Nokia Lumia 520, 8Gb, Sim Free Windows Smartphone - Red

I purchased this for my teenage daugter at Christmas. A great little smart phone, not many bells or whistles but all the essentials work well. To the person who couldn't sync with his PC, you have to down load the software. Why people can't find this out using Google is beyond me. Yes a camera flash would be handy but its no deal breaker. If you want a compact phone for calls, text, email, MP3's and web browsing, this will do it. To be honest I prefer it to my company supplied Samsung S4, battery lasts longer and the phone responds instantly compared to the S4 when I'm wondering if I pressed the screen hard enough while it thinks about it. There aren't many apps yet but I don't care as many S4 ones are rubbish anyway.

The phone was great and arrived in time from Amazon. Then it developed a fault 4 months later. The screen locked and the phone froze. It was returned to Nokia for repairs 3 times. I spent a total of 6 weeks without the phone as Nokia kept it for 2 weeks at a time before returning it unrepaired. The third time, I had to yell at customer services and demand a refund before they finally fixed it. I wonder if I would have been treated the same if I was a contract customer and the phone was from a phone company. There is nothing wrong with the phone but it has put me off buying Nokia for life. The 1 star is not for the phone but for the service I received from Nokia. Really bad.

I was sceptical about getting a windows phone as I have stuck with android up until this purchase;. The layout is fine but I still prefer operating system of android. As my previous phone was a Google Nexus 4 I suppose I was always going to be a little disappointed with a phone this affordable however: The choice of apps on the Windows operating system is poor The internet is extremely slow even when using wifi (using 3G it is twice as slow) The phone keeps going back to the home screen when I am in the middle of using an app (this happens every 10 minutes or so) The navigation programme is terrible (it doesn't even load some days) Saying this, the camera is pretty good and I've had no problems with texting and calling. I definitely think you can get more value for money with other cheap android phones though.

This phone is perfect for a working phone, rather than a knobs and whistles phone it is rather simple and does the job. The positives: if you use Windows on your PC and have a Microsoft Hotmail account, or similar, it will automatically update your calendar appointments and save your contacts for you across all your items and back them up. From a Nokia point of view you get free maps and navigation, excellent and easily as good as a satnav, once you've downloaded the map you need, you need only activate GPS and do not have to use any data to use the maps. Nokia also provide free music which can be very useful on occasion. The negative, sadly it was a nightmare moving across from HTC to Windows, if you are thinking of doing this please back up all your contacts etc first as HTC only allow you to copy one contact from phone to SIM at a time and when you have hundreds this is a pain. In future we will keep them all backed up on SIM and elsewhere. If you want a phone for making calls primarily, this is great. If you want a multifunction phone, top of the range camera etc, look elsewhere.

I had been looking for a new phone for a while and when one of my family members recommended it to me, I pretty much knew this was the one for me, especially because it came in my favourite colour :) I already have a Windows 8 Laptop so the interface, for me, was very easy to get used to. You can customise it to have whichever apps you use the most and the touchscreen is very precise and sensitive, which is good for someone like me with big fingers. If you don't like the tile interface you can just swipe and use the list view, which I found very efficient when it came to finding things when I first got it. The battery life is exquisite, I felt like it was literally laughing at my old phone which couldn't last half a day! Whether in constant use or occasional, for a smartphone, it is amazingly good. It also connects to wifi easily, I haven't had any problems with that yet and for a young social networker like me, that is an essential! One bugbear I have found so far is the price. I was gutted to buy this and then see it in O2 for £69.99, so in terms of value for money, it really isn't worth getting online. In total I paid just over £97 including a case and a pack of 10 screen protectors and I really feel like an idiot for not checking the shops first. The second (and last) bugbear was that it needs a micro sim card. Micro SD cards are easy to come by nowadays and I already had one anyway, but when it came to the micro sim card, I had no clue where to get one. it was quite a palava for me as I don't pay for my phone contract, so unless you are the bill payer you might have to go through a nice phone call with your provider or go to your local phone shop, which meant that I was out of a phone, so I would advise anyone to do this first before buying one o you have it set up and ready to go. Nonetheless, I have found this phone so easy to use. Everything you need is in one place and apps are easily downloadable from the store. I would recommend this phone to anyone who wants something a bit quirky but easy to use. The keyboard is also easy to use (even for someone like me with sausage size fingers) and also has revolutionised predictive text, but in the most helpful way possible. It comes is a lovely range of colours (I got mine in Cyan and I love it! :D) and is something I would consider reccomending to smart-phone virgins. A very well made product, very happy with it overall :)

Ho comprato questo telefono cellulare per sostituire il mio (stessa marca e modello) a cui non funzionava più il tasto di accensione. Ad un prezzo contenuto ho potuto comprare questo telefono usato (ma in realtà pari al nuovo in quanto praticamente mai utilizzato come scritto nell'annuncio). Tutto perfetto: schermo senza un graffio, telefono perfettamente funzionante e arrivato come previsto. Come caratteristiche è un telefono uscito più di 3 anni fa con un ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. Belle foto, buona memoria, veloce se non lo sovraccaricate con miriadi di applicazioni, nessun problema di funzionamento. Se non siete interessati ai giochi (specialmente quelli più recenti che consumano tantissima memoria) allora questo è un ottimo compromesso. Come sistema operativo ha windows phone 8 con cui io mi sono trovata bene ma che, per esempio, preclude la possibilità di scaricare molti giochi e applicazioni. Quindi telefono semplice ma al tempo stesso con tutte le funzioni fondamentali ad un prezzo competitivo.

Voila un Smartphone vraiment pas trop cher (en plus avec offre de remboursement de 20€) ; bourré de qualités et de fonctionnalités : Pas trop encombrant ; mais avec un écran très lumineux ; très lisible et d'une très bonne sensibilité. Une très bonne qualité sonore (ouf ouf ; mais oui, c'est aussi un téléphone !). Des tas de possibilités d'applications dont on ne fera surement pas le tour dans la vie de l'appareil ! Enfin un Windows phone intuitif, réactif ; bien organisé et bien ajustables aux besoins que l'on a. Au chapitre des regrets ( pour être objectif ! ) : La batterie ne tient "QUE" 4 jours environ. La sensibilité n'est pas exceptionnelle (un peu moins bien que mon vieux Nokia 5100 avec la même carte SIM) Pour l'utilisation du clavier avec de gros doigts, un stylet est bienvenu ...

Excelente

APPAREIL D'ASPECT CONFORME MAIS SURPRISE NE FONCTIONNE PAS DU TOUT. CELA RESSEMBLE FORTEMENT A UN APPAREIL REFORMATE AVANT D'ETRE VENDU.

De los mejores en su gama (media-baja). El sistema operativo Windows Phone por el momento no me defrauda. Buena opción para los q queremos un Smartphone sin dejarnos un riñón.