Flashback: Nokia Lumia 520 was smoother than any Android twice its price
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- Wojtek
- Krh
- 07 Oct 2019
it was (and still is - my father uses it to this day) an awesome device! to bad that 'Internet experts' on every possible forum deemed Windows mobile as inferior to pos being android and Windows got axed on mobile...
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- Debdeep
- XTt
- 07 Oct 2019
Still have my 525. I still use it sometimes. It was awesome. It was better than androids in that range. Plus the gestures beta app was dope. There was put to ears to pick up calls and flip to silent and few others. If it ever got a bit laggy just a reboot would make it feel like new again. Also the dedicated camera button. And it was a proper Nokia.
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- Saurabh
- uwt
- 07 Oct 2019
I had Lumia 925. one of the best phone i ever used, when people were thinking about 4G it already supported 4G network. Far better than other Android phones at that time. I am still in love with Here Maps.
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- Anonymous
- gNS
- 07 Oct 2019
We had Moto e @6300 (in sales) at the same price range...
I have used both Lumia 520 as well as Moto e...
When Lumia 520 was launched it lacked even the basic facilities like a file manager or mkv playing app etc ...
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- Johnny
- Ja5
- 07 Oct 2019
Shame on windows for yet again dropping support! You gobbled up Nokia and reduced them to ashes. You needed to create your own Instgram or Snapchat version and you failed.
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- AvM
- utf
- 07 Oct 2019
One of the best phones i used. The cuteness factor was also enormous for that yellow cutie. I had the best experience with the windows series. I agree with the fact of the UI smoothness. Its was lightening quick.
But in the end the lack apps was such a huge factor that i had to make an uglier choice. Still it was so good to it lasted.
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- Dr.AliRashid
- 6QC
- 07 Oct 2019
oh yes, i bought myself nokia N900 instead, monster of a phone back then in 2009.
that maemo OS didn't work out well too.
I still have that phone though, its like an award, the sliding keyboard and everything is still so magical
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- Dr.AliRashid
- 6QC
- 07 Oct 2019
true that, the apps didn't work out for them, I almost bought myself lumia 1520, still love it today
im on the galaxy note since 2012, never switched, never thought of switching
- Tonberry
- 0Ep
- 07 Oct 2019
I wish Windows phones didn't die off. It was good to have more competition, and Windows phones were so nice and smooth when compared to Android. Basically the only problem was app support. Even today, Android has a problem with smoothness. I don't like Apple, but when I recently went to a store and used an iPhone for a while, and then some high end Android phones (Samsung, Huawei, and some others), the iPhones were much smoother, the difference was really noticeable. The whole interface was a lot more fluid, in both the OS and apps.
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- Anonymous
- KLU
- 07 Oct 2019
Android was akin to the Windows desktop OS. Just like Windows, they are banking on the improvements on the future hardware to be fast enough so that it can run the OS smooth.
Windows Phone itself was great, but Google killed it by not willing to develop any Google related apps for it. So it's pretty much dead.
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- its_me_suryan
- ypY
- 07 Oct 2019
Surprisingly my Nokia Lumia 520 is still working!
XD :P
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- Devilbringer
- Dkf
- 07 Oct 2019
It was my very first smartphone it was such a good phone,camera was good, battery life was great,it was butterly smooth compare to galaxy s duos it's rival, it also helped me make new friends on my first day of college due to its unique look(people approach me just to touch my phone) but the only problem that killed this phone was lack of app support, which was worst.
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- Anonymous
- uQ5
- 07 Oct 2019
TonyGT92, 07 Oct 2019I got the Lumia 525, which was the same phone as the 520, b... moreYeah, i was using the 525 too, and it has the ability to run a version of windows phone 10 preview build buttery smooth.
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- Anonymous
- 0kI
- 07 Oct 2019
I used one, but it was stolen from me after 1 year
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- Anonymous
- qEb
- 07 Oct 2019
I still got this phone in a drawer somewhere... Like the article stated it was incredibly smooth for its price today. Budget android phones at the time was a total mess.
Such a shame that windows phone got killed, we could really have used a third OS to compete with the shitty Android and IOS.
- DrakeX
- IWd
- 07 Oct 2019
What made the 520 so good was the OS. Pretty much all the budget Lumia phones felt really smooth. Windows Phone OS is a very optimised OS and is much more impressive than iOS and Android in terms of performance. The fact that the performance difference between their budget phones and flagships is small shows how the OS is very lightweight and not resource-intensive. I've never bought or used one but I know 2 people who had it and their experience was very satisfying. Due to the lack of app support and poor sales, Microsoft had to kill it anyway.
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- Ezio
- DkU
- 07 Oct 2019
Fortunately, I still have my Lumia 520 working, I prefer him using for Photography, listening music and to read out some news. I still love him as he was my very first Smart phone. Windows phones could have continued, they were better and classy in comparison with Android.