Finally, I got my new Nokia Lumia 520 Windows Phone
1) Why Nokia and Windows 8?
I am a fan of Nokia even though my first phone was Samsung X100. I just love the quality offered by Nokia. My second phone was Nokia 6233 and still I didn't find any phone matching the music quality offered by it!!!! It is still running the 6th year of existence. Just changed the battery once.
Windows 8 is very new with new UI ,look and feel. I just want to experience the new METRO or tile style of displaying the icons. A complete new style!!!
In 10 to15K range its a good choice and I just decided to go with Nokia 520.
2) Price
I paid rs 10500 for the phone and 200 for the screen guard Total I paid 10700 in the month of April 2013. I bought from UniverCell in Kerala for 3 months EMI.
3) What I liked
- 4" Display and Contrast is too goood!!!
- Overall phone is pretty fast. No delay
- For 10k you get Windows 8, Dual-core 1 GHz , RAM: 512 MB(I felt it is bit less), internal memory: 8 GB(awesome),
- Tile style is good, easy to locate and tap
- Camera quality is very good outside, inside is average.
- Remember phone SIM card type is Micro SIM, hence you need to cut your SIM explicitly to suit this phone.
- Sleek, fit into hand and pocket perfectly.
- Music quality is average. Headphone good.
4) What I Disliked
- No file manager. You cannot see/browse the files in the phone or SD card. A very big disappointment from Windows.
- Battery is not as good as what I expected. If you play around the phone during travel for 3-4 hours, battery will drain up fast. Mostly I used Nokia Maps(GPS) and other apps
- Tough to get familiar with functions like moving images to SD card, Locating the file moved to phone via blue tooth(still I didn't find the way), Share via Bluetooth etc
- Slight and moderate heating at the back on continuous usage
- Takes time to get used to the new menu and finding the appropriate options!!!
5) Useful Windows 8 Tips
- To close the apps/window- tap the back button twice
- To see the task Manager - Tap and hold back button
- To close the background tasks - Settings-> Application tab and tap on background tasks. It will save battery and data charges
- To save photos to SD card - Settings->System tab-> phone storage
- To change the icon size in tile screen, press and hold the icon.
6) Other Website reference
7) Windows Apps which I use
- HDFC Bank - For mobile banking.
- IndianRail - For train timings, train location, Fare, PNR status etc
- WhatsApp - Smart Phone messenger
- facebook - social networking
gMaps - Ultimate Windows Phone client for Google Maps