Nokia Lumia 625 to be available in India by Q3, 2013

Nokia on Tuesday announced the Nokia Lumia 625 planned to begin selling in India in Q3, 2013.

The phone is planned to begin selling in China, Europe, Asia Pacific, India, Middle East, Africa and Latin America in Q3 2013.

The Lumia 625 delivers high-speed entertainment to a wide audience with a large 4.7-inch super-sensitive LCD screen and 4G Internet access.

The new device is powered by the latest version of windows phone 8 and including Lumia Amber update, Lumia 625 delivers a richer and easier to use smartphone experience at a competitive price. Live tiles update direct to the home screen, and people hub makes it easy to stay connected with friends and family. Windows Phone 8 also includes Xbox Live, Microsoft Office, and 7GB of online SkyDrive storage to simply make life easier.

With access to more than 165,000 apps including vimeo, temple Run and whatsapp. The Lumia 625 offers faster mobile fun, as well as safer surfing with internet explorer 10 - making it ideal for viewing videos, games, and other content. The new Lumia 625 also offers SD memory card support, allowing up to 64GB of additional content storage.

Nokia music provides unlimited streaming of ad-free mixes without registration or subscription, plus the ability to download mixes for listening offline with the Nokia Lumia 625.

With its big screen and super-fast connectivity, the Lumia 625 offers leading maps and location experiences from HERE, providing free maps, turn-by-turn navigation and public transport guidance.

The Lumia 625 building on the award winning Lumia design, the new Lumia 625 includes five brightly coloured changeable shells, which add to the live tile personalisation brought by Windows Phone 8.

The new Lumia 625 also provides many innovations found in the recently announced flagship Nokia Lumia 1020. These include a range of integrated camera applications like Nokia Smart Camera, offering handy features like removing unwanted objects from pictures, and Nokia Cinemagraph, which turns photos into living memories with added movement.

"With our largest smartphone screen to date, the Nokia Lumia 625 is a perfect example of how Nokia is delivering leading smartphone innovation and experiences at every price point," said Jo Harlow, executive vice president, Nokia Smart Devices.

The Nokia Lumia 625 will be available in a range of colours including orange, yellow, bright green, white and black with an array of changeable shells enabling easy personalisation. With an estimated retail price of 220 Euros before taxes and subsidies.