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Nokia Lumia 620

Nokia Lumia 620 is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nokia Lumia 620 rather than just read about it. In short: The Nokia Lumia 620 was an entry-level smartphone designed, developed and marketed by Nokia. It was the successor to the Lumia 610, and was one of the first Nokia phones to implement Windows Phone 8 alongside the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820.

Key takeaways

Nokia Lumia 620 belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Nokia Lumia 620 to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Nokia Lumia 620 from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Nokia Lumia 620 was an entry-level smartphone designed, developed and marketed by Nokia. It was the successor to the Lumia 610, and was one of the first Nokia phones to implement Windows Phone 8 alongside the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820. Although sharing a similar name with the Lumia 610, the Lumia 620 is a major upgrade, using a 1.0 GHz dual-core processor. It also has exchangeable back covers which come in black, white, magenta, yellow, cyan, and more. It was announced in December 2012 and started selling in January 2013 in Asia, followed by Europe and the Middle East at an estimated street price of US$249. In the United States, the Nokia Lumia 620 was available for AT&T's subsidiary brand Aio Wireless. It was discontinued in 2015 Like other Lumia devices with Windows Phone 8, Nokia added these applications: HERE Drive+, HERE Maps, HERE City Lens, Nokia Mix Radio (select markets), Nokia Smartshoot, Nokia Cinemagraph. With subsequent Nokia Amber and Nokia Black updates, they added Nokia Camera, Nokia Glance, Glance Background, Storage Check, Data Sense and several other minor enhancements which were supplied by Microsoft as part of their general distribution release. Because of the limited memory available on this phone, certain applications and features were not able to run. On July 23, 2013, a variant of the Nokia Lumia 620, the Nokia Lumia 625, was released with a bigger display, 4G support, faster processor, larger battery and 1080p video recording. However, this model lacked certain features like Nokia Glance and some sensors for which it lacked the ability to run applications including Nokia City Lens Along with Lumia 810 and 928, this model did not get FM Radio support upon updating to Windows Phone "Amber". Reasons range from the model not having the FM radio chip to the design of the casing (and earphone plug) not supporting the connection for the antenna required.

Specifications

Hardware The Lumia 620 came with a 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen LCD. It was uses a dual-core 1.0 GHz Krait Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and has 512 MB of RAM. The phone has 8 GB of internal storage that can be expanded using MicroSD cards up to 64 GB. The Lumia 620 has a 1300 mAh Li-ion battery, 5-megapixel rear camera and VGA front-facing camera. It was available in lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black.

Software The Lumia 620 came with Windows Phone 8 and was upgradeable to Windows Phone 8.1.

Reception Engadget reviewed the phone very positively. It praised its battery life, performance, and value for money. It noted that the camera was not very good but okay considering that the 620 is a budget phone. James Rogerson of TechRadar in his review wrote: "There's not a whole lot that the Nokia Lumia 620 does wrong. As an all-round, jack of all trades budget handset it does a great job. We'd love it if the screen was slightly bigger or it had a little bit more RAM, but for the price we can't really complain. The only real issue is the battery, and that's an issue to some extent with every Windows Phone 8 right now."

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nokia Lumia 620

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nokia Lumia 620 claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nokia Lumia 620 before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nokia Lumia 620 ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nokia Lumia 620

In research: Nokia Lumia 620 appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nokia Lumia 620 in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nokia Lumia 620 is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Discontinued smartphones, Microsoft Lumia, Mobile phones introduced in 2012, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nokia Lumia 620 outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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