Nokia Lumia 1520 - Expected to launch on October 22

There have been many rumors in recent weeks suggesting Nokia is working on its first Lumia phablet, the Nokia Lumia 1520. Though Nokia has not announced anything officially. However, it is expected that Nokia revealed its first Windows Phone powered phablet next to five other devices on October 22 at an event next week in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It's expected to go on sale in the US in the second week of November.

According to the rumors, the forthcoming phablet Lumia 1520 will have a 2GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 6-inch 1080P AMOLED PureMotion HD display, 2GB of RAM, 16 and 32 GB storage options with support for microSD card, however, the leak did not reveal the maximum supported storage. The phablet will run the latest version of Windows Phone 8. The phablet have a 20.7 Megapixel camera featuring PureView camera with Zeiss Optics, Panorama , Auto Focus and advanced LED Mechanism. Other camera features likely to come preloaded on the device include the new Nokia Camera app, which will come with improved saturation settings. The phablet will come in black, white and yellow - and other leaks have suggested cyan and red are coming too. The Lumia 1520 is further said to support 4G and LTE, while would also come with nano-SIM card support.

It's worth mentioning that Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 8 GDR3 update recently, as well as the addition of a third column of Live Tiles on the Start screen. The third column will only be available for Windows Phone devices packing a display of full HD resolution. GSMArena has said the the GDR3 update, some UI changes and the third column of Live Tiles will land for the Nokia Lumia 1520.

My Nokia Blog - citing a leaked specification list - reported the Nokia Lumia 1520 will sport a 3,400 mAh battery and an inbuilt Qi wireless charging. Some news outlets have noted however that availability of wireless charging may vary by regions.