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.
770100283
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
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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
Affordable price; Excellent screen; Decent bundled apps, especially sat-nav; Colourful changeable covers; Expandable storage and swappable battery
Lacklustre rear camera; No front-facing camera; Unimpressive battery; Windows Phone app store still lags rivals
The Nokia Lumia 520 offers useful Nokia apps, a decent screen and a dual-core processor -- the same specs you'll find on the much more expensive Lumia 720. Unless you crave a better camera, the 520 is a total bargain....
Published: 2013-02-27, Author: James , review by: techradar.com
Super cheap, Large, expansive screen, Loads of innovation
No front, facing camera, Average battery, No NFC or compass
The Lumia 520 looks good, it's got a decent screen both in terms of size and resolution, it rarely stutters or slows down, it's great for calls and messaging, reasonable for media and okay for photos.To achieve a lower price point than the Lumia 620 it ha...
Published: 2013-02-25, Author: Stuart , review by: pocket-lint.com
Abstract: Nokia has announced a new entry level smartphone within the Lumia family, as it looks to drive down the price of Windows Phone even lower. The new Lumia 520 will be a budget offering, but still pack most of the features found on the company's flagship de...
Top performance for price, Neat design, Excellent value
Highly reflective screen, No camera flash, Misses a few hardware features, Rubbish physical shutter button
The Nokia Lumia 520 cuts all the fat off Nokia's more expensive Windows Phone 8 Lumia phones to bring the slick Windows experience to budget buyers. There are missing features, but most aren't missed. This is a fab budget phone....
s The newer Snapdragon 200 with a Quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU is a better choice for Windows Phone. Games load drastically faster and navigating apps and doing regular OS tasks is a better experience. Some of this comes at a price though, as the Lumia 530 gives...
The newer Snapdragon 200 with a Quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU is a better choice for Windows Phone. Games load drastically faster and navigating apps and doing regular OS tasks is a better experience. Some of this comes at a price though, as the Lumia 530 gives u...
Low cost, Excellent cost/benefit ratio, Light and relatively small, Fast and agile, Good quality camera, MicroSD card support
No frontal camera, Only 512 MiB of RAM, No support for 4G LTE networks
The Nokia Lumia 520 is the cheapest Windows Phone 8 smartphone available on the market today. However, don't expect a low-quality phone, with a slow processor, poor camera, etc. The device is agile and you will feel like using a mainstream phone, not a ch...
Abstract: With a 4-inch screen, the Nokia Lumia 520 has the smallest screen among the latest Nokia touchscreen phones. The IPS LCD display has a resolution of 800 x 400 pixels and can be used with long fingernails or while wearing gloves. This Nokia smartphone come...
