Nokia Lumia 525 - More style. More fun.

[jjag520]

"The Nokia Lumia 525 takes smartphone style to new heights with a premium look and 1GB RAM for all the apps, games and fun you can handle"
Nokia Lumia 525 - Smartphone with MS Outlook for Mobile - Nokia

 

[Laura Knotek]

That looks like a really nice device. Are you getting one?

 

[HeyCori]

Word is it's not being sold in the US or UK. :eck:

 

[BIGPADDY]

Word is it's not being sold in the US or UK. :eck:

I would think it would, they released the 625 reasonably fast in the UK.

 

[Indistinguishable]

I was really hoping the 525 was going to be available on Verizon. They desperately need a 5xx device for off contract users.

 

[MrunanI_I]

Glance support

Will 525 support glance screen ???

 

[xandros9]

Re: Glance support

Will 525 support glance screen ???

while its possible, I doubt it given it likely has a similar or identical cheapo LCD which didn't fly with glance to begin with

 

[jonathanrn]

Xandros: Why do you think glance not working had something to do with the LCD? It comes with 'super sensitive' touch.. I'm betting glance does work.

 

[xandros9]

Xandros: Why do you think glance not working had something to do with the LCD? It comes with 'super sensitive' touch.. I'm betting glance does work.

super sensitive touch is a feature of the digitizer, glance is a feature of the display beneath, two usually different parts.
While I don't know whats going on in Nokia's head, here's my take:

It has an LCD, which is already a strike as compared to AMOLED. Yes, the LCD-equipped 920 and 720 do have glance.
but I think primarily, the 52x has a lower quality display and likely would use more power than Nokia's engineers would've liked. The official reason is "hardware restrictions" as given by Nokia.
My guess is that the lower-cost backlight won't like the really low power level that Glance would require and would flicker or otherwise look bad.

As for the 525 thouhg, I'd love to be wrong.

 

[HeyCori]

I would think it would, they released the 625 reasonably fast in the UK.

US never got the 625 either

 

[BIGPADDY]

US never got the 625 either

:shocked: Outrageous!!!

 

[rakesh1995]

:shocked: Outrageous!!!

because there is no room for 625 in usa





Sent from my Uuusumm Lumia 520 using Tapatalk

 

[busstopping]

Bought a 525, and would just like to report that glance screen is not supported on the 525.

 

[SyntacticSyntax]

Bought a 525, and would just like to report that glance screen is not supported on the 525.

Thanks. Damn. what a bad news for me. so it's just additional 512 mb ram.

do you notice anything different in 525?

 

[busstopping]

Thanks. Damn. what a bad news for me. so it's just additional 512 mb ram.

do you notice anything different in 525?

I am unable to tell since i did not use a wp8 device before this, but it does come with gdr3 and nokia black updates preloaded.

 

[Viktar H]

Re: Glance support

while its possible, I doubt it given it likely has a similar or identical cheapo LCD which didn't fly with glance to begin with

AT&T's variant of 520 has Double tap to wake and Glance enabled.

 

[LumiaGuy]

Re: Glance support

AT&T's variant of 520 has Double tap to wake and Glance enabled.

You're half right - AT&T Lumia 520's in the US have DTTW but no L520's anywhere have the Glance feature due to Hardware Restrictions.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp8-wpupdate/why-glance-screen-mode-isnt-working-on-nokia-lumia/6290ba1b-f144-4d65-af3e-d7e26e3718cd