I am quite an old fashioned person when it comes to electronic gazettes. I was never fascinated by smartphones, tablets and other touch screen devices and was very happy with my simple basic mobile. It was only accidentally that I gave it a thought to go for a smartphone after I lost my mobile and my techno-savvy friend advised me to go for this.
The transition from a simplest basic mobile to the Smartphone could never be more easier, thanks to Nokia Lumia 520 and Windows 8.
I do not know much technical bits to appraise this mobile, but I can state many of its advantages from a layman’s angle.
Excellent build quality- I dropped it on a cement road from my bicycle to find it in three pieces. But nothing was damaged.
For it’s primary usage as a phone- Excellent voice quality, speaker phone is at its best. Signal reception is also very good. SMS Interface is very different than regular basic phones and I found it to be quite innovative.
Screen size of 4’ is quite appropriate. It fits in your palm well and goes in the packet very nicely.
Display quality is excellent. It may not have the best viewing angle though, but for a single viewer, you get the best.
Windows 8 feels amazing. Very user friendly, desktop kind of interface and positioning of apps could not be more simple.
It will not be wise to ignore Windows phones thinking that it does not have enough apps. You would find apps for almost all of your needs.
The most beautiful feature I found is the Kid’s Corner. Here, you can create different profile for your kid. And you will be at peace, while your child is trying her hands at your mobile. With this profile, your child can not make any outgoing calls or can not mend with your important files in the phone.
Though, there are some limitations as below.
There is no front camera, but what more can you expect in a budget phone.
No radio. But for me, it doesn’t matter. I do have best radio apps downloaded in my phone.
There is no key to search within mobile, instead there is a key that takes you to the web search engine- Bing. I can’t justify a separate key only to search over web.
Lack of Dual SIM. Don’t understand why Nokia does not have this.
Overall, I found this to be the best smartphone with a budget below 10K. Go for it even if your budget is more than it. It is worth for each and every paisa!