Nokia announces Lumia 925, new flagship Windows Phone
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}At a press event in London on Tuesday, Nokia is showing off the Lumia 925, a new variant of its flagship Windows Phone.
The aluminum-clad phone is similar to the Lumia 920 that has been sold for months at AT&T as well as the just-introduced Lumia 928 for Verizon. The new phone, being introduced globally and headed here to T-Mobile, features a few new twists.
In addition to its different outer shell, the 925 features an improved camera with a sixth lens (other recent high-end Lumia models have five). The added lens helps better capture natural light.
On the software side, the company is offering what it calls Nokia Smart Camera — a feature that captures 10 images at once, offering the ability to choose the best shot or blend the results into an action shot or one with motion focus. Nokia said the software-based camera features would also be made available for all of Nokia’s other Windows Phone 8 products sometime in the third quarter.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Lumia 925 is due to go on sale in Europe in June, with T-Mobile’s U.S. launch likely to be the following week. It is priced at $608, though Nokia U.S. head Matt Rothschild said he expected T-Mobile’s upfront price to be under $100.
“We expect really aggressive pricing,” Rothschild said.
Read more about the Lumia 920 at AllThingsD.com.