Nokia Lumia 520 review: Best buys

16 April 2013
The Lumia 520 completes the roll call for Nokia’s second generation of Microsoft-powered smartphones. Statistically, this means that every step of their product line, from 5** all the way to 9**, has been backed up by a fresh WP8...

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  • GAIDUAN RONGMEI
  • YQW
  • 03 May 2013

O GOD ,I Hve gone realy confused , can any 1 help me to buy a right celphone, i mint ,whedar android phone/ L520. Ugent

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    • AnonD-141612
    • YRf
    • 02 May 2013

    don, 30 Apr 2013i want to buy a NOKIA LUMIA 520 how it is pls help...... The phone seem to be heat when you play game or use internet but don't worry,this is normal cauze every smart phone encounter.playing hd vedio is very cool,just copy a 1080p video and the phone will play it smoothly for you but you should only copy mp4,avi and wmv,and the best feature of the phone i think it's the ability of photo,you could take a clear,bright and colourful photo by its non-flash camera

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      • AnonD-141612
      • YRf
      • 02 May 2013

      I've got the phone and i dropped it down many times it's seem that there is nothing happen to the device even a scratch so my recomendation for who are going to purchase one

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        • don
        • tUd
        • 30 Apr 2013

        i want to buy a NOKIA LUMIA 520 how it is pls help......

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          • Lenny
          • 4Qp
          • 29 Apr 2013

          What they need now is a Nokia Lumia 1000 that's 5 inches with all the works including a 41mpx camera, removable battery and extended storage.

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            • tejas
            • Hkt
            • 29 Apr 2013

            its waste of money men no battery back up just 2 hours and heating like a got aur me tea.

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              • AnonD-140194
              • FEB
              • 27 Apr 2013

              Ymd, 20 Apr 2013How can i change my nokia lumia 520 phone bluetooth nameYou have to connect it bias USB to computer. In file explorer, right click and rename in a PC. Hope this helps

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                • Bonny
                • mIe
                • 27 Apr 2013

                Nokia Lumia 520 lacks a compass / magnetometer - so the HERE City Lense feature won't be available.
                Also includes only HERE Drive feature (Free navigation in only the country you reside).

                Nokia Lumia 620 is better. It includes:

                Nokia Clearback with 241 ppi (800x480 in a 3.8' screen)
                Front facing cam
                Rear 5 Mpix with LED flash
                Accelerometer & Magnetometer (Sadly no gyroscope - but not truely necessary)
                HERE Drive+ (Free navigation for 190+ countries)
                HERE City Lens (due to compass/magnetometer)

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                  • amit
                  • YQQ
                  • 26 Apr 2013

                  Gsm arena is a very good team and lumia 520 is good phone

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                    • Fade.
                    • nmP
                    • 22 Apr 2013

                    Padam, 20 Apr 2013In Lumia 520, some third party apps show total ram as 390MB... moreWell 390mb out512mb ram is actually very very good result. All Android phones with 512mb of ram havearound 200-250mb of ram at the most. (IN every smartphone the gpu and the running apps like clock) take the rams space. So if Lumia 520 has 390mb out of 512mb with gpu and the apps taking space it is a very good result.

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                      • Padam
                      • uvX
                      • 20 Apr 2013

                      In Lumia 520, some third party apps show total ram as 390MB Only
                      . Can somebody clarify this.

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                        • Ymd
                        • tY@
                        • 20 Apr 2013

                        How can i change my nokia lumia 520 phone bluetooth name

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                          • I am alambhai.... I
                          • rAN
                          • 20 Apr 2013

                          I am very long wait ... Nokia lumia 520 ...
                          Lumia 520 is a very good windows mobile... Nokia is a boss of mobile...

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                            • AnonD-66139
                            • KFQ
                            • 19 Apr 2013

                            AnonD-70018, 18 Apr 2013Symbian got worse and worse with each update, it needed to ... moreNo buddy ..symbian got better and better after symbian anna and then symbian belle but to compete with the rivals nokia killed symbian..proud owner of nokia 701.

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                              • AnonD-137501
                              • U@B
                              • 19 Apr 2013

                              Gsmarena I know this could be a big inconvenience for you but can you tell the firmware revisionism version of the Nokia 520 that u reviewed on plzzzzzzzzz

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                                • AJ
                                • rJe
                                • 19 Apr 2013

                                Hey guyz y dont u accept d truth,,windows z much better dan android,at least in d budget segment ,android z no whr near it.....displayz r much better,no lag,new intrface not d borng android,,no lag,fluidic touch...battery backup is excellent,much better dan android.....i thnk ppl here hv recently brought android devices whch they rn't happy vd now they r baging their heads here.......i hv seen many ppl on youtube crictisizng windows vdout ny rezn...js lyk ppl here...hah.....guyz accept truth windows i grt particularly vd nokia....n L 520 z an xample.....only con of L520 z it hzn't got flash......rest itz owsome.......

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                                  • AJ
                                  • U@A
                                  • 19 Apr 2013

                                  Battery resultz r out...itz owsome......all those android users well nokia hv zipped ua mouth once again....ha haaaa....windows z owsome........not boring lyk android.......

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                                    • blue.sun
                                    • 0Ba
                                    • 18 Apr 2013

                                    Can anyone tell whether it would be possible to get Nokia Here Drive+ even for L520, even if it had to be payed for? If not, the phone somehow loses its biggest advantage against other, especially android. The sense of off-line navigation is mainly when travelling abroad, to avoid using roaming data.

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                                      • rockerr
                                      • t}T
                                      • 18 Apr 2013

                                      M usn d mob rite ne...its awsum..its nt lyk d odr droid phns,boring havn d same luk..wp8 is new nd mor intrestng.der isheating bt its negotiable.

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                                        • AnonD-70018
                                        • ptQ
                                        • 18 Apr 2013

                                        X, 17 Apr 2013From what I heard, WP9 will be an "unified" OS fo... moreI've said this to you before. WP8 and Win RT run off the same Kernel. They are already unified. All they're doing with regards to that is finding a way to buy an app on your phone and use it on your tablet, too