Nokia's largest smartphone till date, Lumia 1520 boasts many firsts for both Nokia and Microsoft's Windows Phone OS. But how well does it fares in real life? Here's our review in pictures.

1. Nokia Lumia
1520
Review in pictures

2. Nokia has pulled out all the stops
• Massive 6-inch screen with
full HD resolution
• 20MP PureView snapper
• Snapdragon 800 processor
under the hood, with 2GB
of RAM
• 32GB internal storage, with
option to add more
• Solid build. Available in red,
black, yellow and white
• Supports wireless charging

3. Supersized Windows Phone experience…
• Latest Black update with
enhancements, plus
double-tap to wake and
Glance screen updates for
notifications
• Additional column for live
tiles on the start screen
• Bevy of signature Nokia
experiences to enhance
usage

4. … on a massive, gorgeous display
• The full HD 6-inch screen
with ClearBlack tech
offers a pixel density of
368ppi
• Great viewing angles and
good sunlight legibility
• Very crisp and produces
natural colours
• Supports super sensitive
touch for use with gloved
hands

5. Open your windows…
• Facebook, Twitter baked
right in
• Skype, WhatsApp,
Evernote, Zite – all basics
covered
• MS Office for productivity
on the go
• SkyDrive cloud storage,
with 7GB offered for free

6. …and let the apps come in
• Instagram has finally
landed on WP. Still in
beta though
• Other popular ones
like Vine and Path
have also arrived
• The WP app
ecosystem is shaping
up well

7. Still missing in action, but…
• Still no official clients
for Dropbox and
Pocket
• The biggest gap is
Google’s suite of apps
– so no official Gmail,
Maps, Hangouts or
Drive
• WP still lacks a unified
notification centre

8. … Nokia experiences sweeten the deal
• Smorgasbord of Nokia
signature apps, all very
useful and compelling
– MixRadio: free
streaming and music
downloads
– Here Drive+: free voice
navigation
– Here Maps: offline maps
– Nokia Transit: public
transport travel made
easy

9. Nokia continues to make WP more compelling
• New additions by
Nokia add to the
experience
– App Folder lets you
place fave apps and
settings in folders that
can be pinned to the
start screen
– Nokia Beamer allows
sharing your screen with
others over the web

10. Mega shooter spiced with features…
• PureView tech crunched into
a 20-megapixel sensor
• Zeiss optics, dual-LED flash
• Optical image stabilisation
• Four microphones for
capturing clear, and
directional audio
• Resulting in great shots and
smooth video
• One of the best smartphone
cameras after its sibling, the
Lumia 1020

11. … and apps
• Nokia Camera gives immense
control
• Smart Camera captures
sequence of images to enable
best shot, motion shot and
object removal
• Nokia Refocus allows you to
blur the foreground or
background after shooting
• ‘Lenses’ like Panorama and
Cinemagraph add more
features
• HDR mode is missing, for
some strange reason

12. Power at your fingertips…
• Top-notch specs
such as the
Snapdragon 800
processor and 2GB
RAM flex their
muscles
• Super smooth
performance

13. … with a battery that keeps up
• The sealed 3,400mAh
battery keeps up with
the pace
• The phablet lasts a full
workday comfortably,
even with heavy usage
• May even stretch into
the second day if your
usage isn’t heavy

14. At a glance
•
6-inch, 1,920 x 1,080 screen
•
20MP PureView camera, 1.2MP front
camera
•
2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800
processor
•
2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage,
microSD slot
•
162.8 x 85.4 x 8.7mm, 209g
•
Requires a nano-SIM
•
3,400mAh battery
•
Dual-band 802.11 ac Wi-Fi, 3G,
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi Channel
Bonding
•
FM radio, wireless charging

15. Pros and cons
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Gorgeous, high
resolution screen
Sturdy build
Fast performance
Super battery life
Excellent shooter
aided by compelling
UI and apps
Nokia’s signature
apps
•
App options still
relatively low on WP as
compared to iOS and
Android
•
Lack of Google apps
and a unified
notification centre may
sour the deal
•
Requires connivance
with the devil to buy

16. Pricing and verdict
Yours for the
princely sum of
Rs 46,999
“The Nokia Lumia 1520 offers the best Windows Phone
experience delivered so far. While it does involve making a few
compromises on the ecosystem side of things, it’s a compelling
buy for anyone looking for a worthy daily driver for work and
play. A beast of a device no matter which way you look at it”