Nokia Lumia 520 : A tough competetion in low budget smartphones

Here's the Lumia 520 , the Lumia that really shakes the market of bottom end priced smartphones. The Lumia always contains a different look from other smart phones, let it be a different edges or vibrant colors. Lumia 520 is the fifth smartphone that comes loaded with windows 8. This Lumia is available in 5 colors : Yellow blue red black white.

QUICK SPECS:
Basics :

• Smartphone OS: Windows Phone 8 (Upgradeable to Amber)
• Touchscreen (Capacitive)
• Screen Size: 4 inches Medium
• Screen Resolution: 480x800 pixels (~ 233 pixels per inch)
• Display Type: IPS, Scratch resistant
• Sensors: Accelerometer
• Processor: 1.0 GHz, Dual Core
• RAM: 512 MB
• Internal Memory: 8 GB
• Expandable Memory Slot
• Battery Capacity: 1430 mAh Medium
• Battery Standby: 360 hrs
• Battery Talktime: 14.80 hrs
• Weight: 124 gm Medium
• Thickness: 9.9 mm Medium
• Noise Filtration
• Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Support (for Corporate Email)
• Data Encryption
• Browser integrated anti-phishing
• Enterprise/General Security features (Remote device locking, Remote wipe of user data, etc)

Connectivity:

• Bluetooth
• USB
• WiFi
• 3G
• 2G Internet (GPRS/EDGE)
• GPS

Camera and Music:

• Camera: 5.0 MP
• Camera Auto-Focus
• HD Video Recording
• Other Camera Features: Touch Focus, 1/4'' Sensor Size, F/2.4 Aperture, Cinemagraph Lens, Bing Vision, Smart Shoot Lens, Panorama Lens
• Music Player
• Standard (3.5mm) earphone jack
• XBox-Live Hub

Built:

The design is almost similar to other lumias , with a single piece of smooth plastic covering the back and side of the phone (ie. called shell and is of vibrant color and can be changed to provide new look). And color surely makes the lumia stand out of the crowd.Angular rectangular design is another add on.

Features:The lumia 520 has a fairly generous display of 4 inch and of resolution of 480 x 800 with a pixel density of 233ppi. For the speeding of phone , lumia comes loaded with 512MB of RAM and that is coordinated by 1GHz dual core snapdragon s4 Processor. This is almost the same config as of lumia 620 apart that 620 has 3.8 inch display.
520's Big brother 525 will be its successor in the market and will be loaded with more add on features. The phone has a pretty decent camera of 5 Mega pixels with HD video recording, although it doesnt hold any flash and front facing camera. The Lumia 520 is filled with 8 Giga Bytes of Internal memory to store apps and files and also has an expandable memory option and is boosted to power with 1430 mAh battery.

Price: Rs 8440/-

Verdict:  The phone is a tough competitor in low budget smartphones and really comes packed with awesome features and adding to that lumia's camera and out of the crowd appearance makes it must go for in its price segment.