The smartphone has already been confirmed for T-Mobile in the US

Mar 4, 2013 21:21 GMT  ·  By

Roughly a week after it has been officially announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia’s cheapest Windows Phone 8 smartphone to date, the Lumia 520, has started to receive the necessary approvals for landing on shelves in various markets around the world.

Most recently, the T-Mobile flavor of the device, which will land on shelves as Nokia Lumia 521, has passed through Bluetooth SIG’s certification with Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP packed inside.

The handset also sports GSM/WCDMA dual mode, WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n with 2.4GHz support, and A-GPS receiver, the listing on Bluetooth SIG’s website unveils.

The handset features model number RM-917 and it has already been confirmed for T-Mobile in the United States, though specific info on its arrival and pricing are still missing.

Lumia 520 was announced with a 4-inch screen, 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal memory, and a 5MP camera on the back.