Nokia Lumia 2520 Tablet - thoughts

Astro551 on 23/10/2013 - 19:35

Nokia finally released their first tablet (surprise surprise), and as expected it's come released with Windows 8.1 RT.

Here's a basic spec run down:

  • 10.1" 1920x1080 IPS display (beautiful viewing angles apparently)
  • Snapdragon 800
  • 2GB RAM
  • 32GB Storage
  • MicroSD card expansion available
  • USB 3.0 Port
  • HDMI Port
  • 6.7MP back camera, 2MP front facing
  • Windows RT 8.1
  • 8000mAh batts
  • Weighs 615g *tablet itself is lighter than iPad 4 and Surface 2)
  • 8.9mm thick
  • $499 (US Price)

The biggest thing to mention regarding the tab over it's competitors (namely Surface 2) is 4G LTE. Probably more applicable to the US Market, not sure how popular the 4G market is in AUS, although I believe it is kicking off.

Batt life is labelled at 11 hours of continuous video playback by PhoneArena, so it looks especially decent. Also considering the fact that there is the additional cover. Cover is quite similar to a "Type Cover", however it also holds the tablet as there is no inbuilt kickstand - it adds 2 USB 2.0 ports, 5 hours of batt life, a touch pad, and of course a nice physical Chiclet keyboard.

Final thoughts
All in all, I think as a part of a move by Microsoft to try and encourage RT into the market it's not a bad effort. The biggest difficulty I feel is the release of Bay Trail (ironically). People are asking why should they purchase something which is a limited version of what they could be buying potentially (which may even be cheaper).

I quite like the 2520, Lumia device through and through with it's colourful polycarbonate. And it offers a beautiful experience for those who don't feel the need for many x86 applications (e.g. high demanding games, design software, etc) which in all honesty you would not want to be running on a Bay Trail device anyway.

Thumbs up from me (although can't really tell if it will sell), smart thinking by Microsoft to use Nokia's branding - interested to see where they will take it from here.

Computing Nokia Tablet Windows RT

Comments

  • pao2x on 23/10/2013 - 19:50
    +1

    Windows RT is a stillborn OS with no clear niche or purpose. I don't see this tablet changing that even if it as good as Nokia's tablet.

  • ozhunter on 23/10/2013 - 19:57
    1. It's easily the best looking tablet out.
    2. Microsd slot is great

    Lack of apps is the downside, especially not having Google apps. I doubt the average consumer would care though as it can perform the basic tasks as an other tablet or they just might not realize it runs Windows RT Though I think the color range and its design will lure many consumers.

    If it ran android and had the ppi of the Nexus 10, I'd consider it for $600.

    Batt life is labelled at 11 hours of continuous video playback by PhoneArena

    That's what it just says on the Nokia spec sheet. They haven't actually tested it yet.

    • scotty on 23/10/2013 - 21:38

      Lack of Google apps is fine as long as they have Chrome to run all their web based apps. Oh wait, it doesn't run Chrome either.

      • ozhunter on 23/10/2013 - 21:50

        I actually use Google's apps quite a bit, using the web based ones would be bit of pain even if they did have it. I use Chrome, Google+, Drive, Hangouts, Keep, Calendar, Youtube, Gmail, News on a daily basis, then Google Maps and cloud print every now and again.

        • Astro551 on 27/10/2013 - 23:16

          Yep, that's the issue I find - being quite invested in Google's ecosystem (got trapped).

          I always knew SkyDrive had a pretty decent web office interface, but got showed the other just how great it was. I would say surpasses Drive quite easily in terms of functionality and fluidity. Not to mention that it also opens original docx's and the like in an acceptable fashion.

          But as it reamins Drive is much better for collaboration. Gmail is a bit more of a convinience thing, would be a pain to change all the linked accounts to another platform to get a similar expirience. But if something does come along that causes me to change (e.g. WP8.x and beyond) I wouldn't have a problem with that.

          I think those are similar problems Android faced in the beginning, all iOS users had purchased apps, setup Mail and iCal and the like. However, gradually people were convinced the difficulties in changing platform were worth it.

          Not sure how IE10 manages in terms of handling Google apps, might give it a whirl instore if I get a chance.

        • ozhunter on 27/10/2013 - 23:35

          Yep, that's the issue I find - being quite invested in Google's ecosystem (got trapped)

          At least Google's apps are available on iOS. Sure you could use multiplatform apps such as whatsapp for messaging, dropbox for cloud storage, but being invested in an ecosystem makes things just a lot more convenient(until you want to switch).

          those are similar problems Android faced in the beginning, all iOS users had purchased apps, setup Mail and iCal and the like

          I'm guessing that's why Windows RT and WP8 are having such a hard time gaining marketshare. All the iOS and Android users have all their apps that work well each other, why switch to windows.

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