Nokia has announced the Lumia 521 exclusively for the T-Mobile USA. It features a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. It has a 5MP auto focus camera at the back with 720p HD video recording. The phone is identical to the Lumia 520 in terms of hardware, but supports 4G on T-Mobile and has the carrier branding on the bottom. The Nokia Lumia 810, a Lumia 800 variant was launched on T-Mobile last year.
Other features include a 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS / aGPS, 512MB RAM, 8GB internal memory, up to 64GB expandable memory with microSD. It packs a 1430 mAh battery. It has T-Mobile TV that allows access to live and on-demand TV. The Simple Choice Plan would let customers enjoy Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data without an annual contract.
The Nokia Lumia 521 would be available through Walmart, Microsoft Retail Stores and T-Mobile retail channels in May. Exact availability and pricing of the device would be available closer to the launch.