Nokia Lumia 1520 vs Nokia Lumia 1320 Hands On

Nokia’s Abu Dhabi event was probably a good-bye from the Finnish company before being taken over by Microsoft. Nokia showcased a few Lumia and Asha products at the event. Nokia launched two Windows Phone phablets at the event – Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Lumia 1320. Among the two, the Lumia 1520 is the flagship device with a Full HD display making it the first 1080p Windows Phone and a Snapdragon 800 SoC which makes it the first quad-core running Windows phone. The Nokia Lumia 1320 on the other hand is a mid-range phablet with a 6inch HD display and a dual-core Snapdragon S4 SoC.

We got our hands on the yellow version of both the phones and here is quick comparison video right below.

Both the Lumia phones have a huge display, but are slightly different in terms of design. The Lumia 1520 has sharp edges while the Lumia 1320 has rounded edges. Another difference is their display – Lumia 1520 has a huge 6inch Full HD IPS LCD Nokia ClearBlack display(367ppi) while the Lumia 1320 has the same size 6inch IPS LCD display, but it has a HD resolution(245ppi). In terms of dimensions, both the phones are huge as they sport a big 6inch display, but the Lumia 1320 is slightly more taller, wider and thicker than the Lumia 1520. In terms of weight too, the Lumia 1520 weighs a relatively less at 209g while the Lumia 1320 weighs about 220g.

What makes Lumia 1520 special is that it is the first Windows Phone to run on a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 SoC and it has 2GB of RAM along with Adreno 330 GPU. Lumia 1320 runs on a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 SoC, has 1GB RAM and Adreno 305 GPU. Lumia 1520 has an internal storage of 32GB while the Lumia 1320 has just 8GB, but both the phones have a microSD card slot for expansion. Lumia 1520 comes with a 20MP PureView camera at the back that produces 16MP images and a 5MP over-sampled image while the Lumia 1320 has a regular 5MP camera at the back. Lumia 1520 has a dual-LED flash while the Lumia 1320 has just a regular LED flash. Lumia 1320 comes with exchangeable back covers which is not possible in Lumia 1520.