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Nokia announces Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 smartphones

27 February 2013 by
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Nokia unveils Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 mid-range smartphones running Windows Phone 8 at the Mobile World Congresss

Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 Windows Phone 8 smartphones unveiled

The most exciting devices from Nokia at the Mobile World Congress this year are the two Lumia smartphones. Both the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 runs on Microsoft's latest Windows Phone 8 operating system. Nokia rank their Lumia range of phones by numbers from 100 to 999 where higher is better. Lumia 520 and 720 are therefore considered to be mid-range models. They have both a 480 x 800 pixel display resolution and while the Lumia 520 display is 4-inch, the Lumia 720 has a larger 4.3-inch display. We have just entered the phone data into the Esato phone specification directory and had to look closely to find the difference in these two devices. Besides the larger display on the Lumia 720, what we found was that the Lumia 720 has NFC, a higher resolution camera (6.7 megapixel compared to 5 on Lumia 520), LED flash, front camera and a more powerful battery.

What we did find interesting was the promised talk time of 23.5 hours. That is 1404 minutes! A new record as it is the highest number in our database. What gives away that these are mid-range models are the relatively low display resolution, and a 6.7 megapixel camera. Both models are powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor from Qualcomm and they have 512 MB RAM on board. The 8 GB internal storage can be expanded by inserting a microSD card

Nokia Lumia 520 highlights

  • Weight: 124 gram
  • Size: 119.9 x 64 x 9.9 mm
  • Networks:
    • Model RM-914: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100, HSPA+ 21.1 Mbps
    • Model RM-915: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900/2100, HSPA+ 21.1 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
  • 4-inch TFT touch display, 480 x 800 pixel resolution. ClearBlack. 600 Nits
  • 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227. Adreno 305 GPU
  • 5 megapixel camera. f/2.4. 28mm. 720p video capture @30fps
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 8 GB internal storage. 7 GB free storage in Microsoft SkyDrive cloud
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • USB 2.0
  • GPS
  • 1430 mAh battery
  • Talk time: 14.8 hours
  • Standby time: 260 hours
 

Nokia Lumia 720 highlights

  • Weight: 128 gram
  • Size: 127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm
  • Networks: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, HSPA+ 21.1 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
  • 4.3-inch TFT touch display, 480 x 800 pixel resolution. ClearBlack. Corning Gorilla Glass. 600 Nits
  • 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227. Adreno 305 GPU
  • 6.7 megapixel camera (2848 x 2144 pixels). f/1.9. 26 mm. 720p video capture
  • 1.3 megapixel front camera. 720p video capture
  • 512 MB RAM
  • 8 GB internal storage. 7 GB free storage in Microsoft SkyDrive cloud
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • USB 2.0
  • GPS
  • 2000 mAh battery
  • Talk time: 23.4 hours
  • Standby time: 520 hours

 




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hihihans11 years ago
The best value for money there is.
Bonovox11 years ago
Love them both but a let down with no flash on 520

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