Nokia Lumia 1520 - the first smartphone on Windows with a large screen and excellent resolution

Shortly before the Finnish company Nokia ceased to exist and passed into the hands of Microsoft, the flagship Nokia Lumia 1520 with a quad-core processor, a good camera and a large diagonal was presented to the public. In fact, 1520 belongs to the class of phablets, that is, devices moving from a smartphone to a tablet. What is good phone, and what are its disadvantages - will tell the review of Nokia Lumia 1520.

Specifications

Despite the fact that the device was entering the market at the time when the fate of the once famous brand was being decided, the creators did not careless about the creation of devices. Lumia 1520 - a good smartphone with top features for its time. Full list in the table.

Nokia Lumia 1520

Characteristics of the Nokia Lumia 1520 show that this device, like other company solutions, is one of the best in its time.

1. The model had NFC chip, a large stock of memory.
2. This is the first device on Windows Phone with a large diagonal and four processor cores.
3. Smartphone supports LTE networkIt has two Wi-Fi operation bands.
4. The ability to use the navigator without an internet connection.

Design

The Nokia Lumiya 1520 smartphone, like the company's earlier devices, made of polycarbonate. The front panel is closed Gorilla Glass. The device is a monoblock, that is, there is no removable cover. Execution colors are black, red, white and yellow.

On a note! All shades are matte, which was a change, since before that the company had made a glossy surface. According to reviews, she was too dirty. In the matte case of such problems is not observed.

As before, the back cover is convex. Despite the fact that the smartphone is quite thick, the tendency to decrease the thickness is clearly there. Given the diagonal, the device does not seem too cumbersome and visually very pleasant, similar impressions remain from its use. The model turned out to be ergonomicnot slippery.The phone looks bright and stylish.

The branded feature of the Lumia line is black glass, which seems to be inserted into the case.. If you look closely, you can see that the display rises a little above the surface. On the top panel there is a camera and a speaker. At the bottom of the smartphone, three touch buttons - back, search and Win.

Location of control buttons and other elements quite typical for Nokia.

1. Right side - volume, camera, power on.
2. The bottom end is microUSB, the top is 3.5.
   

   

3. On the left side are sliding trays for the SIM and memory card. They open with a clip.
   

   

4. The back side of the device contains a round camera, it rises a little above the surface, as well as a flash. Here is the very bottom of the speaker.
   

Build quality is excellent, the design as a whole for Nokia is not new, and it appealed to many buyers.

Screen

The Nokia Lumia 1520 smartphone is equipped with a 6 inch display that works on IPS technology. The screen resolution is 1920 * 1080 pixels, and this is the first Windows Phone with this resolution.

On a note! Although the device became more detailed in the picture, not all applications were immediately rewritten for a large number of points, so in some cases they did not look correct.

The device has a good margin of brightness, wide viewing angles, excellent contrast.In general, the screen deserves only praise, and there is nothing to complain about here.

1. Model, as before, supports work in gloves.
2. The touch is designed for 10 touches simultaneously.
3. There is a high quality oleophobic coating.
4. The screen is covered with scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass.
5. New chip has become unlocking the display by double clicking on the screen.

Camera

In the Nokia 1520, the resolution of the main camera is 20 megapixels. Some users remember that at one time the company presented cameras and with high resolution. It was not always very effective, but the buyer was “led” to it. The application has a large number of settings, manual modes. Among the interesting modes - panorama, animated photos, change of focus.

The model implements the PureView function, which works on the principle of creating a raw image in high resolution. After the processor processes the frame, adds brightness, removes noise and slightly reduces the resolution. The technology works perfectly, and the picture is very pleasant regardless of the room illumination. The front camera is able to improve the picture and smooth some flaws as beautification in modern Chinese.

The device is able to shoot video in FHD and HD resolution, does it well.The device has special utility that is responsible for the sound. Due to this, the sound on the video is of high quality, even when shooting in a noisy place. Auxiliary camera shoots only in HD quality.

Important! The only point that should be noted about the video - the correct location of the phone while shooting. To avoid having to watch videos in a special player, you need to hold the phone with the buttons up, otherwise the picture will be displayed upside down or at an angle of 90 degrees.

Performance and autonomy

Lumia 1520 is the company's first smartphone on a quad-core processor. Obviously, this step has been taken to improve performance, but given the capabilities of the operating system, it is very difficult to feel. In fact, the operating system does not offer the user a game, and he can only work with applications. Even older processors on two cores coped with this task successfully, so it’s impossible to see the difference. The device works quickly, and if you still dig into the tests, you can see by numbers The highest speed of work than any device on Windows.

The phone is equipped with a capacious 3400 mAh battery. This is the second model of the company that supports wireless charging technology. This process will take about four hours. Cable charging is faster - 2.5 hours. By battery life, the device shows 12 hours of video viewing, 11 hours of reading. The total time of the smartphone under load is about 2 days, which is very worthy.

Conclusion

The Nokia Lumia 1520 is a great smartphone on Windows. There are no failures here, and everything, from design to performance, done well. Among other devices on Windows, the model is a leader, but it’s difficult to compare it with Android phones. The reason is that the operating system does not allow you to use the phone at 100%. The disadvantage of the device is definitely only OS. By not offering the customer anything new and interesting, it forced buyers to turn away from Nokia's technology, as quite often smartphones were positioned as an option for those who need to work, but not have fun. And people who want to use the device for multimedia purposes have always been more.

Price Lumia 1520 at one time amounted to 30 thousand rubles, and this is a lot of money for the phone, which did not give the opportunity to play.It is not a secret that expensive devices are often bought for these purposes, if there is no need for a good camera or device status. It is for this reason that the buyer had doubts about the need to purchase Nokia, when for the same money you can buy a device on iOS or Android, which among other things will give a much larger set of features.

Nokia Lumia 1520