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BY MIKAH SARGENT
Slim, lightweight, aluminum — you may think we're talking about the iPhone 5, but we're
not! Nokia has announced a new, re-imagined piece of tech, and you may want to get your
hands on it.
This is the Nokia Lumia 925: a thinner, lighter version of the Lumia 920. Instead of the high-gloss
polycarbonate body typical of Lumia devices, this phone sports an aluminum frame with a
polycarbonate back.
Why might you want to get your hands on it? BBC spoke with Nokia's chief product designer,
who said the company wanted to create "...a product that is a little bit more compact
and a little bit more comfortable in the hand."
You see, one of the biggest drawbacks and complaints about the original Lumia 920 was
its heft. Nokia made several changes in the 925 to slim down the device. Unfortunately,
not all the change is good.
The Lumia 925 had to go on a tech spec diet. The device lost half its internal storage
— 16GB instead of 32GB — and lost its wireless charging capabilities, though you
can still buy an attachment for wireless charging.
Despite the slimdown, the device still holds on to some pretty amazing specs. It has an
8.7 megapixel camera, 1GB of RAM, a 2,000 mAh battery and a Snapdragon S4 processor.
An impressive set of features ... what could go wrong? According to a writer for The Verge:
the software.
"The only problem here is Windows Phone. It's a solid operating system, but it needs improving
and a higher quality of apps. Nokia is once again fleshing out its Windows Phone range,
but it's up to Microsoft to push the software forwards."
Engadget says the phone will launch in Europe and China in June. The device will then crop
up in the US sometime after that.