Testseek.com have collected 283 expert reviews of the Microsoft Lumia 520 and the average rating is 77%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Microsoft Lumia 520.
May 2013
(77%)
283 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(20%)
1 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Decent camera
Quick performance
Great hardware quality
Very good looking phone with sturdy build & excellent specifications for the price
Good camera & loud loudspeaker
Great social networking integration
Free Nokia services like Nokia Music and obviously stylish & refreshing Windows Phone 8 OS
Great build quality & design
Good Performance
Decent Camera
Battery Life
Touch response and fluid lag free experience
Premium build quality
IPS display
Ease to use
Price tag
Strong build
Affordable
Impressively fluid UI
Responsive touch
Neat design
Good performance
Impressive build
Interchangeable back panels
Crisp 4" IPS supersensitive screen
Sleek and fluid UI
Offline voiceguided Sat Nav
Rich social networking experience
Great sound quality.
Extremely fluid UI
MicroSD slot for upgrading storage to 64GB
Sturdy build that should withstand some abuse
Excellent value for money
Good build quality and design
Performance
Price
Good
Sturdy design
Good value for money
Bundled Nokia apps
Apart from twice the RAM of the Lumia 510
Lumia 520 packs 8 GB on board storage and can support up to a 64 GB micro SD card in the memory slot. Surprisingly
Nokia has removed the stereo FM radio module
Which existed in the Lumia 510. Other than that
L
Killer price
Decent specs
Windows Phone 8 and Nokia apps
The editors didn't like
No front camera
No LED flash
512MB RAM
To cut down the price
Nokia has excluded some important features like the front camera
Secondary microphone
LED flash & as there is no compass
Nokia City Lens doesn’t work. Not all the features of the OS are available on this phone like Lumia 620
Published: 2014-02-13, Author: Sophie , review by: stuff.tv
Cheap, Nokia's camera, Drive and music apps are ace, Decent battery life
Feels cheap, So-so screen, Sporadically slow
If it's Windows Phone on a budget you want, the Lumia 520 is it. Everything about this smartphone - screen, camera, battery life - is just about good enough to raise it above the usual cheap suspects. And with Nokia's ace apps and colourful back covers,...
Abstract: Apple has now launched a 'budget' smartphone that is bright and colourful and offers some, but not all of the functionality of its flagship phone. Nokia also has a smartphone that does the same thing, this is the Lumia 520, here is where we put the two sm...
T he Nokia Lumia 520 is currently the cheapest smartphone with the Windows Phone 8 operating system. Unfortunately, the application selection of the Windows Phone market is not as extensive as that of the Android or the iOS market, but the most popu...
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Published: 2013-06-25, Author: Dave , review by: wired.co.uk
Good build quality, decent screen, same processor as more expensive Lumias, good range of Nokia addons, expandable storage, low price
Camera's only soso, no frontfacing camera, Windows Marketplace still playing catchup with rivals
It has a fine screen, a fast processor and like other Lumias it's built to last. If you want to try Windows, but don't want to risk too much cash, the 520 will give you the flavour without the expense and deliver just as good a performance as some of it...
Low price point (£100 on PAYG), Expandable memory up to 64GB, 4-inch display
512MB RAM, Low battery capacity, Average camera quality, The Lumia 520 is an impressive looking device with an surprisingly meager price, Design, Nokia seem to be sticking to a theme with their entry-level and mid-level smartphones, providing a removable
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Published: 2013-05-23, Author: Chris , review by: pocket-lint.com
Build, design, price
No flash, battery life not the best, some holes in the Windows Phone app offering
The Nokia Lumia 520 is a great little smartphone. It delivers what Nokia is known for, with good design and build quality, despite the affordable price point. A few hardware shortcuts have been made, knocking out the flash, front camera and NFC, for...
There’s not a great deal to say about the Nokia Lumia 520 hardware, good or bad. It’s just a block. But it’s a smooth block with few pointless edges and seams, that houses a five megapixel camera and a superb four-inch 480x800 resolution screen that looks great and is easy to read on and watch videos, now that there’s finally a proper YouTube app for Windows Phone.That’s more than enough to stand
We’ll largely skip over the software issues we have with all Windows Phones. You probably know what they are by now: fewer apps. The only unusual software issue we ran into was that as with the Nokia Lumia 720, the Lumia 520 inexplicably lacks Nokia Drive+, so while you can use your phone as a free satnav in the UK, you can’t download maps for other countries when you’re travelling abroad, as you
The Nokia Lumia 520’s a corking phone for under £100. True, there are Android phones floating around at this point with many, many more apps on offer, but they lack the ease of use of Windows Phone and Nokia’s solid engineering. Our only advice? Shop a...
Almost everything – neat design, good battery life, reasonable camera, amazing price
There's no front camera, no rear camera flash and the processor could be faster
If you're moving up from a basic Android handset or feature phone, the Nokia Lumia 520 offers exceptional value and lots of likeable features. If you didn't know the price, you might guess this was a mid-range phone at least. Extra features like being ab...
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Published: 2013-05-09, Author: Alex , review by: whatmobile.net
Abstract: Price: From £7 pay monthly, £99.95 pay as you go, £149.95 SIM freeThe Lumia 520 is a junior budget version of the Lumia line. Can it keep up with its big brothers?N okia’s step down to its step down Lumia, the 520, struggles with the tasks given to it but...
