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
Nokia captured the Indian Market with it's symbian Phones & became the No. 1 best seller, the moment other Phone companies entered the market with android phones, the Indians realised that nokia doesn't sell the best phone at best price but outdated phone at expensive price & people shifted their preference and choice from Nokia to other phones which is a very wise decision.
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