The Nokia Lumia 520 is the most affordable Windows Phone 8 handset from the Finns, yes even below the 620. Despite the lower price point, the Lumia 520 is actually slightly better than the 620, at least on paper.
It has a 4" IPS LCD screen of WVGA resolution (up from 3.8" WVGA for the 620). The screen image quality, however, is worse than that of the 620, especially in terms of viewing angles (so much for IPS).

The Lumia 520 is actually a millimeter thinner than the 620, it's the same thickness as the 820. The curved back helps mask some of the thickness. Speaking of the back, it features exchangeable covers, but there's no wireless charging option.
The battery inside the phone has 1,430mAh capacity, which isn't all that much, but it's still more than what the 620 has (and only 220mAh lower than the 820 battery capacity).

There's more good news - the storage is 8GB by default, but you can put in a microSD card (up to 64GB) when you run out. So, Nokia didn't cut any corners here.
The camera specs are pretty good too - you get a 5MP camera with 720p video recording. The front-facing camera from the Lumia 620 has been dropped, but other than that you get the same camera experience (with all the Lens except Glam Me) for less
money.
The Nokia Lumia 520 is powered by a dual-core Krait processor at 1GHz, but it only has 512MB of RAM to work with (not 1GB like the higher-end models do). You shouldn't have compatibility
issues with the 130K apps in the Windows Phone Store, at least not for now. There's no telling what will happen in a year though, 512MB might prove to be as limiting then as 256MB is now.
Shells
Bright colors are becoming a sort of trademark for Nokia phones and the Lumia 720 and 520 have exchangeable back covers, so you can always change things up later. The Nokia Lumia 720 can get an extra feature if you get the appropriate cover too - wireless charging (just like the
Lumia 820).
The Nokia Lumia 520 will cost about N30,000.00 when it's eventually available in Nigeria.

nokia is back to take there position, i cant wait for this phone to reach nijja and i love it congrate nokia

e n0 g0 seLL

windows phone is crap.

Joe50: windows phone is crap.

it seem that u never use window phone before i was in ur shoe before. but since i use lg E900 my view about window phone changes pls try window phone before commenting

Francheezy: e n0 g0 seLL

For $180, this is an excellent phone.
Android phones at that price range are usually rubbish.

texazzpete:

For $180, this is an excellent phone.
Android phones at that price range are usually rubbish.

It depends 0n d maker

austinsmat: it seem that u never use window phone before i was in ur shoe before. but since i use lg E900 my view about window phone changes pls try window phone before commenting

so u mean i neva use d fone before commenting, i use nokia lumia 710 before going 2 e6, i don't like d fone.

Joe50:

so u mean i neva use d fone before commenting, i use nokia lumia 710 before going 2 e6, i don't like d fone.

Actually Nokia Lumia 710 runs on Windows Phone 7.x, and I agree that it wasn't very impressive. Microsoft has also learnt from their mistakes and thats why you can't compare WP7 devices with WP8 devices. Even the introduction of WP8 has encouraged more developers into building apps for Windows Phone.

when will this nokia lumia 520 will arrive nigeria

austinsmat: when will this nokia lumia 520 will arrive nigeria

it should be available before the end of this month

Thevenine:
it should be available before the end of this month

whaoo i cant wait

Thevenine:
it should be available before the end of this month

For real? Or are you just speculating?

Bawss1:

For real? Or are you just speculating?

For real...

@Thevenine have you seen Samsung Ativ Odyssey? The name of the phone alone na action movie and it runs on WP8

ThaProf: @Thevenine have you seen Samsung Ativ Odyssey? The name of the phone alone na action movie and it runs on WP8

i neva see am ooo...but i don hear of am..i still prefer Nokia Lumia to other WP8 phones, me sef dey wait 4 Lumia 520

Thevenine:
i neva see am ooo...but i don hear of am..i still prefer Nokia Lumia to other WP8 phones, me sef dey wait 4 Lumia 520

Me sef dey wait for Lumia 520 But as e no get Secondary camera and Flash, how we go come do

Nokia Lumia 520......mmmmm.... Sounds good...

ThaProf:

Me sef dey wait for Lumia 520 But as e no get Secondary camera and Flash, how we go come do

as long as all d necessities dey dere (wifi, 3g, super sensitive scr33n etc) we go manage am o

Which of the colours would you love to have?

Thevenine: as long as all d necessities dey dere (wifi, 3g, super sensitive scr33n etc) we go manage am o

You know whether the black variant na matte or glossy case?

ThaProf: Which of the colours would you love to have?

yellow will be best

ThaProf: Which of the colours would you love to have?

im not just sure how accessible the various covers will be in naija, if not, i'll love to hv all colours so the theme and cover colour can match always

ThaProf:

You know whether the black variant na matte or glossy case?

its like each colour variant has its own set of textures

pls note that these lumia phones use micro sim cards...so u can check out my thread on how to transform ur regular sim card into a micro sim https://www.nairaland.com/1212731/how-make-own-micro-sim

[color=#990000][/color]Selling ma Bold to buy Lumia 520 once it gets into town...love the features am seeing already. And pleas does it have bluetooth?
;DSelling ma Bold to buy Lumia 520 once it gets into town...love the features am seeing already. And pleas does it have bluetooth?

Mcmaye: [color=#990000][/color]Selling ma Bold to buy Lumia 520 once it gets into town...love the features am seeing already. And pleas does it have bluetooth?

Yes of course, almost all phones have it these days.

sure...

The most affordable windows phone 8 is the Huawei 4Afrika it costs just $150 and the specs better than the LUMIA 520.

The most affordable windows phone 8 is the Huawei 4Afrika it costs just $150 and the specs better than the LUMIA 520 but i prefer the LUMIA 520.

Kamaye: The most affordable windows phone 8 is the Huawei 4Afrika it costs just $150 and the specs better than the LUMIA 520 but i prefer the LUMIA 520.

Thanks for the info sir

is this phone available now because in still waiting for it