Nokia Lumia 1520 makes an online appearance in purported press render

An alleged press render of the yet to be announced Nokia Lumia 1520 codenamed as 'Bandit' has leaked online.

The notorious @evleaks has posted a good quality press image of the Nokia Lumia 1520 on Twitter, that reveals the device in its clearest form yet, confirming the leaks we have seen over the last few weeks. The tweet says, "Nokia Lumia 1520, 2013" without revealing any other details regarding the internals of the device. The image shows Nokia Lumia 1520's homescreen with Live Tiles and the design largely resembles other phones in the Lumia family. The camera lens protrudes out at the back, very similar to the Nokia Lumia 925.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 is rumoured to ship with a 20-megapixel rear camera.

Last week, screenshots of the alleged Lumia 1520 device's start screen complete with a number of live tiles were leaked by prolific phone leaker, @evleaks. The images revealed that the yet to be announced phablet would offer extra columns and rows for apps. It appeared that the phone will feature a new Storyteller app as its live tile was also seen in the screenshot. However, the image did not offer any other details.

Previously, an image of the Nokia Lumia 1520 pictured alongside the company's flagship smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 1020 was leaked.

Nokia Lumia 1520 compared alongside Lumia 1020 in new leaked image

Nokia might not have confirmed anything about its rumoured Nokia Lumia 1520 big screen smartphone, code-named Bandit, but that doesn't stop rumours surrounding it from surfacing online.

The first image of the alleged phablet from the Finnish handset maker emerged on The Verge forumposted by one of the members. The image reveals the yet to be announced Nokia Lumia 1520 pictured alongside the company's flagship smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 1020.

The leaked image does not reveal a lot of details related to the alleged Nokia Lumia 1520 phone except indicating its expected size. The image shows the two devices, the Lumia 1020 and the alleged Lumia 1520 kept side-by-side with the display of the both the devices switched on.

In the image, the alleged device seems much larger compared against the Nokia Lumia 1020 that features a 4.5-inch display. The Nokia Lumia 1520 will reportedly feature the biggest display on a Lumia device launched till now.

However, The Verge notes that it was unable to fully confirm if the image was accurate. Earlier, @evleaks claimed that Nokia's alleged Bandit phablet will be dubbed as the Nokia Lumia 1520.

Previously, it was reported that Nokia was currently testing a 6-inch device running an updated version of the Windows Phone 8 OS. The device was said to be code-named 'Bandit' and expected to include a full-HD (1080p) display and a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor.

It also suggested that the alleged Nokia phablet would ship with a 20-megapixel rear camera and may borrow the rear panel features of the Nokia Lumia 925 to accommodate the camera. However, the device may not be unveiled before Microsoft rolls out the GDR3 update to existing Windows Phone devices. Microsoft is reportedly testing the GDR3 software update for Windows Phone 8.