Nokia Lumia 1520 Preview
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Introduction
The Lumia 1520 takes Nokia’s familiar pillow shape design and stretches it out to its limits. This is the first Nokia phablet, but even if you are used to using large phones the Lumia 1520 is shockingly big.
The large size might make it awkward to hold and carry around, but in turn means that you get to have a gigantic 6-inch 1080p display with you at all times. This new size is also new not just for Nokia, but for Microsoft and Windows Phone as well. The Lumia 1520 is also the first Windows Phone phablet and Microsoft’s platform adjusts to that with more Live Tiles on the screen and more information you can see in one glance.
An AT&T exclusive, the Lumia 1520 is coming to the United States on November 22nd, but we already have a preproduction version in our hands and it’s time to take it for a spin and see what we can expect to see in the final device.
Design
There’s no going around the fact that the Lumia 1520 is a ridiculously big device. We ought to warn you about this before getting into any further detail about the design. It barely fits in a regular jeans front pocket and you’d better not have the misfortune to wear skin-fit clothes or pants with small pockets - it simply won’t fit in there. In daily use such a large size looks awkward, but more importantly it makes basic single handed operation a struggle. To its excuse, we ought to mention there actually are even larger phablets out there like the Sony Z Ultra, and the HTC One max nearly matches it in size.
Right below the screen there are the three standard Windows Phone capacitive navigation keys that look strangely small on such a large phone. Physical keys are made out of plastic and luckily all within easy reach and very clicky, easy to press.
Display

The size is an impressive full six inches, larger than most phablets out there, and our initial impressions with the non-final device that we have is that it’s a nice, vivid screen that performs very well in the outdoors. On board are Nokia’s ClearBlack technology, essentially a polarizer that reduces reflections and contributes to the outdoor viewing experience, super sensitive touch so you can use this with your gloves on in the winter, and Gorilla Glass 2 screen coating.
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