Nokia Lumia 1320, Lumia 525 coming to India next month

Soon after launching the Lumia 1520, Nokia India has announced that its Lumia 1320 and the Nokia Lumia 525 will start selling in the country early next year. The Nokia Lumia 525 is expected to be available in gloss orange, white, yellow and matte black and with changeable shells in the first week of January 2014. The Nokia Lumia 1320 will be available in orange, yellow, white, and black from mid-January.

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.

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Lumia 525 coming in January

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, GLONAAS
• 5-megapixel rear camera
• 8GB onboard storage, expandable up to 64GB via microSD card slot

The 1320 is expected to carry a midrange price tag, but will slot in with the Lumia 1520 as the second Nokia phablet. The smartphone sports a 6-inch 720p display, and not 1080p like the 1520. The Windows 8-based smartphone is powered by a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor with 1GB of RAM, and a pretty basic 5-megapixel camera. 

Nokia Lumia 1320 to be reasonably priced?

Here’s a quick look at its specifications:

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

With two more phones to go along side the high-end Lumia 1520, the company will have a wide range of smartphones in the Indian market, across price points. Even as Nokia continues to increase sales numbers of its Lumia line-up, the company will be going through a transition period early next year when the Microsoft takeover happens. That is sure to have some effect on sales and branding, so getting the existing line-up to markets as soon as possible will be high on Nokia’s priority list.