Since the Windows Phone 8 reboot, Nokia has so far launched five devices, with the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 launching way back in September 2012, then the Nokia Lumia 620 at LeWeb, and the Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at the Mobile World Congress. The portfolio of devices cover almost all the price points of the market, and the Lumia 620 is in that special mid range segment. Same time last year, Nokia had the Lumia 610 as the predecessor to the 620, but the hardware was so lacking(with 256MB of RAM) and Windows Phone 7 was not really up to the mark in terms of market expectations. Fast forward this year, Windows Phone 8 brings a lot of features and ticks check boxes of most requested features including Bluetooth file transfer, mass storage, support for micro SD cards, NFC tap to send etc and the hardware too has gained some decent specs, with respect to the Lumia 620. With all these specs and features backing it, will the Lumia 620 suffice a budget minded smartphone buyer in India? Read on to find out.
Hardware Walkthrough
The Lumia 620 is a tiny device by today’s standards. It is even smaller than the Lumia 520 thanks to a smaller screen, making it extremely pocket friendly unlike its bigger brother, the Lumia 920. The design of the phone is a bit different this time, with a flat gorilla glass front covering the entire face of the phone and the back plastic cover wrapping around to the front. The back battery cover is removable/replaceable and comes in several colours like White, Black, Cyan, Green, Yellow and Magenta. Of all these colours, we had the white version at first, and here is a hardware overview of the same -
The flat front and the curved sides are a repeated feature in Nokia’s design these days and the Lumia 620 is no exception.
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