Lumia 520: The highest selling Windows Phone
Display and Build:
The Lumia 520 is a budget
smartphone from the house of Nokia and sticks to the design of Lumia
smartphones since their inception. The phone has a 4” IPS display of 800*480
resolution. The phone is available in a variety of colours and has swappable
back covers.
Internal Specifications and Operating System
The Lumia 520 has a dual core 1 GHz Qualcomm
Snapdragon processor coupled with 512 MB RAM. It has a proximity sensor and
accelerometer. The phone has 8GB internal storage expandable via a micro SD
slot supporting upto 64GB cards and the devices is powered by a 1430 mAh
battery
The 520
ships with Windows 8 out of the box and can be upgraded to Windows 8.1 via
OTA. Microsoft is offering 7GB cloud storage with the phone through Microsoft
Skydrive
CameraThe Lumia 520 houses a 5MP camera with
autofocus but unfortunately lacks flash and a secondary camera. The video
recording capabilities of the device is good at 720p HD recording at 30 fps.
ConnectivityThe Nokia Lumia 520 has Quad band GSM,
GPRS, EDGE, Dual band 3G with HSPA, A- GPS, GLONASS, FM, Bluetooth v4.0,
microUSB for charging and USB connections.
Final Words
The Lumia 520 is a great Windows phone for its price and offers great features
of Windows phone for a very low price and it has been Nokia’s highest selling
Windows phone due to its appealing features and looks.
