Nokia Lumia 625

Introduction

            Nokia Lumia 625 is coming to market with a 4.7 inch 480 x 800 resolution screen (WVGA) with a 201ppi pixel density. The glass is enhanced for better viewing under the sun. A dual-core 1.2 GHz processor drives the handset.   512 MB of RAM is onboard and there is 8 GB of native storage which can be expanded by as much as 64 GB using the microSD slot. The rear-facing 5MP snapper can capture video in 1080p @ 30fps while there is a VGA front-facing camera. A 2000mAh battery keeps the lights on

             Nokia 625 certainly won't qualify as Nokia's loudest bang on its way out - that honor belongs to the Lumia 1020 flagship.Or, if we are lucky, a certain phablet may be the gadget to remember them by.

Nokia Lumia 625

            The Lumia 625, released just before Nokia was bought by Microsoft, is a surprising handset. It's not just an update to the upper-budget Lumia 620 (there are so many Lumia handsets now that we keep having to make up new categories), it's the biggest Lumia handset there is, with built in 4G at a very reasonable price..

PROS

• Quad-band GSM support
• Tri-band 3G and LTE support with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA
• 4.7" 16 M-color IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 480 x 800 pixels with Gorilla Glass 2
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording @ 30fps
• 0.3MP front-facing camera
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• 1.2GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 305 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8930 chipset
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band
• GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support
• Free lifetime voice-guided navigation
• 8GB of inbuilt storage
• Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
• Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• microUSB port
• Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP and file transfers
• Deep SNS integration
• Xbox Live integration and Xbox management
• Digital compass
• Nokia Music
• FM radio
• 2000mAh battery
• Unparalleled talk time in our battery test

CONS

• 4.7" quite a stretch for the WVGA resolution
• App catalog falls short of Android and iOS
• Non-user-accessible battery
• Only 512 MB of RAM
• No system-wide file manager
• No NFC
• Below average loudspeaker performance

              

              Thanks to the larger screen and resulting larger dimensions, the Lumia 625 feels like a marked improvement over its predecessor. But bigger is not necessarily better, and the Lumia 625 may learn it the hard way. Big screen on a budget sure sounds nice, but WVGA on 4.7" could be too much of a stretch. And it's not a ClearBlack display either, which may as well be the only downgrade compared to the original Lumia 620 - along with the missing NFC chip.

             No upgrade to the 512 MB of RAM is potentially a minor disappointment, which can quickly be put to rest if the Lumia 625 behaves in our tests. The extra 700mAh of battery capacity is also a welcome addition.

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