Nokia may launch Lumia 625 in India later this month

Popular smartphone manufacturer and Finnish giant Nokia reportedly has some big plans under its sleeve for its Indian users. Sources at the company have reportedly told Times of India that they plan to launch the  Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone here in the second or third week of August. 

Expected to launch later this month

For those who missed it, the Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone was unveiled last month, following a string of rumours and leaks surrounding its appearance and specs. The smartphone features a 4.7-inch super-sensitive LCD display – the company’s largest smartphone screen to date. The display can be viewed in direct sunlight and it comes with super-sensitive touch technology for use with gloves or nails.

Here’s a quick look at the specifications of the Nokia Lumia 625: 

• 4.7-inch WVGA display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels
• 4G/LTE
• USB 2.0, WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n
• GPS with A-GPS
• 5MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash, 1080p@30fps and VGA front-facing camera
• 8GB internal memory + microSD support for up to 64GB more memory

The Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone is powered by the latest version of Windows Phone 8 and also includes the Nokia Lumia Amber update. Live Tiles update directly to the homescreen and the People Hub feature allows users to stay connected with friends and family. It also packs the benefits of some Windows Phone 8 features like Xbox Live, Microsoft Office and 7GB of online SkyDrive storage.

The Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone includes five brightly coloured changeable shells. In addition to that the smartphone comes with a range of integrated camera applications like Nokia Smart Camera, offering handy features like removing unwanted objects from pictures, and Nokia Cinemagraph, which turns photos into living memories with added movement.

The colorful, interchangeable shells

On the Nokia Lumia 625, users will have access to more than 165,000 apps including Vimeo, Temple Run and WhatsApp. Additionally, there is SD memory card support on the smartphone, allowing up to 64GB of additional content storage.

Nokia Music on this Lumia smartphone provides users unlimited streaming of ad-free mixes without registration or subscription, plus the ability to download mixes for listening offline with the smartphone. Nokia has also teamed with Coloud to create BOOM headphones and integrated microphone and buttons for voice calls and music control.

The Nokia Lumia 625 smartphone also offers maps and location experiences from HERE – HERE Maps, HERE Drive and HERE Transit, providing free maps, turn-by-turn navigation and public transport guidance.

No details on price yet

The smartphone is available range of colours including orange, yellow, bright green, white and black. If you’re inquisitive of the smartphone’s price in India, you may have to hold on to that for a while since there is no mention of it as of now. At the time of its unveiling, it had been estimate d that the smartphone will retail at 220 Euros (Rs 17,305 approx.) before taxes and subsidies.