Nokia Lumia 1520 Unboxing

Finally I have decided to get the Lumia 1520 after much deliberation and reading of reviews online... and also my 1020 had decided not to come in. So I went to the local telco (Singtel) and recontract for a Nokia Lumia 1520.

Got the white one (I love white, but that is another story).

The Nokia Lumia 1520's packaging is very well done most befitting a premium product... of course I am not thinking about Vertu.

After removing the outerbox, the phone showed itself with full glory. Excellent outlook... and most beautiful.

Removing the phone, you see the following,

Well that pin is a important device, it let you popped out the SD card cover and SIM card cover.

And removing all these trays would show you what Nokia decided to add in as accessories.

Well... not really that much, from left a data transfer cable, an power adapter and a ear piece. But seriously these are enough to get you started. And we are talking about environment, right? NO need to give you so many stuff whereby most people would already have them.

So now a basic comparison on the phone physically to the older phones and tablet that I owned.

Top Row: Nokia Lumia 1520
2nd row (from left): Nokia N70, Nokia 1208, Siemens M65, Samsung Note 1
Bottom Row: Nokia 5510

From the above-mentioned photo, it is clear of how the Nokia Lumia 1520 is actually not that much bigger than some of the phones that I have used... it is basically of the same width as my Samsung Note 1 and Nokia 5510. A big taller only.

I find the size manageable, unlike what was mentioned in many reviews... and I am really not that massive an Asian as some of the reviewers who claimed the phone to be too big. Seriously...

Here is a more direct comparison of the Nokia Lumia 1520 to the Samsung Note 1 (noted that Samsung Note 2 and 3 is bigger than the Note 1... so the size different between the 1520 and the Note 2/3 will be lesser).

Okay this is a bit confusing. The Asus Nexus (1st generation) was a 7" tablet... and right here, it look massive as compared to the Nokia Lumia 1520 (which is a 6" phablet). I am expecting them to be pretty close like a Note 1 to a Lumia 1520.

Now let us looked at the beautiful phone from different angles.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 boast of a Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display which gave it extremely good hardness and scratch proof spec (although I still add a protective sheet to it, just out of habit).

The back casing of the Lumia 1520 is made of Polycabornate (PC) material. It is reasonably tough, we used a lot of these materials in our own line of products (speakers, MP3 players, etc etc). A good thing about the PC is that, it is not that heavy and thus the entire weigh of the Phablet can be reduced.

I also noticed the large camera (although not quite as large as the Lumia 1020), it is still pretty big and I always accidentally touching on the lens, which is pretty irritating. But that cannot be helped... because of the relatively large sensor (1/2.5") and so the lens must be larger than that sensor to allow 100% coverage.

Unlike the Lumia 1020 which featured a xenon flash, the 1520 only feature a two LED flash, which is much weaker. But I find that for it to illuminate a nearby object, it is enough for the job... the only issue I have was that the flash was something not wide enough and quite concentrated.

At one side of the handset was the SD card slot and SIM card slot. The Lumia 1520 accept only the micro SD card and Nano SIM card (the same one that Apple Iphone is using), the rationale behind this would be that Nokia needed everything to be more or less miniaturized to keep the entire product slimmer and still provide enough space (internally) for the massive battery (3400 mAh), sensor, lens and other component.

Top of the Lumia 1520 was dominated by a phone jet.

The other side of the Lumia 1520 was dominated by three buttons, the long one at the top was the volume keys, the middle one was the power/lock key and the bottom one was the dedicated camera button.

The three buttons feel responsive and comfortable (in my opinion, they are not too stiff or too soft). Actually I loved the feel... unlike many consumer electronic products that I have handled before.

The bottom of the Lumia 1520 was a charging port using a micro USB charger (which incidentally was the same standard micro USB that many of my other electronic devices are sharing) so I can utilize my old adapters, external battery bank, etc, on it without needing to buy new cables.

The full spec of the Nokia Lumia 1520 was as follows,

http://www.nokia.com/sg-en/phones/phone/lumia1520/specifications/

I will add in more reviews later on when I have more time with this baby. At the meantime, I will continue fondling my new child in the family (joking).