Nokia Lumia 1520-Nokia's Retribution

Nokia 1520-Nokia's High End Phablet:

Nokia has been in hot waters recently. The company is seriously trying to make amends and renter the technology industry using several methods from introducing a 41 mega-pixel phone to making a full-fledged tablet which is the Lumia 2520.

It also plans to enter the successful phablet market by introducing two new devices this year, The Lumia 1520 and The Lumia 1320. So here is our review on the Nokia Lumia 1520.

Design:

At first glance this device looks like a pumped up Lumia 925 which debut earlier this year. But on looking closer it seems to resemble the design of not only the chassis of the Lumia 925 but also the design of earlier, Lumia 920.

The display on the front of the device looks remarkably similar to the display of the Lumia 920.
The 1520 offers a full aluminium body which feels quite significant in your hands.
The back features a camera aperture is quite prominent at the back, resembling the aperture of the 925.

Camera:

The camera on board the 1520 is one of the most significant features of the device.
The primary camera on the back features a 20 mega-pixel sensor.
Nokia has always been known for its amazing camera technology and the 1520 is no exception.

The camera takes excellent pictures in bright, dim and low light. It features Carl Zeiss Optics on board with an added benefit of Optical Image Stabilization, which offers that much more better pictures and video by elimination almost all of the shakiness from the stills.

It features a secondary camera on the front with a 1.2 mega-pixel sensor.
The primary camera can shoot 1080p video whereas the secondary camera can shoot 720p video.

Display:

A massive spec bump from previous gen Lumia smartphones is the display. Nokia has slapped on a Full HD 6.0 inch display with a resolution of 1920x1080 with an average pixel density of 367 ppi which looks pretty good on the screen of this size.

The IPS display is protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass 2 and Nokia has also inducted its ClearBlack display into this device.

Internal Specs:

Specs on this device look excellent on paper.
The Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 800 chipset features a Quad -Core 2.2 GHz Krait 400 CPU for handling all processing that it is subjected to.

The RAM onboard maxes out at 2 GB for handling process and multi-tasking
The graphics is handled by an Adreno 330, which is a top of the line GPU.

Operating System:

The 1520 features Microsoft's Windows Phone 8. The screen beautifully compliments the vivid colors of the operating system. The color can be adjusted as per the user's taste and a wide palette of colors is also provided to do the same.

But, as we know Windows Phone 8 doesn't provide the level of customization that is available in iOS let alone the ones that can be found in an Android Ecosystem. This is usually the complaint of tech nerds who live and breath customization on their phone.
However this OS is incredibly easy to use and navigate, and it is the choice of may people who lie outside of the tech community.

Connectivity:

The 1520 features 2G, 3G and 4G LTE bands.
Wi-Fi is also prominent on the device for using the net.
Bluetooth 4.0 is also present onboard.
It also features wireless charging and has support for the standard Qi wireless charging.

Battery, Colors And Price:

The battery is Lithium-Ion which has a capacity of 3400 mAh.
It is available in red, black, yellow and white.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 is available for 700 euros for pre-order as of right now.

 Conclusion:

The Nokia Lumia 1520 is a pretty good smartphone and specs pop out on paper.
We have to review the device to see how good those specs perform, that's all we can say for now.

So that's our review on The Nokia Lumia 1520.
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Stay tuned for the review on the Lumia 1320 and 2520.

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Sarthak J Shetty
Editor In Chief