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Nokia - Lumia 1520 4G Cell Phone
Average customer rating
4.5
(532 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 532 reviews
5 Stars
379
4 Stars
92
3 Stars
24
2 Stars
18
1 Star
19
90%of customers recommend this product.
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478 out of
532)
Customer Reviews for Nokia - Lumia 1520 4G Cell Phone
Customer Rating
3
The Applications need good performance.
on November 10, 2014
Posted by: Kaungsither
from Yangon, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
The OS is excellent . But, the apps are drawbacks. The quality of apps are really bad.
Pros: Personal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
4
Everything is great but...
on November 10, 2014
Posted by: Napster
from Tehran
I think Lumia 1520 is best smartphone for all uses like photography, web browsing, watching videos, ...
Battery is the best one I experienced.
The only bad thing is its size. I can't work with it by one hand(Typing, web browsing,...) Windows phone needs a method for one-hand use for such devices.
Battery is the best one I experienced.
The only bad thing is its size. I can't work with it by one hand(Typing, web browsing,...) Windows phone needs a method for one-hand use for such devices.
Pros: Personal, Business
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
4
What lumia 1520 need ?!
on November 10, 2014
Posted by: Layth
from Iraq
Lumia 1520 great I am sure but its need to use by one hand ! How ?! By making the display smaller than 6 inches ( like double click in note 3 or iphone 6 plus ) !
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
to much wight ×_×
on November 14, 2014
Posted by: proud
from Saudi Arabia
the phone is great but is a little bit heavy
the screen is awesome ,, battery is incorrigible ,, just if Microsoft figure it out and make the phone lose some wight without losing Specifications that will be greet
Pros: Personal, Business
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
4
Great phone
on November 15, 2014
Posted by: ercwinslowjns
from New Orleans
App store need's some more apps and if we were able to download Android apps that would be great and there are not enough good phone protectors and covers
Pros: Personal, Business
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
3
OVerall there is nothing great or different in this prodcuct.
on November 30, 2015
Posted by: Harry619
from India, IN
Same feature as other MS phone.
Pros: Personal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
1
Sound hardware - terrible platform
on November 9, 2014
Posted by: Observer
from Taipei
Nokia hardware, screen, smoothness are a record among all phones i have had on three platforms.
However:
- OS misses basic functions (Chinese Pinyin input for Traditional Chinese being a key item missing which forces me to have another device with me).
- Office is useless, can't perform a lot of operations i need (Again, carrying another devices)
- Mail management is terrible. Lack of a decent integrated interface (like K9 on Android for example)
- Menus and options are all messed up. Microsoft may think it's original but it's a time waster.
- Tiles are neither widgets nor icons. Just something in between.
- Lack of proper Chinese support
- Internet explorer is a terrible browser and API-locked platform makes any alternative a bad photocopy. Flashing pages, crashes, visualization issues. LACK OF CHOICE.
- Whole platform is BING/MS centric by default. If i want duckduck as a search engine, i can't pick it. If it want another Office app instead of Microsoft Office i can't (it doesn't even exist).
- Total lack of security. No encryption. The phone gets lost and you are in the hands of God.
- Market lacks good quality apps, variety and proper search functions.
- Integration/sharing: terrible
- Multitasking (like in Youtube plays while you do else on split screen or single screen mode). NON EXISTENT
- Skype is terrible.
- Access to memory/SD files limiting. The whole environment feels like in a fenced box heavily limiting user's possibilities. Depressing experience.
- Customization required endless additional software and manipulations that could be easily avoided if Microsoft made the device customizable out of the box.
- Device supports 3 rows of tiles but no tile can reach that size. This is a limit for users who would like a 3x2 weather or calendar app for example. what's the purpose of having 6" displays if then tiles don't support that size appropriately?
- Platform closeness/lack of apps gives a bad taste of Apple-closed ecosystem without being Apple but a bad copy of it.
However:
- OS misses basic functions (Chinese Pinyin input for Traditional Chinese being a key item missing which forces me to have another device with me).
- Office is useless, can't perform a lot of operations i need (Again, carrying another devices)
- Mail management is terrible. Lack of a decent integrated interface (like K9 on Android for example)
- Menus and options are all messed up. Microsoft may think it's original but it's a time waster.
- Tiles are neither widgets nor icons. Just something in between.
- Lack of proper Chinese support
- Internet explorer is a terrible browser and API-locked platform makes any alternative a bad photocopy. Flashing pages, crashes, visualization issues. LACK OF CHOICE.
- Whole platform is BING/MS centric by default. If i want duckduck as a search engine, i can't pick it. If it want another Office app instead of Microsoft Office i can't (it doesn't even exist).
- Total lack of security. No encryption. The phone gets lost and you are in the hands of God.
- Market lacks good quality apps, variety and proper search functions.
- Integration/sharing: terrible
- Multitasking (like in Youtube plays while you do else on split screen or single screen mode). NON EXISTENT
- Skype is terrible.
- Access to memory/SD files limiting. The whole environment feels like in a fenced box heavily limiting user's possibilities. Depressing experience.
- Customization required endless additional software and manipulations that could be easily avoided if Microsoft made the device customizable out of the box.
- Device supports 3 rows of tiles but no tile can reach that size. This is a limit for users who would like a 3x2 weather or calendar app for example. what's the purpose of having 6" displays if then tiles don't support that size appropriately?
- Platform closeness/lack of apps gives a bad taste of Apple-closed ecosystem without being Apple but a bad copy of it.
A nice basic platform for low-end devices. Not recommended for power users because coming from more advanced platforms the OS becomes very frustrating, especially if one works with text/pictures, sharing, cut/copy/paste and note-taking.
OS is deeply lacking even compared to old Windows Mobile, which allowed even for registry modification.
OS is deeply lacking even compared to old Windows Mobile, which allowed even for registry modification.
Pros: Personal, Business
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
Nokia Lumia Smart Phone
on April 5, 2014
Posted by: AZDavidPH
from Mesa, AZ, USA
I never owned a Nokia phone before and I am ready to upgrade from HTC Radar 4G to Nokia Lumia 1520. I really like HTC Windows phone but for what every reason HTC left out the Radio from Musix+Video on all the HTC Windows phones. For that reason I am switching to Nokia Windows phone. I have been using Microsoft Windows mobiles for past 12 years. I started out with Compaq iPaq 3760 Windows PDA, at that time PDA was just a PDA without the phone yet. My 2nd Windows PDA was Audiovox Pocket PC 6600. My 3rd Windows mobile was Palm Treo 700wx and my 4th Windows mobile was HTC Touch Pro 2 and my 5th Windows mobile was HTC Radar 4G. Nokia Lumia 1520 is one of the best Windows phone so far and Radio is included under Music+Video in Nokia phones.
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
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