Nokia will be going all out with its first phablet, it seems, as leaked Lumia 1520 specs today
show that the company is throwing the kitchen sink of what it is capable to
produce in mass quantities at the moment. It will be the best-equipped Windows
Phone ever, and the one that will introduce the wonders of quad-core processors
and Full HD displays to the platform for the first time. Let's recap what we've
heard on the hush-hush so far about the Nokia Lumia 1520.
Design
First off, we should be getting a 152 x 81 x 8.7 mm handset, which are
pretty good dimensions for a 6-incher, and the weight is clocked at 160g
for the exclusive AT&T version, while the global release will weigh a tad
more at 168g, as it will have a wireless charging coil built in. We've seen the
phone leaked in black, red and yellow already, but more colors might be in
store for it down the road. UPDATE: The
phone also leaked in a cyan render, but
whether or not this will stay just a render we'll find out for sure come October
22.
Nokia has allegedly added a microSD card slot for storage expansions, which
is a good idea for a big screen phone, on which you are likely to keep many
videos for watching on the go, plus the phone's PureView camera will entice to
make footage of your own more often than usual. As for the SIM card, it will
likely be of the nano SIM type, judging also from the piece on one of the
leaked photos of the handset in the slideshow below.
Specs
Screen resolution of the 6" display will be expectedly 1080x1920 pixels
Full HD, or 367pi pixel density at your disposal. The rumored screen
technology is raising some eyebrows, as the leaked specs say it will be an
AMOLED display, and Full HD versions of those are likely only done by Samsung
for now, so Nokia might have made a strange bedfellow here.
It is also to carry a PureMotion HD+
technology, which, coupled with Nokia's ClearBlack filter tech,
means we will have a bright screen with excellent contrast and reflectivity
ratios, great viewing angles, vivid colors and ultra fast refresh rates.
The processor that will be running the whole show is expected to be a quad-core Snapdragon
800, clocked at the respectable 2 GHz, which would make the Lumia
1520 the most powerful Windows Phone ever, coupled with its 2 GB of RAM.
Sources are claiming also a 64 GB variant, which seems unlikely if we are going
to get a microSD slot as well, but the 32 GB version is totally
plausible.
A beefy 3400 mAh battery is pegged to keep the Windows Phone 8.1 lights
on, which is on the high side, even for a phablet, and should allow for a
pretty good endurance, especially in terms of talk time and video playback. As
any self-respecting smartphone with Snapdragon 800 chipset, the phone is likely
to support most 4G/LTE networks you can think of, too.
20.7 MP PureView camera
We've arrived to the exclusive part of Nokia's first phablet, namely the
rumored 20.7 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, improved Panorama and optical
image stabilization. These specs alone should make it the best camera on a
phablet, but since the sensor is a scaled down version of the 41
MP monster in the Lumia 1020, it will also offer 1.8x lossless
zoom in stills mode, and 4x for HD video capture.
The maximum usable resolution is expected to be 18 MP in 4:3 aspect ratio,
meaning we will be getting an oval sensor like in the 1020 flagship. The dual
capture mode means you will be getting 5 MP images in automatic mode with the
pixel-binning technology that combines the information of four or more pixels
into a "perfect" one. There will be also a full 16 MP mode for the ultimate
detail capture.
The Nokia Camera app is said to come with improved saturation settings,
meaning we will have some exclusives on the software side of things with the
phone as well. Last but not least, the Lumia 1520 is listed to arrive with not
one or two but four HAAC microphones,
meaning that we might have a winner in the sound recording aspect not only among
phablets, but smartphones in general, too.
Price and release date
The Lumia 1520 phablet is expected to become official on October 22 at Nokia World in Abu
Dhabi, and Nokia is already teasing it with new Glance
Background screenshots that show 15:20 as the hour. The AT&T
exclusive for the company's first phablet is to start the clock in the second
week of November, while global availability is scheduled for the beginning of
December. Pricing? That 6" Full HD AMOLED, the quad-core Snapdragon and the 20
MP PureView camera with lossless zoom and OIS are unlikely to come cheap. The
phone is expected to command a premium phablet price of $299.99 on an AT&T
contract, while costing the flagship-worthy $699.99 without carrier subsidies,
which is said to be the global version tag as well.
show that the company is throwing the kitchen sink of what it is capable to
produce in mass quantities at the moment. It will be the best-equipped Windows
Phone ever, and the one that will introduce the wonders of quad-core processors
and Full HD displays to the platform for the first time. Let's recap what we've
heard on the hush-hush so far about the Nokia Lumia 1520.
Design
First off, we should be getting a 152 x 81 x 8.7 mm handset, which are
pretty good dimensions for a 6-incher, and the weight is clocked at 160g
for the exclusive AT&T version, while the global release will weigh a tad
more at 168g, as it will have a wireless charging coil built in. We've seen the
phone leaked in black, red and yellow already, but more colors might be in
store for it down the road. UPDATE: The
phone also leaked in a cyan render, but
whether or not this will stay just a render we'll find out for sure come October
22.
Nokia has allegedly added a microSD card slot for storage expansions, which
is a good idea for a big screen phone, on which you are likely to keep many
videos for watching on the go, plus the phone's PureView camera will entice to
make footage of your own more often than usual. As for the SIM card, it will
likely be of the nano SIM type, judging also from the piece on one of the
leaked photos of the handset in the slideshow below.
Specs
Screen resolution of the 6" display will be expectedly 1080x1920 pixels
Full HD, or 367pi pixel density at your disposal. The rumored screen
technology is raising some eyebrows, as the leaked specs say it will be an
AMOLED display, and Full HD versions of those are likely only done by Samsung
for now, so Nokia might have made a strange bedfellow here.
It is also to carry a PureMotion HD+
technology, which, coupled with Nokia's ClearBlack filter tech,
means we will have a bright screen with excellent contrast and reflectivity
ratios, great viewing angles, vivid colors and ultra fast refresh rates.
The processor that will be running the whole show is expected to be a quad-core Snapdragon
800, clocked at the respectable 2 GHz, which would make the Lumia
1520 the most powerful Windows Phone ever, coupled with its 2 GB of RAM.
Sources are claiming also a 64 GB variant, which seems unlikely if we are going
to get a microSD slot as well, but the 32 GB version is totally
plausible.
A beefy 3400 mAh battery is pegged to keep the Windows Phone 8.1 lights
on, which is on the high side, even for a phablet, and should allow for a
pretty good endurance, especially in terms of talk time and video playback. As
any self-respecting smartphone with Snapdragon 800 chipset, the phone is likely
to support most 4G/LTE networks you can think of, too.
20.7 MP PureView camera
We've arrived to the exclusive part of Nokia's first phablet, namely the
rumored 20.7 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, improved Panorama and optical
image stabilization. These specs alone should make it the best camera on a
phablet, but since the sensor is a scaled down version of the 41
MP monster in the Lumia 1020, it will also offer 1.8x lossless
zoom in stills mode, and 4x for HD video capture.
The maximum usable resolution is expected to be 18 MP in 4:3 aspect ratio,
meaning we will be getting an oval sensor like in the 1020 flagship. The dual
capture mode means you will be getting 5 MP images in automatic mode with the
pixel-binning technology that combines the information of four or more pixels
into a "perfect" one. There will be also a full 16 MP mode for the ultimate
detail capture.
The Nokia Camera app is said to come with improved saturation settings,
meaning we will have some exclusives on the software side of things with the
phone as well. Last but not least, the Lumia 1520 is listed to arrive with not
one or two but four HAAC microphones,
meaning that we might have a winner in the sound recording aspect not only among
phablets, but smartphones in general, too.
Price and release date
The Lumia 1520 phablet is expected to become official on October 22 at Nokia World in Abu
Dhabi, and Nokia is already teasing it with new Glance
Background screenshots that show 15:20 as the hour. The AT&T
exclusive for the company's first phablet is to start the clock in the second
week of November, while global availability is scheduled for the beginning of
December. Pricing? That 6" Full HD AMOLED, the quad-core Snapdragon and the 20
MP PureView camera with lossless zoom and OIS are unlikely to come cheap. The
phone is expected to command a premium phablet price of $299.99 on an AT&T
contract, while costing the flagship-worthy $699.99 without carrier subsidies,
which is said to be the global version tag as well.
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