Handy phone, small price. With the Lumia 620, Nokia has introduced a beginner smart phone with Windows phone 8 on the market. Our test shows what's in it.
Düsseldorf. Black, neon green, light yellow? What color is whatever the Lumia 620, it is striking. So much so that our colleagues on the editorial staff want to immediately take it in the hand and in-depth look at. Between "pretty good", "shut down" and "failed" to "tasteless" and "awful" are the reactions to the optical impression of Nokia's latest Smartphone with Windows phone 8.
After the range-topping model Lumia 920 and the 820 is Nokia with the Lumia 620 price-conscious Smartphone beginner and younger customers. You are lured with a relatively low price (approx. 230 euros without a contract) and two-colour change shells made of polycarbonate. Falling up is therefore guaranteed. And otherwise, that takes to hide 620 not behind the competition.
The hardware
After by many users as a canteen and huge Lumia 920 is 620 with its rounded corners, a length of 11.5 cm and 11 millimeters thick in small hands safely. On the display measured 3.8 inch (resolution: 800 x 480 pixels), the scores with good contrast and crisp colors, can be easily reach each point also in one-hand operation. The three function keys on the side of the case as well contribute to the easy operation, which volume, keypad lock, and camera control can with one hand. Who would have his 620 not in black/yellow, are the numerous housing in other colors available (price: approx. 15-25 euros).
Inside of the 620, a dual-core processor from Qualcomm with a gigahertz is clock speed, to 512 megabytes memory. For the day-to-day operation of Windows phone 8 and most apps that sufficient. Delays and long load times did not occur in the test. Compass run demanding apps such as Nokia's city but when compared to the more expensive Lumia 920 slightly slower. The internal memory is eight gigabytes. Via SD-card (up to 64 GB) and SkyDrive, he can be extended to up to 79 gigabytes.
With the Lumia 620, you can confidently go to travel. It dominates the current four bands in the GSM, as well as in the WCDMA network, to it sparks the area with maximum 21 megabits per second mobile data through. LTE is not on board, but the Bluetooth of third-generation, wireless and the short-range wireless standard NFC - hardware so far. In everyday use, which convinced 620 with good reception, decent voice quality and brisk mobile Internet. The speaker sounds slightly tinny in hands-free mode.
Power for the inner workings of the Lumia comes from a 1300 mAh battery. And after all the quite respectable for a single dough equipment services, the major weakness of the 620 is located here: the battery lasts hardly a normal day's work. Who uses his phone much, should not leave the House without charging cable.
Also the camera is disappointing. It is to use with their staid and blurry pictures for snapshots. The rarely convincing when daylight shots are still blurred in decreasing light and arg noisy - somewhere must after all saved be. Unusual for a machine of this price range: Nokia has built a front-facing camera, which however could cause no great enthusiasm with its VGA-resolution in the test.
The software
Nokia in addition to the Windows phone 8 standard package has equipped with numerous own apps already the two professional models 920, 820. Free maps software, called free navigation and the city compass app to explore the surroundings are quite useful. Especially the music app knows how to convince. In addition to a comfortable playback of songs free, "mix-radio" supplies called streaming with current or sorted by genre songs. Interesting is also the concert and event Finder function which displays current events in the surrounding area. Also the Lumia 620 has this software package integrated well into the operating system from the factory and thus can score over competing products with added value.
Still, users in the mobile operating system Windows phone 8 sacrificing but on many popular apps of the IOS and Android platforms. Many apps in the store are adapted as not on the latest version of Windows phone or lack some features when compared to the competition. Others, such as Spotify or EverNote, convince is convincing due to the good adaptation to Windows phone 8 (optional) integration of social networks and news services in the "I" called messaging hub of the phone. One click can here read status updates and send.
Still unresolved are some privacy concerns. While the programs in the Appstore list now, which features of the phone are used. Many programs process but still according to the "All-In"-principle. Is to say: If you about don't want a program to locate the phone and sends the location to Microsoft or third-party, not only can install many programs. There is not a separate release for individual programs. Also, some apps (such as the DB Navigator) on the contacts of the user's access to, without asking for permission.
Conclusion
The Lumia 620 has a huge success Nokia. It is a solid back with a thoughtful and unusual design with many functions, which are to be found only in the superclass to a (apart from the aforementioned weaknesses) attractive operating system. Nokia has not repeat the errors of the previous device Lumia 610 (too little memory, poor performance) and a decent facilities given the 620. The umgfangreiche software package apart also Nokia's one model from the competition. And all at a competitive price of just over EUR 220. In the classification the short battery life and the weak camera negative however.
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