Nokia Lumia 620 Review, Specification, Advantages and Disadvantages

Nokia has launched Lumia 620 for middle-class market, this phone is a Windows Phone is priced quite reasonably priced, but its practically complete. Want to know what? let's follow the Nokia Lumia 620 review below.



In terms of shape dimension is smaller, but thinner and heavier than the HTC Windows Phone 8S. Fortunately the low price tag is not so obvious in the design of Lumia 620. Because of the shape and materials used to remain near the top of the series Lumia 820. The difference is the more rounded corners including the back cover.



This design makes it look more ergonomic, use bright colors and interesting concepts on backcover very suitable young people. Moreover, applying the concept of XpressOn Cover Nokia alias can be replaced, so you can replace it with another cover accessories, if it is available in the market. Use backcover made from materials that are not easily doff slippery hands.







In addition to the touch screen on the front Lumia 620 sentoh puts three buttons (back, Homescreen, and Search). As for the physical buttons on the Nokia put entirely on the right side of the body. There's the power button / lockscreen and where the camera shutter button.



At the top there is a 3.5mm audio jack port, while the bottom port micro USB data cable that also serves for charging (charging). To insert the SIM card you have to remove the back cover and battery to find it. The position of the SIM card slot is on the bottom of the microSD. Drag a special panel to issue a 'pouch' Micro SIM card.







From the side of the screen compared to HTC 8S, he looks more narrow. But thanks to technology ClearBlack display and a 5 point multitouch capability and responsiveness of their color, it is somewhat superior to the Lumia 620. Unfortunately in lumia 620 not covered by Gorilla Glass as the HTC Windows Phone 8S.



BENCMARK

Although sold at a cheaper price, Lumia 620 has the same hardware as the HTC 8S. Not only the processor and its GPU has the same type, but the RAM is embedded in it also has the exact same capacity as the HTC 8S.



For performance between the combination of hardware and software owned Lumia 620 is capable of running all systems properly and smoothly. When the test was done using Antutu banchmark, Lumia 620 scored 7041. While using WP Bench Free, total score around 179.66.







With a user interface that is simple enough, you'll get a viewfinder and the camera settings on the right side, which is easily accessible fingers. Unlike HTC camera UI 8s are applying the concept of icons across multiple screens, in the Lumia 620 you can find the standard options (drop down) for each setting (camera and video).



One interesting thing, besides the choice of still / video camera, front / back camera, flash mode settings on the default interface Lumia 620 camera, there is still one more option that is 'Lenses'. By choosing the option 'Lenses', you'll be taken to a list of additional applications related to the camera that can be used to improve the performance of the camera Lumia 620. Starting from the application Panorama, Smart shot, Cinemagraph to edit photos. This facility can also be found in the camera UI Lumia 820 and Lumia 920.







Lumia 620 camera itself actually uses a standard lens, without technological support PureView like the Lumia 920. Even so, Lumia 620 camera supported a variety of additional settings which is powerful enough to produce the best picture quality. There is a choice of scenes, ISO, Exposure, White Balance, aspec ratio and focus assist light.



From some of the photos that the camera produced Lumia 620, the quality is quite good with clear image detail and color that is quite natural. Even when compared to HTC's 8S, the camera Lumia 620 is still a notch above.



In addition to photos, the main camera Lumia 620 can also be used to record video. For images that can be recorded have quality 720p with 30fps speed. In addition, the Nokia Lumia 620 is also equipped with a VGA-quality front camera can be used as a video camera chat / video call. Staying just run the Skype application and select the video call to your Skype contact colleagues.



CAMERA SAMPLE

















PROS CONS



Nokia Lumia 620 Advantages

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support


• Quad-band 3G with 21 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support


• 3.8" 16M-color ClearBlack LCD display with WVGA resolution


• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, 720p@30fps video recording


• VGA front-facing camera


• Windows Phone 8 OS


• 1.0 GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 305 GPU, 512 MB of RAM


• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band


• GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support


• 8 GB of inbuilt storage, expandable through the microSD card slot (up to 64 GB)


• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic


• Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor


• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack


• 1300 mAh user-replaceable battery


• microUSB port with file transfers


• Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and EDR


• NFC support


• Full Office Mobile experience


• Great build quality


• Free lifetime voice-guided navigation via Nokia Drive


• Excellent social integration


• Xbox Live integration and Xbox management


• Nokia Music streaming service


• 7 GB worth of SkyDrive storage


• Attractive price

Nokia Lumia 620 Main disadvantages

• WP app catalog falls short of Android and iOS


• No FM radio


• No system-wide file manager


• No lockscreen shortcuts


• Removing the back panel is testing

Nokia Lumia 620 Specs

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900


• 3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100


• SIM Micro-SIM


• Announced 2012, December


• Status Available. Released 2013, January


• BODY Dimensions 115.4 x 61.1 x 11 mm, 76 cc (4.54 x 2.41 x 0.43 in)


• Weight 127 g (4.48 oz)


• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors


• Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches (~246 ppi pixel density)


• Multitouch Yes


• - ClearBlack display


• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones


• Loudspeaker Yes


• 3.5mm jack Yes


• - Dolby headphone sound enhancement


• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 64 GB


• Internal 8 GB storage, 512 MB RAM


• DATA GPRS Class B


• EDGE Class B


• Speed HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps


• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band


• Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR


• NFC Yes


• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0


• CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1936 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality


• Features Geo-tagging


• Video Yes, 720p@30fps, check quality


• Secondary Yes, VGA


• FEATURES OS Microsoft Windows Phone 8


• Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4


• CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Krait


• GPU Adreno 305


• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass


• Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM


• Browser HTML5


• Radio No


• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS


• Java No


• Colors Lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white, black


• - SNS integration


• - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic


• - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player


• - MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player


• - 7GB free SkyDrive storage


• - Document viewer


• - Video/photo editor


• - Voice memo/dial


• - Predictive text input


• BATTERY Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery (BL-4J)


• Stand-by Up to 330 h


• Talk time Up to 14 h 40 min (2G) / Up to 9 h 50 min (3G)


• Music play Up to 61 h