best camera, the largest space, best screen (large and bright), attractive price

Got myself four weeks before the Lumia 1520 as a replacement for my cherished but in the older Lumia 920. Have the advantages of Windows Phone operating system I learned to appreciate (clearly arranged, maximum individualized home screen, live tiles, speed, crash safety), as well as the known disadvantages accepted (smaller app selection).
Main argument on purchase of old Lumia 920 was its very good camera with which I could do much better pictures (sharper and less noise), especially in poor light than comparable smartphone cameras of iOS and Android flagships of competition from Apple, Samsung or Sony.

Even with the planned new acquisition I sought therefore primarily on detailed smartphone camera tests and demonstrate virtually all comparative tests that the Lumia smartphones (specifically the Lumia 1020 and the Lumia 1520) compared to the cameras of the top smartphones from Apple, Samsung, Sony , HTC and Huawei remains clearly and objectively measurable as fed up front. The in 1020 and the 1520 built optical image stabilization combined with the high quality Carl Zeiss lens seems to make a big difference and quite relevant to everyday life here in connection with the megapixel camera chip strong.
What made me ultimately barred from buying the slightly smaller 1020, in which even a 40-megapixel camera chip is installed, was that its battery often not even by holding a full working day at higher load, while numerous tests the Lumia 1520 a nearly outstanding term of the Batteries certified (with only slightly inferior camera).
The larger screen was first secondary for me at the original purchase decision.

Now according to the acquired own experience I am very happy to have made this decision: In virtually every application scenario (ie with abundant online surfing (WLAN, 3G and LTE, Messenger-use, photography, listening to music and telephoning) holds the Lumia 1520 battery much as two days without charging well. This is a whole new user experience when one since tens of years with previous iPhones (until the end 2013, for example, iPhone 4, after Lumia 920) had always lived at the latest the evening his smartphone to hang an electrical outlet.

The wireless charging to which I have already got used to the Lumia 920, is an additional convenience feature that I really do not want to miss in a top smartphone. I would it make any purchasing decision depends, but it's just in everyday life a very pleasant "nice-to-have"

Excited I was, like, the big screen would make in everyday life: the one-handed operation is in fact getting used to for me (with relatively large hands) but quite possible, though not very comfortable. In most application scenarios (using the smartphone with two hands for example, to train, in the car as a passenger and so the big screen but a real plus point: I've never been typed as fast and accurate as with the giant-screen keyboard even in portrait orientation is larger than a normal iPhone in landscape mode.
Web pages can easily use the Desktoptversion, without constantly having to scroll back and forth where you used to rely on circumcised mobile website versions.

The Lumia 1520 also fits perfectly even without a problem in a normal jeans back pocket (if you will but thus sits usually uncomfortable) and acts, although it is relatively thin, quite sturdy and not fragile. It creaks when nothing back and forth bend and very good gap dimensions position the smartphone also clearly in the top class, even if the current Straßenpeis under the far what is called when rival firms for a quad-core phablet with 32GB.

Built camera is fast and high quality as I expected. Even HD videos can be so excellent (and very wachlefrei thanks to the built-in optical image stabilizer) record and all due to the high quality and large bright screen sher (IPS display with scratch-resistant glass) are also excellent.

Free SD memory card slot can be used for 30, - be equipped with a 64 GB micro SD card so that a then total fabled 96GB for filling are, for example, a video library for long train or car rides available! Windows Phone allows now in version 8.1 a the choice whether you would rather install apps on the internal memory or on an external SD card, so even if in the future some apps should be significantly greater, you never have to worry about the smartphone must make -Speicherplatz.

Currently I would Lumia 1520 purchase again.

Here again the pros and cons from my perspective

Pros:
-Long battery life
-Excellent camera (20 megapixels, Optical Image Stabilizer)
-good integrated, logically structured operating system
-very good value for money
-very bright and very large screen (scratch-resistant, IPS display)
-quality workmanship (as usual by Nokia)
-Free excellent navigation including (as offline navigation with the most current map material for dei life of smartphones including, usable)
-Free Nokia Mix Radio included (four freely selectable playlists of also for offline usage!) comparable to a Spotify subscription

Cons:
-low App selection in the Windows Phone Store (all important apps but now available, provided one games are not disproportionately important in the Game section of Google Play goals, just like the Apple App Store think the Windows Phone app store still noticeable)
-As phablet not quite as handy as conventional smartphones (naturally also applies to all phablets other manufacturers)
-Unfortunately not waterproof