Smartphones from Nokia have always been famous for their bright design and interesting, attractive style. The object of our today's review is no exception.
We present to your attention the budget model of the Nokia Lumia 525 smartphone. Reviews of the model, its technical characteristics, as well as advantages and disadvantages will be described in this article.
Heir
Let's start with the fact that the phone 525-series is the direct successor of the 520, which once became one of the best-selling in the Lumia line. This is easy to explain - the phone has a good technical equipment, attractive design and at the same time an affordable price, which gives reason to refer it to the "student" class of devices for young people. And the Windows Phone operating system, which is still a "brave decision" in the market due to its relative unpopularity, gives you the opportunity to take risks and try something new.
Just the Nokia Lumia 525, which will be reviewed a little further, has been slightly modified, improved and released with a new serial code. At the same time, the device has not changed its price class and the general concept of the "youth" device. How successful were the developers?to do so, read on.
Case design
It is customary to start all reviews with a description of the appearance of the device, its design. Let's do the same this time. Externally, the Nokia Lumia 525 smartphone (reviews confirm this) looks quite bright and lively. This is not surprising, because the body of the device has removable color panels in yellow, orange and white. With them, you can personalize the look of your phone - and this is clearly a winning approach from Nokia. What else attracts in the appearance of the smartphone is the gloss. The design of the Nokia Lumia 525 (reviews say so) looks like some kind of lollipop.
The build quality of the case can be called acceptable. In some recommendations, buyers specify that they noticed a backlash between the panels (or rather, the cover and the base of the case). However, this phenomenon, apparently, does not apply to all devices: some phones are assembled quite tightly. The material from which the model is assembled is dense plastic.
Device screen
The model has a 4-inch display, developed on the basis of IPS technology. Due to this, the picture on the phone is transmitted in such a way that its quality can be compared with the image on inexpensive Chinese Android phones. The resolution of the Nokia Lumia 525 (user reviews call it normal) is 480 by 800 pixels. Of course, when viewing the display up close, you can notice the "graininess", but in everyday life you get used to it.
The good news is the application on the apparatus of the system,allowing you to work with the phone even with gloves. This is due to some modern technology that gives the device "super sensitivity". For residents of the northern regions, this thing will really seem useful.
Snapdragon Processor
The “heart” of the Nokia Lumia 525 Yellow reviews call the fairly nimble Snapdragon S4 clocked at 1 GHz. This is enough to ensure that the device quickly responds to the user's touch, does not freeze or freeze even when playing complex programs and colorful games.
As the developers explain, this is achieved through a special technology of asynchronous work. This mechanism allows you to organize the maximum return from the processor with minimal battery consumption. And besides, with such work, the Nokia Lumia 525 smartphone, the reviews of which we reviewed, does not heat up. Unlike some Android phones.
Camera
In general, according to the technical documentation, the device is equipped with a 5-megapixel main camera capable of taking pictures with a 4x zoom. There is also autofocus with a phased double-click. In addition to photos, the Nokia Lumia 525 (reviews about the quality of shooting, though not the most flattering) can also create videos. According to the manufacturers, it is allowed to shoot video in 720p quality (which means actually HD-format).
Perhaps, these characteristics are of interest to you, but you should evaluate the real work of the smartphone camera according to the reviews of live users. And they, as already noted, are far from the best here. In general, this is a common problem with budget-class Lumia smartphones: the quality of photos and videos on them leaves much to be desired when it comes to clear and colorful pictures.
However, there is a Panorama mode, there is a flash - in general, everything is not so bad for personal use.
Software
The device, as we all understand, is running the Windows Phone operating system. As indicated in the instructions for it, the device has the 8th version of this OS installed, which is stable, has a wide range of applications and a fairly convenient and understandable interface. Due to this, it would be wrong to say anything bad in her direction - this system has already shown itself perfectly in its time, so Microsoft began to move on, releasing the 9th and 10th generation of Windows.
Of course, there will always be supporters of Android or iOS who claim that WP is extremely inconvenient and uncomfortable for everyday use. However, believe me, working with the phone, you will stop noticing it in a week. You can get used to it quite easily.
Other features
Nokia Lumia 525 White (owner reviews note that for some reason this color is the most popular) also has a wide range of additional features and capabilities that should be mentioned in this review. Well, let's start looking for them to begin with in the technical description. These are variousmodules - Bluetooth, Wifi, GPS; as well as software add-ons like HERE maps, SkyDrive cloud storage (7 GB), Office suite, various business programs and other services from Windows Phone. In this regard, Nokia Lumia 525 Yellow (reviews confirm this) is of particular interest to those who have never encountered this platform before.
You can also mention the battery of the phone. As already noted, the smartphone processor operates in some special mode that regulates the activity of the cores, thereby reducing charge consumption. This leads to the fact that the device can work with the Internet via a Wifi connection for 7.5 hours. Also about the Nokia Lumia 525 Orange, reviews indicate that the phone lasts for 16 hours in 2G networks and 11 in a 3G connection. It should be said that these are good indicators, given the small battery capacity - only 1430 mAh.
Reviews
What can be Nokia Lumia 525 Yellow reviews? About a phone whose cost clearly does not exceed the average price in the budget class? For the money, a smartphone is just a great solution. It has a tolerable technical stuffing that allows you to perform the tasks that the average user faces. The phone is also fast, and the buyer is extremely pleased, especially those who are used to working with "braking" smartphones.
Negative reviews are directed at the camera of the phone - yes, it really still needs to be improved. Perhaps the developers simply decided to save on equipment (lenses, matrix) - saydifficult. Another point that some buyers do not like is the new operating system for someone. Windows Phone is different from the OS we are used to, due to which it sometimes causes a lot of misunderstanding on the part of ardent Android and iOS fans. But it's okay, and you can get used to it.
Otherwise, most reviews conclude that the device is worth the money and is quite pleasant to use.
Overall impression
If we talk about the smartphone in terms of feedback left by customers, then there are no complaints about it as a whole. With its price, the model clearly belongs to the budget class of smartphones, which also includes cheap Chinese Android devices. True, due to the more optimized operation of the hardware on the operating system from Windows, the phone behaves much more vividly - and the characteristics of the Nokia Lumia 525, the reviews confirm this. Thus, we get a worthy alternative to already boring devices from China, which looks more attractive and fresh.
The mass of programs that Windows installs on its brainchild also attracts here. This really matters, because we evaluate the work with a smartphone not so much by the case or camera device, but by the impression of daily use - how much your device can solve your problems, how quickly it performs certain tasks, and so on. It's the little things like this that make the biggest impression, and we can confidently say that, thanks to the efforts of the WP developers, the Lumia 525 is not far behind in this regard.competitors.
Therefore, in general, the conclusion is that if you have not worked with Lumia before, it is worth a try. This is a bright, feature-packed and inexpensive smartphone that clearly has potential. At least many regular users of Nokia devices claim that after a little trial they have become real fans of this operating system and phones that are produced in the Lumia line. So it definitely makes some sense.
