Nokia unveils low-price Lumia 625 with 4.7-in screen

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia launched a bigger-screen version of its low-price Lumia smartphone on Tuesday, aiming to close the gap with market leader Samsung which sells handsets in a wide range of sizes.

The new Lumia 625 comes with a 4.7-inch screen and will cost 220 euros (approx. Rs 17,300) before taxes and subsidies. The Lumia 620, announced late last year, had a 3.8-inch screen.

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Nokia has recently picked up the pace of product launches. Earlier this month, it unveiled a higher-end Lumia 1020 model with a 41-megapixel camera.

The Finnish mobile phone maker once produced more than a third of all mobile phones worldwide, but it has fallen behind South Korea's Samsung, which has a quarter of the market to Nokia's 15 percent.

While regular mobile phones still account for the bulk of the company's shipments, smartphones are viewed as crucial for its long-term survival because of their higher margins and increasing demand for web access from mobile phones.

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The Finns are pinning their hopes for a comeback in the segment on Microsoft Corp's Windows Phone - an operating system that is struggling to compete with Google's popular Android system, used by Samsung.

Tech bloggers responded enthusiastically to the Lumia 1020 launch earlier this month, saying its camera was the highest quality in the market.

But analysts questioned whether it was enough to help Nokia, suffering a fall in cash reserves after years of poor sales, survive.

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Nokia Lumia 625’s specifications

Display: 4.7 inch WVGA @ 201ppi

Display features: Sunlight Readability Enhancement, High Brightness Mode, Colour Enhancement, and Super Sensitive Touch

Battery: 2,000 mAh

Talk time: Up to 15.2 hours (3G)

Processor: 1.2GHz, Dual Core Snapdragon S4

Memory: 512MB RAM

Storage: 8GB internal with support for up to 64GB SD card

Weight: 159g

Connectivity: USB2.0, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g/n, A-GPS and Glonass, 3.5 mm audio connector

Front Camera: 5-megapixel autofocus with LED flash and records 1080p@30fps videos

Front Camera: VGA