Nokia Lumia 925 Review

Specifications of Nokia Lumia 925 (Black)

GENERAL FEATURES
Brand	Nokia
Model Name	Lumia
Model ID	Lumia 925
Form	Bar
SIM Size	Micro SIM
SIM Type	Single Sim, GSM
Touch Screen	Yes, Capacitive
Business Features	Document Viewer, Document Editor, Pushmail (Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync), Excel, PDF, Word, OneNote, Powerpoint, Adobe Reader, Office 365, Outlook
Call Features	Conference Call, Hands Free, Loudspeaker, Call Divert
Handset Color	Black

Platform
Operating Freq	GSM - 850, 900, 1800, 1900; UMTS - 2100
OS	Windows v8
Processor	1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4, Dual Core

Display
Type	AMOLED
Size	4.5 Inches
Resolution	WXGA, 1280 x 768 Pixels
Color	16 M
Other Display Features	Super-sensitive Touch, Corning Gorilla Glass 2, Wide Viewing Angle, Refresh Rate 60 Hz, Sculpted Glass, Nokia Glance Screen, Lumia Color Profile, Brightness Control, Sunlight Readability Enhancements

Camera
Primary Camera	Yes, 8.7 Megapixel
Secondary Camera	Yes, 1.2 Megapixel
Flash	Dual LED
Video Recording	Yes, 1920 x 1080, 30 fps
HD Recording	HD, Full HD
Zoom	Digital Zoom - 4x
Other Camera Features	Auto Focus, Two-stage Capture Key, Carl Zeiss Tessar Lens, Flash Modes, Touch Focus, Exposure Compensation, Auto and Manual Exposure, Auto and Manual White Balance, Face Recognition, Full Screen Viewfinder, Geo-tagging, Optical Image Stabilization, Backsi, Image Editor

Dimensions
Size	70.6x129x8.5 mm
Weight	139 g

Battery
Type	2000 mAh
Talk Time	18 hrs (2G), 12 hrs (3G)
Standby Time	432 hrs (2G), 440 hrs (3G)

Memory and Storage
Internal	16 GB
Memory	1 GB RAM

Internet & Connectivity
Internet Features	Email
Preinstalled Browser	Internet Explorer 10
EDGE	Yes, 236.8 kbps
3G	Yes, 42.2 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
Wifi	Yes, 802.11 a/b/g/n
USB Connectivity	Yes, micro USB, v2
Tethering	Wi-fi Hotspot
Navigation Technology	A-GPS, GLONASS, with HERE Maps
Bluetooth	Yes, v3, Supported Profiles (A2DP 1.2, AVRCP 1.4, PBAP 1.1, OPP 1.1, HFP 1.5)
Audio Jack	3.5 mm
DLNA	Yes

Multimedia
Music Player	Yes, Supports MP3
Video Player	Yes, Supports AVC, AVI, 3GP, MOV, MPEG-4, H.264, H.263, WMV, MP4, 3G2, M4V, Full HD
FM	Yes
Sound Enhancement	Noise Cancellation
Ringtone	MP3

Other Features
Call Memory	Yes
SMS Memory	Yes
Phone Book Memory	Yes
Sensors	Gyroscope, Ambient Light Sensor, Magnetometer, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor
Additional Features	Wi-Fi Security, NFC Support, SkyDrive, Free Cloud Storage: 7 GB, Calculator, Clock, Calendar, Alarm, Reminders, To-do List, OneNote, Games, Text-to-speech, MMS Enabled, Unified MMS and SMS Editor, Call Waiting, HD Audio, Data Encryption, Remote Device Locking via... Read More
Important Apps	Mac Companion App, Google Talk, Twitter, LinkedIn, Windows Live Messenger, WhatsApp, Yahoo Messenger, Skype, Instant Messaging, Facebook, Gmail, Hotmail, YouTube, Nokia Mail

Review-
One of the best windows phone products at the moment before GDR3 Devices hit the market. [[Update:GDR3 devices launched, check out the 1520 and 1350]]. On time Delivery so no complaints there.

What You'll Love:

*HD AMOLED Screen. Amazing Visibility even when brightness is set to low and it looks gorgeous cause of the absolute Blacks. (Picked it up over the 920 due to this)
*Great PPI(Youre not going to notice the minute difference between HD and Full HD on a screen of only 4.5 Inches.
*Build quality, Premium feel, Thinness and Light weight.
*External Speaker and sound quality ( Yeah the speaker is at the back but its not an issue at all)
*Camera (Now comes with the revamped "Nokia Camera" app which merges Pro Cam and Smart Cam.
*Comes with "Nokia Music" app, Free downloads for 1 year and unlimited "Mix Radio" streaming for the lifetime of the handset.
*Here Navigation suite for truly offline voice navigation for walk and driving (Trust me you don't wanna be stuck with Google maps or Apple maps when you are lost and don't have a data plan or have no signal)
*Nokia Glance Screen and Glance Backgrounds [[Update: Glance Notifications]]
*SkyDrive. Set it up properly on your computer and you'll have a seamless experience.
*Free Office Apps including Word, Excel and One Note.
*Phone will not lag and restart and die on you.

Some Myths Clarified:

*Instagram, Vine, [[Update: Official apps now available though I would suggest installing 6tag client over the official app]] Facebook messenger (built into the messaging hub) and YouTube are all available. They currently have amazing Third Party apps (6tag, 6sec, MetroTube) with Official versions coming with the launch of GDR3 Devices.
*Windows Phones don't lag or have viruses. Just cause they have lower specs than Android does not make it slower.
*Not all the apps are paid, even if the one you want is paid it probably has a trial version which is the full version but with adverts. There are also a lot of free apps.
*Windows Phone 8 has Bluetooth and can send songs. [[Update: Now updated to Bluetooth 4.0 LE]]
*There are many browsers available apart from I.E (Maxthon, UC Browser, Surf Cube, Surfy, Nokia Xpress Browser to name a few)
*WP8 supports USB drag and drop. You don't need a companion app such as Zune or iTunes.
*Lock Screen Rotation Lock Available with the GDR3 Update [[Available Now]]
*Has a Radio
*Gmail is available.

What You Won't Like:

*WP8 Still doesn't have as many games as iOS and Android. However loads have been announced including Temple Run 2, Asphalt 8: Airborne etc. [[update: Asphalt 8 now available]] [[Update 2: TR2,Subway surfers now launched]]
*Only 16 GB non-expandable memory ( I don't have an issue with 5GB still remaining but some people might) [[Update: Only 1GB left]]
*Creating playlists is not exactly intuitive but the music app will definitely be updated.
[[Update:Create Playlists by adding songs to "now playing" listby going to songs and clicing the left of the screen to get the tick boxes and select create (make sure no song is already playing)]]
*No Notification center which is easily rectified by tile notifications. This way you don't get annoyed by stupid app notifications asking you to open the game and play or that there is a discount available on coin purchases. [[Update: Notification Center a.k.a Action center available with WP 8.1 Update

What You Get:

*A premium designed phone with amazing Hardware and Design (People are going to drool at this beauty)
*A Fluid experience Out of the box with WP8. (Unlike Android which lags after a few weeks ( I own 2 android devices A Galaxy note 10.1 and an Xperia S) You don't need Quad-cores or Octa-Cores for the OS to run smooth even after a year of usage it will still be smooth.
*Great navigation, Music and Social experience.
*Good Battery life.
*Great Camera.
*Up-gradable to Windows Phone 8.1 (Blue)
*Nokia's own software optimization and apps.

What You WON'T Get:

[[Update: Available now]] *A notification center (Not right now at least until WP 8.1)
*Notification Light (Not needed as we will get notifications on the glance screen)
*Viruses (That's a good thing, WP8 and Windows Desktop are not the same)
*No SD card Slot.(Availableon other models)
*No USB OTG or HDMI. There is DLNA to share with a DLNA TV (Nokia app: Play To)

[[Update: Following Restriction removed]] [[Update: this seems to be an Issue with quite a number of people: You cant send songs from your music list on Whatsapp. You can receive them but they will be saved in the Whatsapp app rather than the music app. But you CAN send and receive Photos, Videos and Recordings and they will be saved on the phone memory. This limitation is only with Music files.