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It would appear that the fabled Nokia Lumia upgrade (larger than the Lumia 925, that is) may be just around the corner as the company itself suggests “something BIG” is on the way. With nothing more than a single NOKIA logo on orange and a teaser ringing up with “we can’t tell you what it is yet”, it certainly could be something we’ve never heard of or seen before. But with the device itself appearing in China through radio certification just last week, you’ll be keen to bet on it.

UPDATE: Yeah that’s pretty much a lock.

This machine works with a rather sizable 4.7-inch display with WVGA resolution – not the most fabulously sharp in the world, but certainly well enough to do the job. Powering the device is a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor running with 512MB of RAM. Starting to see a trend here?

What you’re seeing is a slightly less powerful than usual collection of specifications, likely aiming this machine squarely at a – believe it or not – mid-tier or even budget-friendly crowd. Saving cash on a display that’s not nearly as sharp as those on the Samsung Galaxy S 4 or HTC One, coming in with a processor that’s not quite as powerful as the one found on the LG-made Nexus 4, this device may very well be attempting to hit the public with its unique abilities like Nokia’s ClearBlack Display technology – touch even when you’ve got gloves on!

This device appeared in US FCC listings earlier this year with far less fanfare under the name RM-941 – so even though it’s got a 5 megapixel camera at its back and a mere VGA-style camera at its front, this beast could very well be hitting the whole of China and the USA sooner than later.

Could you see yourself picking up this relatively massive 133.2 x 72.2 x 10.5 mm device when you’ve already got the 925 and – soon – the Lumia 1020 appearing as well? We’ll know what it’s all about tomorrow!

Nokia teases “something BIG”, likely Lumia 625 [UPDATE] is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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We’re sure many were wondering why Nokia chose Windows Phone instead of Android. After all Windows Phone wasn’t exactly the most popular platform then, and Android seemed like an obvious choice, but Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop, revealed in an interview […]

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Nokia has announced its Q2 2013 financial results, with the company selling 7.4m Lumia Windows Phones though still making a €115m ($151m) loss in the three month period. The company improved on Q1, according to the full results [pdf link] released today, when losses reached €150m, and smartphone sales are up 21-percent quarter-on-quarter, though down 27-percent compared to the same period a year ago.

Meanwhile, average selling price of Nokia’s smartphones is down, by 18-percent versus Q1 2013, to €157 ($206). Nokia’s cheaper devices slumped 27-percent year over year, to 53.7m devices, while the introduction of the lower-cost Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 helped drive rising Windows Phone sales.

As for Microsoft, Nokia pocketed a $250m “platform support payment” from the Windows Phone developer, though Nokia still has to pay licensing fees for the OS.

Speaking of mobile phone sales, and specifically the Asha 501, CEO Stephen Elop said that the team would do more to drive differentiation in the category. “While we are very encouraged by the consumer response to our innovations in this price category,” he said, “our Mobile Phones business unit is planning to take actions to focus its product offering and improve product competitiveness.”

That “action” will include job losses, it seems. “The planned restructure is estimated to impact a maximum of 440 positions globally, while also creating a number of new positions and offering possibilities for redeployment” Nokia says.

It’s not been an easy few years for Nokia, especially with the faster-than-expected decline in demand for feature-phones in developing markets. Nokia had previously counted upon that demand to tide the company over, financially, while Windows Phone bedded in, but the rise of cheap Android devices scuppered all that.

In fact, Nokia says, Symbian demand has crashed altogether. “Our Symbian volumes decreased from 6 million units in the second quarter 2012 to approximately zero in the second quarter 2013″ the company admitted today.

Instead, there’s been a gradual rise in Windows Phone, with sales increasing quarter-on-quarter but the OS as a whole still having a minority share of the smartphone market. What success there’s been has focused on the budget-end of the segment, too, with Nokia’s low-cost Lumia 520 now the best-selling Windows Phone.

Part of Nokia’s next challenge, therefore, is to drive interest in its more expensive models, and push up its average selling price. The trio of Lumia 9xx series devices, most recently the Nokia Lumia 925, and the new Lumia 1020 PureView will be key in driving that high-end appeal.

Looking forward, Nokia expects Q3 2013 operating margin to be -2% (+/-4%) though an increase in device sales.

Nokia Q2 2013: 7.4m Lumia Windows Phone sales but $151m loss is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Well, what do we have here? According to China’s official certification website (TENAA), this above is the unannounced Nokia Lumia 625. The handset apparently features a 4.7-inch WVGA screen with super-sensitive touch, 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, 512MB of RAM and 2,000mAh battery — basically a lower-end model. While the listing only mentions GSM / GPRS and WCDMA / HSPA support, the phone supposedly includes LTE, and wraps everything in a unibody design that follows the attractive looks of its smaller cousin, the Lumia 620. In fact, the shape appears to match the RM-941 that passed through the FCC back in June. The device is expected to land in China at the end of July for 1,999 yuan ($325) — just hit the source link below for more info.

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