A mobile handset for strict windows fans and no matter, the Lumia 620 wears its inexpensive Windows Phone credentials on its sleeves. It comes in a range of cheery bright colours, with a selection of coloured cases that you can remove and swap. The build feels mostly plastic and far from premium, but it is what it is and it certainly doesn’t suffer from comparison with the BlackBerry Z10.
We felt that it would be robust enough to be slung in a bag or pocket and carried around. There’s a reason plastic became popular, after all, although the screen doesn’t half pick up smudges. One huge benefit of the removable cover is the ability to change the battery. You can also add in a MicroSD card and change out the SIM this way. It’s old school, and cool.
Look to the thick but curvy and smooth sides of the Lumia 620 and you’ll find camera, power and volume buttons. These feel a little cheap, and the response is spongey. At the top is a 3.5mm jack, and the smooth back cover is broken only by a Nokia logo, the rear-facing camera and a tiny speaker. The overall impression is of a cheap and cheerful smartphone for youngsters - robust and colourful, but not to be mistaken for an iPhone.
These are by no means bad things.