New Windows smartphone: Nokia unveils Lumia 925 in London

The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces a metal design, includes PureView camera innovation, new features and new third party applications.

Nokia 925 comes in black, white and grey and sports a metal design.

Nokia 925 comes in black, white and grey and sports a metal design.

The Nokia Lumia 925 includes advanced lens technology and imaging software to capture clearer, sharper pictures and video, including low light images.

Nokia Lumia 925
OS Windows Phone 8
Screen 4.5″ AMOLED
Resolution 1280 x 768
Battery 2,000 mAh, Wireless charging
Processor 1.5 GHz Dual-core Snapdragon, 1GB RAM
Camera Rear: 8.7mp PureView with OIS
Front: 1.2mp
Video 1080p @ 30fps
Memory Int: 16 GB
Ext: 64 GB microSD
LTE, NFC Yes
Size /mm 129 x 70.6 x 8.5
Weight 139 g
Price S$TBA

The Nokia Lumia 925 also introduces the new Nokia Smart Camera mode, coming as an update to all Lumia Windows Phone 8 smartphones.

Nokia Smart Camera captures ten images at once and edits the pictures with options like Best Shot, Action Shot, and Motion Focus for creating the perfect high quality image.

Nokia also announced Hipstamatic’s new app, Oggl, will arrive on Nokia Lumia smartphones, allowing people to take and share pictures with like-minded creatives and photography enthusiasts from around the world.

In addition to sharing photos on Oggl, users can simultaneously share photos on social networks including Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Tumblr, Flickr and Instagram.

“We keep innovating,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president of Nokia Smart Devices. “We’re advancing experiences on the Nokia Lumia portfolio whether that means great new benefits for an existing Lumia owner, or bringing new showcase devices like the Nokia Lumia 925.”

The Nokia Lumia 925 introduces metal for the first time to the Nokia Lumia range.

The polycarbonate back comes in white, grey or black.

A wireless charging cover can be clipped onto the back of the phone to take advantage of Nokia’s wireless charging accessories and ecosystem.

Covers, sold separately, come in white, black, yellow, and red.

Nokia services on the phone include the HERE suite of integrated location and navigation services and Nokia Music for unlimited streaming of free music playlists, add to the great proposition offered by Nokia’s latest smartphone.

“Together with Nokia, we continue to change the way people think about smartphone cameras. The work Nokia has done with the Lumia 925 further enhances the imaging capabilities of the Lumia smartphones,” said Terry Myerson, corporate vice president, Microsoft Windows Phone Division

The Nokia Lumia 925 is being introduced into Europe with Vodafone, along with other operator and retail partners.

In addition to Europe, the Nokia Lumia 925 will be introduced into the US by T-Mobile and into China by China Mobile and China Unicom.

Sales are expected to start in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and China in June, followed by the US and a number of other markets.

The Nokia Lumia 925 will be priced around 469 EUR before taxes and subsidies.

Country-specific pricing and availability will be announced later locally.

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