Nokia Lumia 625

The Nokia Lumia 625 is one of the last smartphones by Nokia, putting an end to what has been a bumpy ride for the Finns in the modern phone era. Whether the Lumia line will find greener pastures under Microsoft remains to be seen, but one thing's for certain - the Lumia 625 will be one of Nokia's last Lumia releases.

These thoughts weigh heavily upon our minds as we pick up the Lumia 625, possibly one of Nokia’s last few smartphone offerings, and take it through our review grind. The Lumia 625 is a mid-range smartphone and boasts the largest screen this range has seen so far. 4.7-inches may not be that big a deal for those who’ve seen the large-screen juggernaut rolling through the smartphone segment, but still forms the mainstay for this particular device.

Key features

Quad-band GSM support

Tri-band 3G and LTE support with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA

4.7" 16M-color IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen of 480 x 800 pixels with Gorilla Glass 2

5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording @ 30fps

0.3MP front-facing camera

Windows Phone 8 OS

1.2GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 305 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8930 chipset

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band

GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support

Free lifetime voice-guided navigation

8GB of inbuilt storage

Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic

Built-in accelerometer, gyroscope and proximity sensor

Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

microUSB port

Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP and file transfers

Deep SNS integration

Xbox Live integration and Xbox management

Digital compass

Nokia Music

FM radio

2000mAh battery

Unparalleled talk time in our battery test

Main Disadvantages

4.7" quite a stretch for the WVGA resolution

App catalog falls short of Android and iOS

Non-user-accessible battery

Only 512MB of RAM

No system-wide file manager

No NFC

Below average loudspeaker performance

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