Nokia launches Lumia 1320, Lumia 525 in India for Rs 23,999 and Rs 10,399

Nokia is on a roll. After the Lumia 1520 and three Asha handsets, the company has now launched the Lumia 1320 and Lumia 525 in the Indian market. This time around, the devices appear to be aggressively priced – the Lumia 1320 at Rs. 23,999 and Lumia 525 at Rs 10,339. The Lumia 525 is available starting today while the Lumia 1320 will hit Indian store shelves on January 13. Both devices will be made available in orange, white, yellow and black colours. The 1320 sports a 6-inch 720p display, and not a 1080p one like the one on 1520. It runs on Windows Phone 8 with Lumia Black along with the third Live Tile in the Start menu. It is powered by the older 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor with 1GB of RAM, and a pretty basic 5-megapixel camera. The 3400mAh battery on the device promises to deliver up to 672 hours of standby time and up to 25 hours of talk time.

Nokia Lumia 1320 comes to India

Here’s a quick look at its specifications:

• 6-inch 720p IPS display
• 3G, Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth, GPS with A-GPS
• 5-megapixel rear camera, VGA front-facing camera
• 8GB onboard storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD card slot

The Nokia Lumia 525 is the successor to the popular Lumia 520. The features which endeared the masses towards the Lumia 520 have been retained. So you will find the same 4-inch display with WVGA resolution and Nokia’s super touch sensitivity software. Expect WP8 to be smooth on the Lumia 525 thanks to the same dual-core Qualcomm S4 chipset that performed admirably on the Lumia 520. On the camera front, it gets a 5-megapixel autofocus camera a along with the Nokia Camera app. All in all, the Lumia 525 improves the internals in the one area where it could have been called lacking, with 1GB of RAM. Read our Lumia 520 review to know more about the device.

Lumia 525 is here too…

Here’s a quick look at its specifications:

• 4-inch IPS display with 480 x 800 pixels of resolution
• 3G, Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth, GPS with A-GPS
• 5-megapixel rear camera
• 8GB onboard storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD card slot

The phone is fuelled by a 1430mAh battery which promises to offer up to 17 hours of talk time and up to 336 hours of standby time. Along with the onboard storage, the company is providing additional 7GB of SkyDrive space with these devices. In an exclusive offer for Indian consumers, the Lumia 525 will come with a special package of premium games worth Rs 2,025 from Gameloft absolutely free of cost till March 31, 2014. This includes popular and exciting titles such as Modern Combat 4, Asphalt 8, Assassin’s Creed, Shark Dash and Nova 3 among others. Nokia has also announced that all new Lumia devices purchased between January 7 and January 31 will get free 20GB Skydrive storage for a year.