Nokia Lumia 520 $20 Smartphone

In this video, I check out the Nokia Lumia 520. This phone is awesome because I was able to buy it for $20 on sale on Amazon and it works with the Straight Talk ATT network. Check out the video below.

In this video, I look at the Nokia Lumia 520. I bought the phone on sale on Amazon for $19.99 before the Christmas holiday. It’s a no contract Go Phone for ATT’s prepaid network. It also worked with My Straight Talk ATT network SIM. I was able to make and receive phone calls, browse the web using cellular data, and send and receive text and MMS picture messages.

I didn’t go through all the steps in the video, but after I powered on the phone I stepped through the inital setup. I also ran the phone update to update the phone to the latest software. It took 3 or 4 updates to get the phone to windows phone 8, I am not sure why. After the first update I had to wait several hours before the phone detected additional updates.

The Nokia Lumia 520 was $19.99. Microsoft bought Nokia’s devices and services and so far looks like they will keep the Lumia brand, but drop the Nokia name with future products. I suspect this phone is an older model that will be discontinued in the future.

I was able to set up the Straight Talk ATT APN settings in the Lumia’s Cellular settings. I’ll use this phone to create new APN settings guide for Windows 8.1 sometime soon.