Nokia has announced the Lumia 525 in smartphone in India carrying a price tag of Rs. 10,399. The phone will be available starting Tuesday in Orange, White, Yellow and Black colours.
The highlight of the Nokia Lumia 525 is 1GB of RAM, addressing the one complaint that many people had with the likes of Nokia Lumia 520, Lumia 620, Lumia 625 and Lumia 720, which had 512MB RAM. Other specifications of the Lumia 525 are identical to the Lumia 520.
The company had unveiled the Lumia 525 globally in November this year, without availability and pricing details.
The Nokia Lumia 525 runs Windows Phone 8 with the Lumia Black update. It features a 4-inch WVGA (480x800) IPS LCD display, translating to a pixel density of 235ppi. The Lumia 525 is powered by a dual-core 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor alongside 1GB of RAM. It comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded up to 64GB with microSD card.
The Lumia 525, much like other Nokia Lumia smartphone, comes with 7GB of free SkyDrive cloud storage. It sports an 5-megapixel rear camera with no flash or front-facing camera. The primary camera on the Lumia 525 features Nokia Smart Camera Cinemagraph lens, Panorama lens, and Bing vision with other image tweaking options namely touch to focus, landscape orientation, auto and manual exposure, and geo-tagging.
The Nokia Lumia 525 packs a 1430mAh battery which according to the company can deliver up to 17 hours of talk time and up to 336 hours of standby time. Connectivity options on the smartphone include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, A-GLONASS and 3G. Much like other Nokia Lumia smartphone, the Lumia 525 also includes popular location and navigation apps such as HERE Drive, HERE Maps, and HERE Transit.


Nokia Lumia 525 detailed specifications

General  
Release date November 2013
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 119.90 x 64.00 x 9.90
Weight (g) 124.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 1430
Removable battery Yes
Colours Black, Red, White, Yellow
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 4.00
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 480x800 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI) 235
Colours 16M
Hardware  
Processor 1GHz  dual-core
Processor make Qualcomm
RAM 1GB
Internal storage 8GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 64
Camera  
Rear camera 5-megapixel
Flash No
Front camera No
Software  
Operating System Windows Phone 8
Java support No
Browser supports Flash No
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/ g/ n
GPS No
Bluetooth Yes
NFC No
Infrared No
DLNA No
Wi-Fi Direct No
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 1
SIM Type Micro-SIM
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 900, 2100
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer No
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor No
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No