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  • hughlle - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    It's a budget phone, with low specs. If the app store can determine that with 512mb of ram it will not be able to play certain games, why should it let you install it? It seems sensible to me that the store should stop you from wasting your time and possibly data allowance downloading something you can't play. Or do you believe it should ahve been spec'd so that it could play every game in the store? It's a budget phone, i'm not sure what you're finding unacceptable about this, and what has 2014 got to do with anything? I can buy a budget laptop that can't play titanfall, i can buy a budget tablet that can't play real racing. Is the issue solely that it will not let you install it, as opposed to just letting you install it to find it doesn't run?
  • Hrel - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I want to upvote you.
  • ColinByers - Monday, September 29, 2014 - link

    Me too, this is a budget phone with a OS that's missing most of the really good apps. I recommend going for some of the top Android phones, it's worth the money. /Colin from http://www.consumertop.com/best-phone-guide/
  • Malih - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    From what I know:

    - Phones are not laptops, the difference between cheap to game capable laptops is the CPU/GPU, but the only spec that halts game installation is RAM, the GPU/CPU will run most games just fine.

    - Furthermore even the Lumia 525 (which is also a budget phones, released after 625, before 630) started to include 1GB of RAM, but Microsoft seems to be retracting back to 512MB of RAM, puzzling.

    - Thus: a few more dollars (for 1GB of RAM) would enable better experience on this phone, but why aren't they doing that, I feel this is a silly and ancient strategy.
  • StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I have a Lumia 525 and a 920.

    1Gb of Ram really should be the minimum across all Windows Phone devices these days, the light sensor too,
    It's one of my favorite features on my Lumia 920 as I'm outdoors allot, the screen brightens up and the contrast and gamma increases so that sunlight readability is a non-issue.

    However with that said, many games and apps which have a 1Gb Ram version also have a 512Mb version, a-la. - Spartan Assault, so for some users, having 512Mb of Ram is a non-issue.

    If we go farther back though to the Lumia 610 on Windows Phone 7.8... That also has a light sensor, which worked fantastically, just unfortunate that the phone due to having only 256Mb of Ram and a single core processor was slow.
  • codecore - Friday, July 25, 2014 - link

    I see that the Chinese versions of these (635 and 638) have 1GB. It'd be nice to get one of these if it were compat with US standards (LTE, etc).
  • Brett Howse - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Just to be clear I didn't say it was bad the store stops you from installing games you can't run.

    What's bad is it is 2014, and this phone has the same RAM as a Windows Phone 7 device from 2010.

    1 GB of RAM would open this device up to the entire Windows Phone store, so I can't see how that would be a bad thing.
  • bhima - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - link

    Its a budget phone yes... but its 2014. I DO expect a budget phone of almost $200 to play every game in the app store because, well, Motorola has already made a phone that can do just that for basically the same money in the Moto G.
  • Notso - Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - link

    I bought the 635 on newegg fo $90. For that price with no contract I think this is a great deal.
  • PsychoPif - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Great review!
    It's nice to see such a indepth review for a Windows phone. Keep up the good work.
  • kspirit - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Incredibly detailed and excellent as usual. Thanks for all the info. I'm glad you clarified why the 930 doesn't have Glance. It confused me, because I thought it was something MS was killing off with WP8.1. Good to know that's not the case.
  • kspirit - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Another thing I'd like to add is that the 630's display is not "real" ClearBlack. I have seen and owned devices with those, and my father has a 630, and this is most certainly NOT a CBD. It's marketed as such but there is no polarizer.
  • DanNeely - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    "But again the storage of only 8 GB is no problem at all due to the included microSD card being able to add another 128 GB if needed, and Windows Phone 8.1 supports SD cards better than any other mobile OS."

    Having ran into one major performance problem with using the SD slot on my WP8/8.1 phone, I don't know how true this is in general. Earlier this year I bought a 520 to play around with WP8 and to use as a music player when the risk of breaking it was high enough that I didn't want anything expensive.

    My music collection is currently ~60GB/11,000 tracks so I figured that with a 64GB uSD card (class 10) I'd be able to load everything on the sdcard and be good to go. Unfortunately I found that wasn't the case. I often shuffle over my entire music collection instead of drilling down to a specific artist/album. This turned out to be a major problem on my 520.

    With the original WP8.0 install attempting to do so froze the phone completely for between 5 and 15 minutes before returning to normal operation mode (at this point everything worked perfectly unless I restarted the phone or changed to a short playlist and then tried to go back to the long one). This problem affected XBox Music, Nokia Music and a few free players I found so it appears to be OS related. I tried upgrading to the developer preview build of WP8.1. This fixed the total phone lockup, but gave a new problem. With the giant playlist there is an ~30s delay between pressing next/previous song and the song being played changing.

    With both OS versions this wasn't a problem with small play lists on the SD card or when playing back from internal flash (limited to shorter play lists due to lack of space).

    I don't know if this is a problem with the SD implementation in particular, I'm using a class10 card so my card itself shouldn't be the problem, or due to the total size of the playlist swamping the CPU somewhere. I haven't tried filling the card up most of the way with images or video to see how well those apps behave; but this has left me rather skeptical of WP8's ability to effectively use a large SD card to replace internal storage.
  • silverblue - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I'm not sure but it may be scanning all your music upon starting the app.
  • DanNeely - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I don't think so. The app launches as quickly as anything else on the phone does, and WP8 refuses to identify music/etc unless synced using an official app (vs just copied via explorer); and lists everything in the various category based lists (artist/genre/etc). The genre/etc based lists aren't possible without a full index already existing since (unlike artist) they can't be inferred from the file system.

    In 8.0, it was clearly doing some sort of pre-processing step before starting playback (but completely freezing the phone to the point of even hardware buttons being non-responsive is totally unacceptable); 8.1 doesn't do that, but has a major runtime performance problem as a result.
  • Kit Y - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    DanNeely is definitely right on this issue, Windows Phone 8.1 removed the on board music and videos to Xbox Music/Video that is separated from the core platform to allow more timely updates to the music player.

    However, the current music player do suffer from a lot of bugs and slowdown as reported on r/WindowsPhone quite often and major compliant of many uses.

    If I had the choice to make decision to balance cost and the features, I would forgo 4GBs of on board storage in exchange of ambient light sensor and 1GB of RAM, GG3 for Glance Screen and perhaps rename it to 530 as it seems to be a lot more appropriate given it's limitations and the similar launch price of 520 which we should see it to be drop to under $100 in many markets.
  • DanNeely - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I haven't tried any 3rd party players with 8.1; do you know if the architectural changes provide any scope for 3rd party players to preform better than Microsoft's?
  • althaz - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    The music app is currently being updated pretty regularly and is a LOT better today than it was a month ago.

    That said, there's plenty of scope for a developer to make a much faster app - I'm working on one at the moment. My plan is to make something pretty limited, but I would personally prefer a very basic app that's fast over one that is fully featured but slower.
  • skiboysteve - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    the latest version of xbox music on WP8.1 resolves this exact issue. it now no longer scans for entire folders for music file changes every start up... it must use some indexing thing now. It also does scanning and updating in background if you're on wifi and plugged in
  • Alexvrb - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Yeah they've been making some improvements on the latest updates. Overall the memory card support in WP 8.1 is great.

    As far as "Class 10" goes... it's almost a meaningless label. Even having a UHS-I rated card doesn't really tell you much. Unless you have read/write and IOPs figures for the memory card in question, it might as well be labeled "random flash card that I hope doesn't blow". I have an ADATA UHS-I microSD card that is rated at 1400/100 IOPs random read/write. Most card manufacturers don't even release those specs because they are so bad.

    I really hope UHS-II picks up steam and they start releasing mSD variants and devices that support it. I've seen some UHS-II SD cards with IOPs twice as high as my card or better.
  • DanNeely - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - link

    thanks for the heads up. After updating my phone again the music player is performing as expected without the severe latency that plagued the older version.
  • Drumsticks - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    WOW a Windows Phone review! Awesome :D Ever since the vaporized 920 review, I've been waiting for one. (But that is probably more you not receiving hardware generally over anything else)

    Aside from that, excellent stuff as always Anandtech... in depth is awesome.
  • Drumsticks - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    "Edit" I also agree with your conclusion. The Lumia 630 is nice (especially as a 520 successor) but its biggest drawback (512MB Ram) is just really, really limiting.
  • jeffkibuule - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I feel it's a decent enough phone for $99, though if you can afford to spend more, you probably should.
  • skiboysteve - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    agreed. good phone for $99 but I havent seen it selling that low
  • noblemo - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    The Lumia 635 for AT&T GoPhone and and MetroPCS $99 until August 8. The MetroPCS 635 is being introduced with a $99 promotional price, also.
  • noblemo - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    Sorry, I inadvertently hit reply while editing. The Lumia 635 is being introduced at $99 for AT&T GoPhone and MetroPCS.
  • silverblue - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Just a couple of corrections/notes:

    Page 2 - Under the Camera section of the specifications table, it reads lenght in each column.
    Page 6 - In paragraph two, you mentioned Windows Phone adding a battery saver last year. If I recall correctly, I had one out of the box on my Lumia 800 in early 2012 on Windows Phone 7.5.
  • Arnulf - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I wish Nokia made a hardware clone of Moto G (1 GB RAM, better display, camera) with dual SIM support at same price point that Moto G is selling at ... less than $200. One has to wonder why they are unable to achieve that, given that their OS is free (no licensing fees to M$).
  • LiviuTM - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Excellent review.
    A small correction:
    Page 6 - GNSS section: "Hopefully the days of poor location tracking" ... are over, I suppose :)
  • LiviuTM - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Correction to correction: Page 7, actually
  • Yofa - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    riders fan?! ignore!
  • Wolfpup - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I've got an iPhone 5s, but I've gotten Nokia 520s for two people now. I love it, they love it. It's really a great phone, and like my iPhone, there's just something pleasurable about using it. It (like real Windows) also runs a lot faster than Android on comparable hardware.

    The biggest issue I have with Windows Phone right now is that like Android it's stuck getting OS updates from the carrier. Microsoft needs to switch to an Apple/Windows model of controlling the updates themselves. That said, at least so far even the 520 is getting every single update Microsoft does...which I guess still beats Android save for the Nexus devices.

    My only complain with this 630 is the RAM. I realize hitting a $100 price point is kind of crazy, and the 520 runs fine, but still...1GB would definitely be the first upgrade I'd want for this.

    Considering I still carry an iPod anyway, I'd seriously consider a Windows Phone for myself if my iPhone died, just because of the price, though I think I'd go with the 6" model.
  • Wolfpup - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Forgot to mention...I do wonder about the CPU choice. Obviously it works (and as mentioned you can't compare iOS or Windows Phone or even real Windows to Android as Android requires much beefier hardware to get the same performance)...but I am curious about using a quad A7. A7 supposedly tries to get close to A9 performance with a smaller die area, but then Krait is already A9+. Not sure it makes sense to replace 2 Kraits with 4 A7s...but oh well, I'm sure it's fine!

    Scary how much faster Apple's Cyclone is than everything else. Right now it doesn't even matter...it's mostly overkill for a phone, but probably not for the iPad, and certainly not for a more OS X-like iPad...
  • rgba - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    In the HTC One mini 2 review, Anand mentioned that Cortex-A7 actually delivers slightly higher IPC than Krait 200. Considering that, quad A7 running at 1190 MHz is a clear improvement over dual Krait 200 @ 972 MHz.
  • ruggia - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    Higher IPC is meaningless when A7 runs on thumb instructions and is In-order, as opposed to Krait which runs full armv7 and is out of order
  • extide - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link

    Not true, A7 runs the full ARMv7 ISA, not just thumb. The cortex M series chips run thumb, but ALL cortex A class cpu's run full ARM ISA's. (ARM7 in this case obviously, but the A5x cores run ARMv8).

    It is in order, and Krait is out of order, but IPC is very much NOT meaningless!
  • tuxRoller - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    I guess you missed this:
    The Lumia 630 handily beats the Moto G in memory performance, but the Moto G wins the rest of the tests. We’re still looking at a performance deficit for most tasks with Windows Phone 8.1 which is something Microsoft will need to work on going forward.

    So. despite the Android VM deficit it still manages to at least keep up with, and generally surpass, win8.x. Can't wait till the new ART drops.
  • Flunk - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    "If you play a lot of games, avoid this device."

    If you play a lot of games, avoid Windows Phone. The selection is just not fantastic.
  • octonysa - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Computer World blog says Google search banned from the 630 and 930. That kills this phone (IMO).
  • kyuu - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Maybe the app, but there's no way for them to prevent you from using Google search in general.

    Regardless, who cares? Use Bing.
  • skiboysteve - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    using google search on a windows phone is a really bad idea. I'm glad they got rid of this option. The bing integration is absolutely fantastic and has a great, fast, beautiful, and intuitive interface when you hit the 'search' button.

    plus if you sign up for bing rewards, simply using your phone for a month gives you enough points for free gift cards
  • Cerb - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    What exactly is integration of search good for, compared to any other searching?
  • skiboysteve - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link

    Why do we even have apps instead of going to mobile websites? Same thing
  • Cerb - Saturday, July 26, 2014 - link

    That doesn't make any sense to me, either, when there is a website to use. My phone is quite capable of using most desktop website versions, and doing so is typically much quicker and easier than trying to deal with app, or a mobile site (crazy cluttered sites, like IMDB, are exceptions, but luckily, they aren't the norm).
  • tuxRoller - Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - link

    This is sort of how fxos works, and, since the browser engine is always running, starting those apps should be quite fast.
    If you look at eideticker (the fxos performance tool/dashboard) you can see startup times for various "apps". Even on low end hardware they're pretty good (and the nightlies are so much faster still).
  • 1d107 - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    T-Mobile version, Lumia 635, has LTE and internet sharing with Wi-Fi devices. Would be nice to get speed tests for it. Is there any difference in other features between 630 and 635?

    On the other hand, for a slightly higher price, a two-year old old HTC 8X has a lot more features, while being nearly the same size and weight.
  • Brett Howse - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    The 635 is identical except for the SoC which is the MSM8926 which supports LTE, but has the same quad-core Cortex A7 and Adreno 305 GPU.
  • SydneyBlue120d - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Do You plan to do a review of the Nokia 930 too? Thanks.
  • frostyfiredude - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    This I'd be interested in, I'm semi looking at it for my next phone. My HTC 8X is nearing it's end so it's looking like a good replacement right now.

    So close to a potential 64-bit and 20nm FinFET release makes me question it though, for the sake of future proofing going 32-bit today seems iffy.
  • cashnmillions - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I have the 635 after having an HTC DNA and then a Google Nexus 5. So far the phone has grown on me, there are definitely fewer features than some of those Android phones. Win Phone 8.1 takes a bit getting used to. It is simple though and runs pretty smooth. The thing I probably like the most is the size and feel of the phone when you hold it. I will probably switch back to android though in the next year and probably will get a compact or mini version of one of the bigger phones like the Xperia Z1 or S5.
  • Alexvrb - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    A lot of the mini versions are gimped in terms of specs. Sony is usually better about that than most. Nokia has some good small phones that are higher end than the 6xx series. There's also talk of a 1520 V (smaller version) that might be good those those looking for something compact. Personally I'd be more interested in the 1820.
  • kyuu - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Thanks for the review, Brett. It's great to see real Windows Phone coverage return to Ars. I only wish there were some flagship phones to review. Newest one is the Lumia 930, and that's not even available in the US market.

    Oh how I wish they'd release a successor to the 1020. Hell, they could use the exact same camera module and it'd still be a winner. Just modernize the rest of the phone and address the 1020's chief shortcomings (white balance problems and lack of mSD).
  • Gunbuster - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    The really bizarre thing is they have done a ton of marketing for the 1020 in the past few weeks. It's like no one told them the phone has been out for over 6 months and is soon to be discontinued...
  • skiboysteve - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    return to ars?
  • kyuu - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    Yes...? Unless my memory is completely out of whack (which isn't a possibility I ever discount), Ars hasn't had any real reviews of Windows Phone hardware/software since the initial review of WP8 and the HTC 8X. Note that pipeline articles don't fall under my definition of "real reviews".
  • noblemo - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    This is AnandTech.
  • hahmed330 - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    This is a downgrade from nearly every aspect... Rather cough up 20$ extra buy a Moto G and not be this cheap... Only thing good I can say is well great review
  • VengenceIsMine - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    In spite of the #, this isn't really a sequel to the 620, significantly lower price point. If this thing was at $150 or better $129 then it's a solid phone for the $ but it's currently overpriced. I expect it to drop soon much like the 520 did, that thing came out at $129 but was under $99 within 3 months of release practically everywhere & often below that.

    512mb is definitely the weak point in this phone, kind of unforgivable and short sighted, hopefully now that MS has control they will but a stop to the 512 mb madness. Screen res is ok and performance is actually pretty good for the price point and Lumias are generally pretty well built vs competition in these cheaper market segments.

    Microsoft has to wake up and stop paying $ for Qualcomm in this market segment & get onboard with a cheaper SOC like MediaTek and spend the $ on ambient light sensor and extra RAM.
  • jimjamjamie - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I thought the 630 was a pretty conservative configuration for Nokisoft. If you compare it to the Nokia X2, the X2 beats it soundly and for a better price. Funnily enough it's only for select markets.
  • James5mith - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Glance/Peek does not work on AMOLED screens properly. Either the design of the software is flawed, or the design of the driver (hardware or software) for the screen is flawed.

    Use the Glance funciton on the 1020 in a pitch black room. For the first fraction of a second, you see just the information displayed, as you would expect to on an AMOLED screen capable of only lighting up the pixels needed. But wait! after that first fraction of a second, the phone turns on the entire display to a dull, low-output greyish black. Why does it do this? No clue, I've asked Nokia several times, and never gotten a response. My guess is that they programmed the Glance function to work with LCD displays, so it's sending information to turn on the entire display, even when it's not needed.
  • Memristor - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    The screen used on the Lumia 630 lacks ‘display memory’. In order for Glance to work, it needs display memory to maintain the information presented by the program.
  • name99 - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    "The 630 loses a lot of features over the Lumia 620 in an effort to hit an even lower price point than the 620 did"
    WTF is this crap? This crazy matrix of products, where nothing is clearly superior to anything else is what killed the Japanese CE companies, and MS-Nokia seems determined to follow their lead.

    Have we learned NOTHING from the past 20 years?
    You sell ONE product line, with good, better, best exemplars.
    If there is a compelling reason to do so (consumer vs pro, for example) you make that split clear, and and again offer good, better, best exemplars.

    You certainly don't offer this crazy quilt of better here, worse there crap --- not unless you want half your potential buyers to look at the product matrix, say "fsck this, I'll think about it tomorrow", and never reconsider you again.
  • Brett Howse - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    To be fair we're comparing it to last year's offerings. The 620 has more features, but is no longer available.

    Generally Nokia has done a good job of improving devices from 520->620->7... and up.

    It appears they are changing the starting point for this round though with the 630 being lower end than the 620 last year, and having a lower price to match.
  • xomiuser - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I been using the 630/635 with dual SIM since i bought it in may. I am impressed the way 8.1 fully support dual SIM and very easy let you change what SIM card is the data trafic sim card. Both SIM are active on all time, one card is data gateway. For me it helps traveling and i keep my home SIM on while able to use local 3G CIM card where i am. small complain from me that the phone have preloaded location software, for me it means i have Thailand news and TV apps that i dont use much-- good review
  • BMNify - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    You can uninstall any app(even Nokia preinstalled apps) easily on windows phone unlike Android, so just uninstall the apps which you don't use. Just go to App list and long-press on the app you want to uninstall.
  • sprockkets - Friday, July 25, 2014 - link

    You can uninstall any app on android as well. That's been the case since 2011 with the debut of 4.0.
  • BMNify - Friday, August 1, 2014 - link

    Don't lie, i am using Galaxy Tab 3 with 4.2.2 and there are many preinstalled apps which can't be uninstalled.
  • Memristor - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    "As a successor to the 520". I don't think that's correct. Today an image was shown from a Vietnam retailer that shows a Lumia 530, which seems to be the replacement for the 520. So it looks more like the 630 is an all new model that doesn't replace anything, certainly not the 620.
  • Brett Howse - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Until we see more of the products we can't know for certain, but it appears they are resetting the bar for this round, with the 630 being roughly equivalent to the 520, and it is priced similarly to the 520 when it came out as well.

    But we need more data to make an analysis.
  • name99 - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    I don't want to turn this into an Apple/MS/Android fight, but WTF is up with those BaseMark OS II memory scores? They certainly suggest something is very broken with the benchmark in some way.

    Is there any reason to believe that the 630 (a super budget phone) really has an awesome memory subsystem, substantially superior to iPhone 5S, to Android flagships, and vastly superior to the 620?
  • coachingjoy - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link

    Nice review.
    lumia 930/ICON review next please.
    Thanks
  • Rainer - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    Hi Brett, the Lumia 620 features also a 5GHz-band (802.11 "a") as well as a VGA front camera (at least the European models), could you please add this to the Hardware specs in tue table? Thanks
  • austinsguitar - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    ugh these phones need to get the picture. higher equipment, better battery "that doesn't suck," and a friendly OS that doesn't stray too far to what many are used to.... i just dont think these phones will advance unless these things are met in FULL!
  • Death666Angel - Wednesday, July 23, 2014 - link

    Hm, thanks for the review.

    I would really like to see the resolution added to the display category in the tables. You already have a RAM/ROM space, why not have a diplsay size/resolution space? I haven't found it in the first page or second page tables where it really needs to be. Neither have I seen it while glossing over the article.

    As for the phone itself, without a front facing camera and an ambient light sensor, I'd rather spend 30€ more on a Moto G. This really needs to be 109€ tops, not 130€.
  • SC7 - Thursday, July 24, 2014 - link

    Hi also Checkout this
    Latest Nokia Lumia 530 - Full Mobile Specification http://bit.ly/1ogA1S0
  • leopard_jumps - Friday, July 25, 2014 - link

    Nokia 630

    SAR US 1.52 W/kg (head) 1.25 W/kg (body)
    SAR EU 1.51 W/kg (head) 1.52 W/kg (body)

    i wouldnt buy it .
  • whatsa - Sunday, July 27, 2014 - link

    Pity you did not add the 1520 but just IOS and droid high end.

    I just amazes me that this BS continues

    Why not show the 1520?
    well on graphics it kills the competition.

    Come on Guys you can do better than this.... disappointed.
  • Brett Howse - Monday, July 28, 2014 - link

    I didn't have a 1520 for comparison is the only reason.
  • operaghost - Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - link

    If the 630/635 is the successor to the 520 why wasn't the 520 included in the performance results? It would be nice to see what the new model can do over the old model. Likewise, since I bought my 520 for $50 outright, no contract, and the 630/635 can be had for about $100, why is it being compared to the high end phones? I can see adding perhaps a single high-end for comparison, but I don't expect a $100 phone to beat out a $650 GS5 or iPhone 5S in a performance test. Compare other phones in a similar price range. Let's see the $100 Androids compared to this instead. That makes more sense to me.
  • cheshirster - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link

    520 = 620 performance-wise.
  • cheshirster - Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - link

    Stop whining about 512mb RAM, just go and see Lumia 520 vs Lumia 525 sales.

    See 525 on this chart? Me neither.
    http://dzfocdn.dazeinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/201...
  • yapmeo - Friday, October 17, 2014 - link

    "The camera module is a 5 MP 1/4” design. This means the pixels are 1.4 µm."
    Pixel size: FALSE

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