we can identify is a small power supply at just 1430mAh. However, we weren't able to evaluate power supply lifespan at MWC so this will have to hang on for full inspection
