Nokia Lumia 520 - The Most Affordable Windows Phone 8 Smartphone

Nokia Lumia 520 is the latest addition to the Windows Phone 8 based Lumia series. It is now available for purchase from MobiCity, Australia's favourite online mobile phone store.

The phone features a trademark Lumia bar form design with a black front and a coloured body. It comes with a 4.0-inch IPS display that provides a very responsive Super-sensitive touch and allows operation even with gloves on. Ideal for single hand navigation, the screen has a WVGA resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and a pixel density of 235ppi.

Nokia Lumia 520 features a Qualcomm chipset consisting of a 1GHz Dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor along with 512MB RAM. Microsoft's latest Windows Phone 8 operating system is pre-installed in its ROM and offers support for all of its tools and services including Office 365 for business. An 8GB internal storage is provided which is expandable up to 64GB via microSD memory card.

The handset sports a 5.0 Megapixels AF camera at the back. It uses the phone's built-in digital lenses feature to create Cinemagraph. The camera also offers 4x digital zoom and is capable of HD 720p movie recording as well. Other key specs of the device are - 3G support, Wi-Fi & Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v3.0, USB v2.0, GPS, Nokia Mix Radio app, HERE Maps app, Live Tiles, 7GB SkyDrive cloud storage, XBox Live Hub, SNS integration and a 1430mAh battery with up to 61 hours of music streaming and 9.6 hours of internet browsing.

Nokia Lumia 520 comes with a 12-month local warranty. It can be purchased now from MobiCity.