Nokia Lumia 520 sports a 4.0” IPS LCD display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi pixel density). The screen has good brightness and visibility. It doesn’t offer superb quality but it is fine for daily use. The touchscreen is quite responsive and easy to use. You can use it with your fingernails or even when you wear gloves. It is equipped with basic features like mutitouch support, accelerometer, and proximity sensor. To protect it from serious damage, the screen is polished with scratch-resistant glass.
The Lumia 520 runs on Microsoft Windows Phone 8 operating system, but it is upgradeable to v8.1. It works pretty smoothly and shows good responsiveness. The dual-core 1 GHz processor provides enough power to make everything runs well in this phone. The processor itself is backed by Adreno 305 GPU and 512 MB of RAM. The Lumia 520 offers respectable storage space with 8 GB inside. It also includes memory card slot (supports up to 64 GB) so you can expand the storage capacity. A modest 5 MP rear camera does a good job in taking still pictures and videos. It has some supporting features like autofocus, 1/4” sensor size, geo-tagging, and video recording capability (720p@30fps). Nokia Lumia 520 doesn’t include front-facing camera that can be used for selfies or video calling.
Other features in Nokia Lumia 520:
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot; Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE; and microUSB v2.0.
- Email, Push Email, Instant Messaging,, HTML5
- FM Radio
- GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player & MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- 7GB free SkyDrive storage
- Dcument viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
Dimensions: 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm, 75.7 cc (4.72 x 2.52 x 0.39 in)
Weight: 124 g (4.37 oz)
Resetting the phone
This restores the factory settings, and erases all your personal content, including apps you’ve purchased and downloaded.
On the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap ALL SETTINGS > about > reset your phone
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