The Nokia Lumia 2520 has been some time coming. The glaring absence of a tablet in the company’s range, and its refusal to discuss it until it could figure out a suitably “Nokia spin” on the segment, left us with big expectations. Turns out, the Nokia magic is making LTE standard-fit and borrowing the Lumia phone style for a Windows RT slate, but is that enough to differentiate the Lumia 2520 from the iPad and Microsoft’s Surface 2? Read on for the SlashGear review.

Hardware and Design

Shorter and narrower than the Surface 2, at 267 x 168 x 8.9 mm, the Lumia 2520 is also lighter, at 615g than its soon-to-be step-sibling. That’s because Nokia opts for polycarbonate plastic rather than the metal chassis of Microsoft’s tablet, a rounded-edged slab that looks much like an oversized Lumia 1520.

The glossy red of our review model feels solid in the hand, though there’s some noticeable flex to the back panel. On the front you get a 10.1-inch, 16:9 aspect Full HD display, which Nokia is particularly proud of: it uses a particularly bright 665 Nits LCD topped with Gorilla Glass 2, for improved outdoor visibility and broader viewing angles; there’s also a special coating to supposedly cut down on reflections.
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