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Microsoft - 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 Microsoft - Lumia 1520 4G Cell Phone
Customer Rating
5
Excellent
on January 29, 2016
Posted by: DangerBrick
from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
My first windows phone was a HTC Surround, after that phone I never went back to windows. I used only android. yea it was great but, with my LG G3 I had to download an app to work with another app and so on. And sometimes I think that I'm missing an app from my homescreen but I seriously don't need anymore apps. All in one. The Screen on this phone is huge. batter life is amazing right now I've gone 8 hours of minimum use and I still have 94% battery life. When I pull this baby out people ask me if its an android, then once they see my start screen they just stare and say how cool it looks that things move around on their own without me having to open up the weather app. or facebook app. I would highly recommend this phone if youre looking for a top tier windows phone. the 950 I dont think cuts it.
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
Excellent choise!
on January 19, 2016
Posted by: Anonymous
from Bulgaria
Perfect display and performance!
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
4
From Adroid 2 Windows it's a WIN
on January 16, 2016
Posted by: NokiaUser123
from Dardanelle, AR 72834, USA
I am NOT giving the windows Nokia L 1520 a 5/5 b/c I can not run Snapchat (beta was removed by owner). Windows should be diligent on knowing their audience and capitalizing on the up coming audience (young user who become forever user). Make Spatchat write you your code!!
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
Windows phone beast
on January 5, 2016
Posted by: SlaughterMelon
from Stillwater, MN, USA
For a very long time I thought I hated smartphones. I had gone from one to another in the android ecosystem and found the experience overall lackluster and didn't see why people loved phones and apps and mobile everything so much. But then it all clicked with me when I got this phone, it was my eureka moment.
This 1520 was the first proper Flagship phone I've ever had. It was big in every sense of the word. Big battery, big processor, big screen, big camera, big everything. And that made it stand out, on the spec sheet when I was doing research, and at work when I showed it off for the first time. People just didn't realize something so striking and big and 'out there' had been on the market.
It's not just that things on it are big, they're good... really good, and in ways you don't think of when looking at a webpage. For instance, this didn't have an amoled screen or an OLED or super amoled. The screen on this device is an IPS panel, what they use in really nice PC monitors. That doesn't translate to a spec sheet very well but bear with me. IPS displays have a number of advantages, most notably is view-ability, amoled looks good in best buy or store lighting, but IPS looks good everywhere and from all angles, even oblique viewing is undistorted. Or the speaker, which is loud enough to really fill a room with sound. Or the 4 microphones, on each corner that means calls on an awkwardly large phone are never garbled because you can't figure out how to hold it. Everything about this device is beastly and huge, and that gives it personality, big and bombastic personality that you don't easily forget.
It's not all sunshine and gumdrops however. The upgrade to Windows Phone 10 was... troubled, for this device. It was never officially supported and even today needs to be using an 'insider' app to upgrade. And for good reason. When I upgraded it broke the Cortana app. Turns out there was a problem with the language pack that required a language pack reinstall to allow me to train Cortana for 'Hey Cortana' to work. Other problems persist as well; double tap to wake, will eventually cause the device to hang on log in and get stuck at a 'resuming' screen. Some other jump links will cause this as well, and can't be avoided by disabling the double tap feature.
Overall though, I enjoyed my 1520. So much so that I don't actually know when I'll really replace it. It's such a good example of good design, careful thought and bold advancement Microsoft or Nokia still haven't really outdone it. Hopefully a worthy successor will come along soon.
Pros: Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
Long live the KING
on December 22, 2015
Posted by: ealien
from New York, NY, USA
For me as an IT professional no other phone can come close. I laugh as I watch other people having to charge their phone constantly and rely on apps but hey they are cool and in the apple basket. Apps who needs apps when you have full blown Internet Explorer! Office too! Will miss this phone when I get my 950XL
Pros: Business, Personal
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
3
Great phone; lack of support/upgrades from Microsoft & others
on December 10, 2015
Posted by: JLW027
from Mesquite, NV, USA
At first I loved just about everything about this phone; however, in recent month's I have become very frustrated & disappointed in support/upgrades from Microsoft, as well as others. Windows 10 phones and upgrades for others have been released, however, nothing for the 1520?! Lastly, I'm the lack of support/apps from other companies is very disappointing. I am constantly running into situations where a company is offering IOS and Android apps/support for their products, but nothing for Window's phones. I have a Surface Pro, a couple of laptops and desktops all running Window's 10 and I am very happy with them. That being said, as a result of my frustration with the lack of support for Window's phones, I have just 'upgraded' back to an Android phone ....
Pros: Business, Personal
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting microsoft.com
Customer Rating
5
Bring back the 1520 - The best Windows Phone ever
on December 6, 2015
Posted by: Eric0123
from Las Vegas
Bring back the 1520 or create a worthy successor. Hint: It's not the 950XL
Pros: Business, Personal
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.
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