Lumia 525 announced

Nokia finally on Wednesday announced the release of Lumia 525 , a low budget Windows 8 phone. The phone was expected since a long time and has finally arrived.

It boasts the similar design of its predecessor. This one has improved RAM of 1GB from the 512MB of the Lumia 520. This is the most looked up feature in the phone and was needed to as many apps in the Windows Phone Store are not compatible with 512MB RAM. Other specifications are similar to that of the Lumia 520.

As said it has a 1GB RAM with a dual-core 1GHz Snapdragon S4 processor. It comes with internal storage of 8GB and is expandable to 64GB with microSD card. The camera is not upgraded, and is the same 5 Megapixel and without flash or front facing camera. The battery is 1430 mAh giving about talktime of 17 hours and 336 hours of standby time.

The price would be the same as was of the Lumia 520, around $150 (Rs.10,000)

Nexus 5 released

At last most awaited phone of 2013 Nexus 5 is here exactly on the expected date of release, 1st November 2013. The smartphone will be the first one to be running on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). After so many rumors the device is finally here with some awesome features and specs.

Nexus 5 Front

According to many leaks and rumors the device is standing up with the expectations. Yes, many of those leaks and rumors were true. The device boasts a 4.95-inch display with a resolution of 1902x1080 (Full HD IPS) and with a pixel density of 445 ppi. Screen is of Corning Gorilla Glass 3 which is very thin, resulting in a thinner phone. Design of the phone is matching to its predecessor Nexus 4 with a better built.


Now coming to the processor, it has Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (quad-core) clocked at 2.26GHz with 2 GB of RAM for multitasking and smooth performance. It is equipped with Adreno 330 GPU at 540MHz for smooth gaming and video. It comes with 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 with NFC (Android Beam). The battery is a 2300 mAh one with talk time upto 17 hours as promised by Google.

Nexus 5 Back

The camera has no improved specifications but has improved in performance with 8 Megapixel rear facing camera with Optical Image Stabilizer and 1.3 Megapixel front facing camera for video chat. There are features like HDR+ by taking burst shots and combining them to for better photos also has a feature called Photo Sphere which creates impressive 360° view photograph. As expected it has the usual Wireless charging feature and uses a Micro-SIM card.

It is available in major international countries and will be soon available in other countries. The 16GB model costs $349 and the 32GB model costs $399 in international Play Store. Yes, it comes in these two variations only with black and white colors to choose from. Being a bit higher at price from the predecessor the phone boasts awesome specifications. The device is showing Coming Soon in Indian Play Store with the price tag of Rs. 28,999 for 16GB model and Rs. 32,999 for 32GB model.