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MagyarNokia Lumia 625
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Average of 10 scores (from 13 reviews)
Reviews for the Nokia Lumia 625
The new mid-range. No matter if entry-level or high-end smartphone - Nokia always has the right model in its Lumia series. The newest member of the family is the Lumia 625. Online retailers already sell the mid-range model for the competitive price of 250 Euros (~$334).
Source: Think Digit
Archive.org versionIt's hard to recommend the Lumia 625 especially since you have a great device such as the Lumia 720 available at a cheaper price. If you want to purchase a device under 20k running the Windows Phone OS, the Lumia 720 is a better package deal. If a large screen device is what you want, you have smartphones such as the Canvas Doodle 2, Xolo Q1000S and more at your disposal. Pick up the Lumia 625 if you're specifically looking for a large-screened WP smartphone.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/11/2013
Rating: Total score: 30% price: 40% performance: 50% features: 60% workmanship: 70%
Source: Tech Advisor
Archive.org versionThe Nokia Lumia 625 is a big, bright and colourful Windows Phone 8 handset. If you're looking for a 4G capable smartphone on a budget then this is a great buy. It has good build and performance but has limited internal storage and a mediocre camera.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 90% performance: 80% features: 60% workmanship: 80%
Source: Reg Hardware
Archive.org versionThere's plenty to like about the Lumia 625; another budget Nokia without the budget compromises that make Landfill Android™ cheapies such a rotten experience. But until the networks step up and offer 4G on a budget, it's going to be in that curious spot. But right now, the consumer proposition is this: if you want 4G, you have to pay a premium, and if you're paying a premium, you want a bit of diamond on your ring.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/19/2013
Source: Tech2.in.com
Archive.org versionWhile the MRP of the Lumia 625 is Rs 19, 999, you can find it online at varying price points depending on the colour you pick. We feel this is an expensive price for the phone especially since all you're getting is a larger screen, without any increase in resolution and important features which have been sacrificed. We would recommend the Lumia 720 over the 625 any day for its better display, NFC, better front and rear camera - all of this in a lighter and much more compact body. There's even support for wireless charging for those who want to get the most out of their Lumia device.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Source: Engadget
Archive.org versionSo, does Nokia need another budget Lumia? Well, yes. We get what the company was trying to achieve with the Lumia 625: 4G on a shoestring. In that respect, mission accomplished. We can't help but feel, though, that Nokia hasn't quite nailed the niche that it set out to, leaving space for a similar budget offering that's LTE-capable, and better executed.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/09/2013
Source: T3
Archive.org versionIt’s easy to be impressed with the Nokia Lumia 625 thanks to its colourful, replaceable shells, stellar performance and great build quality. The qualms with Windows Phone 8 are still lingering, though this could easily be sorted with a few high profile app release. We can even forgive the middling, low-res screen just because the device is priced at the low-end of the market. If you’re looking for a cheap, smooth running first smartphone, you can’t go wrong this latest addition to the Lumia line.
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 08/29/2013
Rating: Total score: 80%
Source: V3.co.uk
Archive.org versionConsidering the 625's super affordable price, it is quite a decent phone, and buyers on a budget are unlikely to find a better deal anytime soon. This, combined with the fact that Nokia only recently released the even more affordable 520 and mid-tier 720 means we can't really see the 625 enticing too many new users to the Windows Phone ecosystem. Still for those on a shoestring budget looking for a big screen 4G smartphone, it remains a solid option.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/26/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Netzwelt
DE→EN Archive.org versionSingle Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/23/2014
Source: Stiftung Warentest - Heft 2/2014
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2014
Rating: Total score: 85%
Source: Stiftung Warentest - Heft 1/2014
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 85% mobility: 77%
Source: Connect - Heft 11/2013
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 81%
Source: Connect - Heft 2/2014
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2013
Rating: Total score: 81%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→EN Archive.org versionPositive: high display contrasts Negative: low display resolution; average light intensity; problematic usage
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/29/2013
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Despite 4.7-inch display, the Nokia Lumia 625 is one of the slimmest Lumia smartphones. The devices appears quite complete and like it cannot be beaten. The back is covered in a non-slip polycarbonate providing a secure grip for its users. On the front, it is covered Corning Gorilla Glass 2. The back cover comes in five different interchangeable colors and once removed, there is a 200mAh non-removable battery, a micro-Sim and a microSD port which comes in handy due to its tiny built-in memory. Windows 8 is pre-installed on the 8 GB internal memory. So only 4.7GB are available to the user. There are three capacitive buttons on the front, the usual Back, Home and Bing buttons found on all Windows Phone devices. On the side, there are a volume rocker, power button, and a camera button.
The Lumia 625 features all basic functions such as Bluetooth 4.0, WLAN 802.11b/g/n receiver, and a GPS receiver. Despite being a low-priced device, the Lumia 625 comes with LTE capabilities commonly found in high-end devices these days. The 4.7-inch display has a resolution of 480x800 pixels, which is good enough for this price tag. This particular Lumia device features the older Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8930, a 1.2 Ghz dual-core SoC. This processor caters well above the needs of a regular user. So, performance is good and the Lumia 625 is brilliant at multitasking. On the downside is the 5 megapixels rear camera, which is far from what you would get from a proper smartphone. Apart from that, the supply of apps in the Windows Store is also a major issue that cripples not only the Lumia 625, but all Windows phones. From a value for money perspective, the Lumia 625 still sits far above all its Android counterparts.
Qualcomm Adreno 305: Integrated mid-range graphics card in the Snapdragon 400 and S4 Plus SoCs that supports OpenGL ES 3.0 and features unified shaders.
These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
S4 Plus MSM8930: High-end dual-core Krait based SoC that includes a Adreno 305 GPU.» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
4.70":
This display is tiny. You will probably see very little on the screen and be able to use mini-resolutions.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Nokia: Nokia is a Finnish company founded in 1865 and headquartered in Finland. The company is known for its telecommunications equipment and cell phones. Nokia was one of the leading manufacturers of cell phones in the 1990s and has expanded its business into networking and technology solutions in recent years.
In 2011, Nokia partnered with Microsoft on Windows-based cell phones and sold the entire cell phone division to Microsoft in 2014, which limited the Nokia brand name to basic cell phones. In 2016, Finnish electronics manufacturer HMD Global entered into a licensing agreement with Nokia, bought the remaining Nokia name rights from Microsoft Mobile, and since 2017 has exclusively offered Nokia cell phones worldwide, which are based on Android, among other things, and are produced by Foxconn.
72.4%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.