Nokia Lumia 1520 in 2022 | Nostalgia & Features Rediscovered!

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In this video we take a look back at the Nokia Lumia 1520, the first Nokia phablet device running on windows phone 8.
00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - Hardware Quirks
04:09 - Software Quirks
05:56 - Issues
07:02 - Conclusion
The video covers all the quirks, specifications and hardware features of the Lumia 1520, as well as its software features and Nokia additions on top of Windows Phone. Let's relive some of the nostalgia!
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[@AbdullaZaki]

Purchase links are in the video description. I've also started a KZbin shorts channel for quick burst of nostalgia :) You can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3Osl61sfNWohbc&ab_channel=TheMrNokia%5BShorts%5D

[@ramashishchaudhary8280]

Brother can u send me any nokia mob. Please

[@Adityakumar-dl4vc]

Please unbox Nokia xr20

[@ajitnirwane]

I want to buy this phone.

[@sudheeerhere]

I badly need lumia phones to be back😭

[@Lucidfilth]

Gosh I miss Windows phone.

[@Sejuani89]

This still looks so modern even in today's standard! Even without a full screen front, it still looks gorgeous!

[@bsky6525]

I'd call it Healthy minimalism

[@abbas9080]

Ikr. I wish more phones follow the same style. Nowadays everything looks so generic like curvy edge "apple-style" look. Only a few that fo) ows this approach like samsung

[@glpzdmd9259]

Imagine Nokia today adopting this design DNA. With edge to edge full screen

[@KT43124]

Hmd global killing again Nokia

[@paperroman8345]

I came in reading that .

[@silent_shutter108]

Exactly!!! Nokia would again be the king with combo of this design and android.

[@glpzdmd9259]

I simply dont like Nokia HMD designs. Never bought one. But always always looking forward fpr a redesign. Even their candy bar phones from good old symbian could be used with full screen. Just like the 7610.. put the front cam in the bezel top right.

[@KT43124]

@@glpzdmd9259 only Nokia 7 plus and 6.1 was awesome

[@sunny123k]

The most remarkable aspect of Nokia phones for me was their software, especially the UI. The UI in Lumia looks so fluid and dynamic as compared to the bland and boring UI in Android and iOS today.

[@indigosunset70]

truth, but at least pc have win10 now. thanks to windows phones

[@LuLeBe]

It's utterly unusable though. Even with that massive screen you can barely fit a few items on screen with the metro UI style. Android, while not as pretty maybe, is way more usable and iOS, well I don't know why people like it xD

[@tsimeone]

@@LuLeBe you could fit 6 icons, and have folders. Some androids today you can't get 6 icons across the screenm.

[@DeepteshLovesTECH]

Android UI is boring? Windows Phone UI couldn't be altered with themes.

[@mrtony3152]

Ofcourse there will always be people who disagree, I am pro android I would never buy an iPhone but if I was richest person in the world I would pay to make me a windows phone today. It was so colourful and unique.

[@muhammadibnuhakim1676]

I really miss Lumia. My first Lumia was 520. The last was 950.

[@KT43124]

Me too 520 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ and 640xl

[@pratheekkh4714]

I was so envious about my sis having it , so i searched and bought 520 at 2017 and loved it every bit 😍 still she sits in my locker ❤️

[@KofolaDealer]

@@pratheekkh4714 and is she still alive? in that locker?

[@kkcallofdutymobile9404]

Mine is same but now its broken from the screen

[@nokiatony3412]

My first and last was Lumia 730

[@ANINDYA-001]

This was a true flagship!

[@avim4896]

Back in those days the Lumia 1520 was a giant with a 6 inch screen and an excellent battery life

[@kennyplay5982]

Actually, it was the width of the phone that was big thing. It's was 6" high but was so much wider than any other phone

[@usamakhan-xx2cf]

literally crying right now !!! so sad to see nokia right now.

[@gatreyan7068]

im so frustrated that this brand didnt took off

[@sanangelomike]

I still have mine. After 2 broken screens it's on its 3rd. Still works like a champ and the battery holds a charge for quite a long time. Upgraded to Windows 10 a couple of years ago.

[@kennyplay5982]

I still have mine but the battery died.

[@captaincaption]

Lumia is still my favourite lineup to this day

[@waterproof4403]

The nostalgia 💚😭 2014 was a beautiful year

[@muzinka2c987]

Everytime when I see a video on Nokia Lumia phones....I newly fell in love with them again....there is just so many things to talk abt them which were way cooler and outstanding in dull world of iOS and Android back then

[@abbas9080]

AMENNN!!!

[@xninja2369]

May be ahead of IOS definitely but not android , as a former WP use , in android back than MediaTek chip it was just one Click root , I remember you can easy hack others's wifi using brute forces and Thier IP address , when screen recording was considered miracle you can do that with root ( and one iOS user was yapping that other don't have screen recording 🤣) Also you could underclock/overclock your device according to your needs , also I remember you could use REAL windows xp in android phone using some kind of ISO emular I guess 🙄 , but it was laggier.. Also remember android has freedom so you can make your android look like WP but you can't do anything on WPn, also it had very bad external app support even outside store. , you needed PC to install apps ... also the lineage os custom rom had more customisable features and user adaptability specially after android 5 launch ( if I remember) , .. But hey I still would never forget that vibe my dad's Lumia 625 gave 😎 I remember my friends 16 GB rom phone was filled up and lagging but not even single problem in 0.5 GB ram Lumia

[@aaronsoliven31]

I got this phone for 2 years and it was one of the amazing phones i ever had. Snapdragon 800, Wireless charging, pure view camera, and a screen that i thought it was amoled since the black was really black like amoled because of nokia's clear black tech. If windows mobile got all support and apps like apple and android, maybe this OS still exist today.

[@parthsarthipandey4353]

1520 and 930 were my absolute favourite, best Lumia phones, let me rephrase it, the best phone in design, camera, and reliability ever launched until that time, so much ahead of time, like hmd global talk about user satisfactions, no phone is ever reached the level of satisfaction reached by these two phones

[@ascelot]

had the lumia 920 and still do, shame none of the speakers work, and cant access the phone on windows to transfer photos

[@ascelot]

@@PietriGuitars I have no idea, thinking like the sound issue, could be hardware issue linking to windows

[@ascelot]

@@PietriGuitars didnt work, cant sign in and now doesnt seem to charge properly, oh well :(

[@xninja2369]

Bro talking about design no matches the design of Lumia 1020..

[@lawrencejb6829]

Wireless charging a gimmick because Apple hadn't invented the technology back then. Ha Ha good one😍👍🙂 HMD has to bring back the clear black display tech, now that there are no more pure display tech phones from them.

[@aishite_imasu097]

The Nokia 7 plus from 2018 from HMD has clear black display. Clear black display is basically a polarized display to make the black more black. Sometimes, you can't tell that the 7 plus has only have an IPS display because of that. Colors are vibrant and blacks are deeper compared to conventional IPS displays.

[@pallabchakraborty4465]

8.1 has pureview.

[@lawrencejb6829]

@@pallabchakraborty4465 The new series Nokia phones don't have this tech and that's what I was trying to say

[@shahroznouman]

I had lumia 920 back in the days and i tell you these devices were beasts... Loved the software and loved their camera especially

[@Loki-sk7bi]

Those tiles and animations. On top of Nokia design…still my dream phone. I couldn’t afford it back then, I had to contend with the base model Lumia 610. Wish windows phone makes a comeback…

[@aaronoralan5314]

Back in 2013 I was so excited when it just launched, I was even pick my Casio fx-570 calculator and imagine it as the Lumia 1520 due to similar size. But sadly I was only a student back then and I was unable to afford this such an expensive flagship

[@hansaniarchibald6919]

I really miss my Lumia 1520! So many things about it was ahead of its time! I had originally gone with the Note 3 at the time then later bought the Lumia 1520. At first I missed the note taking features of the Note 3 but eventually adjusted and really appreciated the Lumia offerings and the beauty of the Windows Phone OS.

[@waterproof4403]

I want them to come back

[@princebiswal2505]

congratulations abdulla in advance for 20k subs , I am your subscriber since 2k and seeing you are very hardworking person ... keep it up we are always with you ..

[@aishite_imasu097]

This is my 1st windows phone. I chose it over the Note 3 that time. Loving its polycarbonate build and also the large screen by the time at 6 inches. I remember I'm undecided between the 1020 and the 1520, eventually I chose 1520 because of large display.

[@superiorgames2007]

How was your experience with lumia 1520?? That time I was 14 years old and couldn't afford this flagship 😢 but still this is my favourite Lumia

[@socorropeers8217]

I love Nokia phones, I had 5 of them, one of them that can be slide to open and close. I am currently using iPhone but seriously planning on going back to Nokia phone. I would want to get this 1520, yellow is so bright and beautiful! Thank you Abdullah for continuing to update on this phone.🇦🇺🇵🇭💖

[@frdslhkm]

Your channel is a must subscribe channel for me. I'm in love. Keep it up, man!

[@danieldefo4160]

Nokia Lumia and HTC were hitting hard in 2011-2017. It's pity that both of them are near death now.

[@jerwinparais3735]

Still using until today sir .. great review thankyou

[@TheAimanzahra]

Thank you for this amazing videos !

[@THESOCIALCADETS]

Finally my recommendation came back to me i have been waiting for this video for a long time 🎉🎉🎉 I am actually waiting for NOKIA XR20 Please do a Livestream 🤗🤗

[@ChrisRiquinha]

There it is! That yellow beast is my all time favorite phone.

[@abcun17]

This phone was such a nice design and great build quality. If ever there was a phone that almost converted me to the Windows Mobile platform it was this one. But at the time the asking price was too steep and I ultimately chose to go on with BlackBerry and it’s BB10 OS and devices. There is a reason why I’ve always liked Nokia phones and this device is an example of why that is.

[@seigfredancay4963]

Lumia lacking Android os back then

[@abcun17]

@@seigfredancay4963 Yes, but they were still good, solid devices, even without the Android OS.

[@jettnerona]

I have a lumia 820, I used it for 6 years. I still have it ❤️

[@blackhawk69100]

An updated version of the 1520 is my dream Nokia device. I had a white one and absolutely loved it. It may possibly be my favourite Nokia. Even now Nokia's are missing lots of the features that went into the 1520. When people say....... They don't make them like they used to, it's especially true of Nokia. Nokia is big on nostalgia...... So come on, give us an updated version. Great video👍

[@killbot86]

Seeing the Windows Phone OS brings back a lot of memories of my Nokia Lumia 925 ❤️❤️❤️

[@elphau]

loved it when it first came out! love the design! love the polycarbonate material. also would love for Nokia to relaunch this with Android please! ( i've lost count how many times i've said this every time i see your videos)

[@abhijitnair08]

Nokia should make a Lumia skin on android like Samsung. I wish they bring back the old design and hardware of Nokia Lumias

[@ashishsuthar9655]

i love nokia phones. Superb build quality and good looking. and also like your channel.

[@sleevenick]

I really adore this phone. Hope Nokia brings this design back 🥰

[@annaroshchupkina6366]

Thank you for cool video as always 👍👍

[@hadareanflorin1254]

I had this phone on black and I miss that operating system so much it was such an amazing phone :)

[@Littlefootization]

Used to own one too. Coolest phone ever. The size always amazed people LOL

[@infamous070]

your retro phone collection is 🥺😭❤️🔥💕🥰🤗

[@nancevv2546]

Oh boi glad I've stumbled upon ur channel .. gosh the nostalgia... I was Lumia 625 and 535 user til they were both literally die and broken and couldn't be used anymore haha only by then I've used android

[@AbdullaZaki]

Welcome aboard :D Here we live in the past and hope for the future haha.

[@blitzgreek]

It was a solid beast. I have uploaded some concert videos, because of the AWESOME built in microphones (although I hate recording at concerts) and the sound was and is still over the top. Over 100+decibel and you can hear everything crystal clear.

[@fambro7274]

I had Lumia 950 back then & all I ever wanted in that phone was a KZbin app 😭😭. After 2 years of use I sold it to my friend & brought Samsung galaxy S4.

[@AbdullaZaki]

We got one of the best KZbin clients for Windows phone made by Nokia... then google forced them to remove it 2 weeks later. MyTube was awesome for KZbin though.

[@whatsstefon]

I miss mine. Best phones ever. When apps started to disappear, and it got to the point where I couldn’t even use it to make basic tasks happen, it was time to go. Very very sad.

[@indrajitdas183]

The Images look so good!

[@v44922]

I remember Nokia Mixradio which played new music matching our listening style - it had the best music collection at that time.

[@Saint_Rukshan]

This was my dream phone back then. I also had a Lumia 640 XL.

[@xtd6923]

I miss that song, The song of Lumia ads, Thank for your video

[@tafsirnahian669]

I love these phones and still want to buy one.

[@JustMeESM]

Something I loved about Lumia devices was the fact that you could use them even with gloves on, I think most of them were capable of it. I had the Lumia 720, and it was amazing for being a relatively budget smartphone

[@Muh.Assyiri]

The memorable design. Something amazing smartphone from the past.

[@danielgrootboom9885]

Just realized I'm not subscribed. Big fan (lol) here keep doing your thing dude :)

[@MariusAlex27]

I had Lumia 800, 900, 920, 1520, 830 & 930. This and the 930 were stunning.

[@esseferio]

I’m still in love with my yellow 1520 under Win10 mobile. Edge back then helped a lot mitigate the lack of apps. My following phone was a Nokia 7 plus until I finally entered the iPhone ecosystem. But this 1520 is still the best phone that ever was, to me :)

[@AbdullaZaki]

Maybe Nokia will manage to win you back one day :)

[@TheDanslb]

Absolutely one of the best designs and best phones ever. I wish phones were designed this well again. Maybe worth doing a series about current day phones that have exceptional designs. It'll probably be short though heh.

[@danielzamora8880]

when nokia released this device i fell in love with this phone, unfortunately I had no money and it was never sold in my country

[@SodikinGross]

Really miss Windows Phone 😭😭😭 Those good old days 😖😖😖😖😖 Farewell … so long Winsows Phone 😔😔😔

[@charuduttmalhara5757]

Loved this phone. I had the Lumia 730! Best phone ever!

[@forhadkashfi]

Till now its my most fevorite phone, i really miss windows phone 😭😭

[@YongkhoiAkamlem]

Display and touch smoothness is Better then iPhone,Samsung and today’s phone.

[@anirbandey3794]

Whenever I watch your videos my eyes are going to fill with tears. I used nokia X2 01 Lumia 610 and Lumia 520. I always wanted to purchase the nokia N8 but didn't accomplished that desire. Today I use iphone 7 and ONEPLUS 9r but honestly that feeling which we got in the Nokia phones are far superior and classic than this

[@mastermind918]

i had lumia 720 with sd processor was so smooth that time .... nostalgia

[@Debeauxsouvenirs]

thank you for the video in 2021 and I will buy it for collection purpose in 2022.

[@madhawaniroshan]

Now my behemoth sits in a cupboard along with my 920. I just don't want to get rid of them since they hold special place in my world. thanks for some nostalgia.

[@thedarkknight1971]

Another great video fella.... Imagine that running on Meego OS as a successor to the N9.... 🤔🤔😎😎

[@aishite_imasu097]

That would be awesome. The big screen is very much fitted for Meego's superb multitasking capabilities.I'm sure if it was properly developed, it might have a multi screen or split screen display.

[@thedarkknight1971]

@@aishite_imasu097 Very true, as Nokia were well ahead of the game regarding OS features (multitasking, gestures etc) and going on the 1520 was some time after the N9, theoretically it would have been developed/updated more 🤔😏

[@RaviKumar-we8bd]

Awesome design!

[@pujanrisham]

Still love this beast

[@junedmalek7731]

I miss my 1520 so much, and I want to see it function in 2021/22 hardware and software

[@ullashpaul7289]

lumia has its own fanbase!

[@ranjitesh8574]

Nokia still have to collaborate with windows...and stay charming...

[@christoraj5484]

Old Lumia 525 user 🤩🤩🤩 outstanding beast 🤩🤩💥

[@crysed7897]

This is still my dream phone even until today.....

[@1mrozkhan]

This was my dream phone back then ❤️

[@xl6941]

Same

[@thenormalone6753]

I remember getting my first "phablet" back in the day and I did a video meeting and watched a Movie on the same device on my sofa. It rly felt like the future

[@Neftegna]

I was in love with this phone but couldn't afford it back then

[@Louie.Oxford]

there's a typo on ur title , great vid btw keep it up!!

[@AbdullaZaki]

Thanks for the heads up! Fixed

[@rbbshawarmachine7543]

been watching your nostalgic nokia vids lately. i noticed you haven't made a video about Asha. I know that the model failed hardd, it's just that it's my first nokia touchscreen phone so I'm just curious if you had one

[@dingusdong]

1:34 "Lucky Bastards" Only the biggest Nokia fan would say that over a phone casing! (but really, l liked this video, keep it up!)

[@AbdullahUsmanKhan]

I had this and I loved it. Bought another same phone for the first time when i broke my first one. And before using it I was hesitant about the size but after using it I couldn't imaging using something smaller. The software update added support for 4k video and the quality was much better than 90% of 4k om phone even in 2022! No lie. Also the OIS was the best. Plus the AOD. And when companies use buzz trademark words for useless tech it makes me cringe but the Clear Black was amazing. Felt like an OLED. The polarization was amazing. Man. I miss this. I still have the dead shells... Why don't other manufacturers use binning? Nokia used binning so well. 1080 was so sharp and detailed because the full sensor readout was used to downsample that to 1080. But now they just waste those pixels. So sad.

[@TexasADV]

I still have my 1520. I LOVED these nokia phones. they had a slick svelte design.

[@FMCREPAIRARMAGH22]

Yep I have mine to I miss windows phone

[@TheDragon2414]

i miss my Lumia phone. it was great ❤

[@miskayheagth1694]

I still keep this model too , im so in love ❤️ 😍 💖 😊😊😊😊😊

[@akize21]

The most memorable phone I've ever owned. I really loved the simplicity, cohesiveness, and fluidity of the UI. I really enjoyed the integration to my personal and work account. Unfortunately, the app support was just not great. If only it took off and developers supported this platform, it could have been the best phone ever.

[@feliponcioloko]

I like so much the magic of the Lumias ❤️❤️❤️

[@abidnirana]

Nice lumia phone old is gold 😍

[@ashwinpillai2114]

3.02 I liked how you said Apple hasn't "INVENTED" it yet ...hahaha

[@siddhantmahapatra646]

Man why is nobody making Phone with this design????? I remember i had a nokia lumia 540 and i to this day still love the size and design of that phone....

[@MIR-pv1lq]

It was one of the most comfortable phones that I had the pleasure of using.

[@ralphanthonyenriquez7480]

DAMN, i really love lumia phones. starting from 520, 630, 920, 1520, 1020, and last 930 xl.

[@pranavjs]

To own a windows phone was a dream when i was a kid..but sadly,when i finally able to buy one,they stopped it. But i have a dream of porting that os to work on an android device of this time...because ,the os was so optimized like ios,and was a charm ,but the lack of apps and cheap android adaptation killed it😥

[@xXMarkWadeyXx]

Still got my green Nokia 735, still looks good as new and works without fault, a quality product for sure.

[@AbdullaZaki]

The 735 had such a lovely design

[@captaincaption]

Those were some impressive fucking phones.

[@TechnicalRuvaid]

Absolutely stunner bro😘😘😘 Nokia should bring back Sailfish OS🥺🥺🥺

[@deandrake2723]

This was my phone. Everyone thinks I was being a hipster but I truly believe in Windows Phone back then.

[@nokianchetan]

Actually 1520 was my most favourite windows Phone 😊

[@tymac9127]

I loved the Lumia phones they were my favourite I owned one too I was definitely obsessed with it kinda sad what happened to Nokia.

[@AbdullaZaki]

You'll enjoy my next video then :)

[@junedmalek7731]

I still love my Nokia Lumia 1520 (Red)

[@ZaryanUrRehman]

If only Microsoft allowed android apps to run on win 8.1 in 2013 like they did to desktop Windows 11 in 2021 I miss that pure golden era

[@softwarechaos]

+1

[@Ankityadav-670]

I had lumia 520 great phone

[@diegosalgo]

Man, i love windows phone UI. I had two entry level nokia and microsoft windows phones, lumia 530 and 535, even being cheap phones, their cameras was awesome in their category and the system was more responsive than android

[@c0rxpseb0i13]

If the App Store was updated regularly I would consider getting one It’s a good looking phone