The phablet worldjust learn two new lusus naturae roar into Ithiel Town — Nokia ’s gigantic 6 - inch , 1080p resolution - screened headphone , the Gorilla Glass 2 - display 1520 , and a lower - specced 1320 . We ’ve been favourable enough to get our hands on ’em .
While I ’m really fond to Nokia ’s Lumia design , the fact that they chose glossy polycarbonate for a 6 - column inch twist is mind - boggling . You want more grip with larger devices , so it would ’ve been groovy to see the matt finish on these two phones . Plus , I ca n’t serve but feel cheated by glossy plastic phone — like Samsung ’s Galaxy stove , the 1320 and 1520 come along almost cheap because of it .
Nonetheless , the devices are low-cal ( 209 grams for the 1520 ) , which is more than can be said about the recentHTC One Max , which weighs in at 217grams . While there ’s not much between the two , the Lumia 1520 just feels calorie-free — perhaps it ’s that cool plastic playing tricks on our mind .
The 1520 , which we focussed most of our attention on , run on the latest physical body of Windows Phone 8 , GDR3 . The only detectable lag felt was when I opened up the novel Nokia Storyteller app , but it was n’t before long that the images down up and I was able to take in the geo - chase photos and picture pre - loaded on the test gimmick .
The one blip on the horizon for the 1520 and 1320 are the case , which feel really slight and almost like third - party accessories . While the yellow-bellied instance face striking against the red Lumia , the overall force was consanguineal to holding the Lumia in a tatty yellowness Snappy Snaps aircraft carrier udder — uncalled-for to say , I was n’t a rooter of that one .
Weighing in at 615 g , the Lumia 2520 is light than the latest iPad , and much wanton than the Microsoft Surface Pro 2 , and founder the lusterlessness goal of the polycarbonate eubstance , it ’s really nice to hold , too . I ’m told the 10.1 - inch gadget is 267 x 168 x 8.9 mm , with that thinness being the most detectable — I mean , it ’s noSony Tablet Z at 6.9 mm , but perhaps I ’m just more habitual to the heavier - and - slightly - deep iPad , which has a 9.4 mm waist .
While the room was too noisy to test the sound capacity , there are stereo front - facing speakers , which should be a great match for the quartz glass clear and bright blind . During the 2520′s announcement Nokia showed off some comparison video of the 2520 against the iPad , a Samsung Galaxy tablet and few other contender , and it was clean-cut which tablet performed the best . Though patently you need to take these sort of merchandising videos with a dumper truck of salt .
I ’m really sold on Nokia ’s Lumia invention , which has stay consistent since the origination of the first Lumias , the 710 and 800 , at the tail end - end of 2011 . With the Lumia 2520 , that intention has n’t been compromised . [ Gizmodo UK ]
Gizmodo UK is gobbling up the news in a different timezone — so check them out if you need another Giz fix .
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