Just as rumored, the centerpiece of
the Nokia Lumia 1520 is a 6-inch
1080p screen. On the back you get a
20 MP PureView camera with OIS,
while its beating heart on the inside
is a quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon
800 processor (the first to be
integrated on a Windows Phone).
The Nokia Lumia 1520 has 2GB of
RAM, 32GB built-in storage and a
microSD slot to expand that.
The new 1080p 6-inch screen has a
pixel density of 368 ppi and is a
ClearBlack IPS LCD unit with Super
Sensitive touch. It's covered by
Corning Gorilla Glass 2 for
protection and Nokia has worked
hard on its legibility in direct
sunlight. The larger screen real
estate now allows for a third column
of Live Tiles on the homescreen or
you can simply enjoy more large-
sized tiles.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 takes after the
Lumia 1020 design - it's actually like
a supersized version of the 1020
sans the camera hump on the back.
A part of the polycarbonate plastic
used comes from recycling, so it's
more environmentally friendly, too.
Inside the new smartphone there is
a 3400mAh battery (as compared to
2000 mAh for the Lumia 1020),
allowing for up to 32 days of standby
and up to 124h of music playback.
There is a price to be paid for that
battery capacity. While the Lumia
1520 is quite slim at 8.7mm of
thickness, it's really heavy at 209g.
In comparison, the 5.7-inch
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is way
lighter at 168 g, while the 6.4-inch
Sony Xperia Z Ultra (with all the
glass it has on the back) weighs
around the same at 212g.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 in white, red
and yellow
Connectivity-wise, the Lumia 1520
comes with Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac with
channel bonding, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0,
USB 2.0, LTE up to 150 Mbps, HSDPA
up to 42.2 Mbps and HSUPA up to
5.76 Mbps.
The Lumia 1520 comes with four
microphones on board, which not
only get used for multimicrophone
noise cancellation in calls, but also
deliver Nokia's proprietary Rich
sound recording.
The Lumia 1520 uses a 26 mm wide
angle 20MP PureView camera with 6-
lens Zeiss optics and a 1/2.5 inch
BSI sensor. The camera has OIS and
makes use of oversampling, which
results into smaller res photos with
less noise and also allows for
lossless zooming. There is no xenon
flash though, only a Dual LED one.
Video recording maxes out at
1080p@30fps.
Nokia has also revamped the Nokia
Camera app, integrating the Nokia
Smart Camera and the Nokia Pro
camera functionality inside the
regular camera UI and allowing for a
seamless camera mode changing.
Nokia's redesign Camera app
Nokia has also developed a new app
called Nokia Storyteller. It plots out
all the photos you've taken on the
HERE map. You can zoom in to
specific locations and see the actual
photos grouped by date of taking
and location. It also integrates all
your specialty photos - like
cinemagraphs and Action shots (it
would even animate the latter).
A new app called Nokia Beamer
would also allow you to stream your
smartphone's screen to any device
with a web browser.
Software-wise, the Nokia Lumia 1520
will come with the latest stuff that
Microsoft and Nokia have on offer.
It's Windows Phone 8 with a little
something called Lumia Black and it
includes all the latest software
enhancements from both companies.
It comes with stuff like Nokia HERE
Drive+ with global free turn-by-turn
navigation, true offline support and
audible speed limit warnings, the
new Nokia Camera app, the Nokia
Storyteller app, the Nokia Beamer
app, but also Microsoft's new suite
of Bing apps and customized
ringtones for individual contacts,
something that hasn't been
available on Windows Phone so far.
The Lumia Black update premiers on
the Nokia 1520, but will be available
as an update to other Lumias in the
beginning of 2014.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 will launch in
yellow, red, white, and black later
this autumn, starting in Hong Kong,
Singapore, China, the U.S. (an AT&T
exclusive), France, Germany, UK and
continuing to other European
markets for a retail price of $749
before taxes and subsidies.
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