News & Reviews:   Nokia Lumia 925

With Nokia's Catwalk or Nokia Lumia 925 already making it's official appearance, the next Nokia device to hit the rumour mills is the Nokia EOS. Based on the Nokia 808 PureView, the Nokia EOS is the Windows Phone-based version and so far looks to be incorporating the same 41MP camera sensor from the 808 PureView. Other tech specs may also include the same 4.5-inch AMOLED display as the aforementioned Nokia Lumia 925. In addition to this the EOS may also include the new Nokia Pro Camera app which allows for manual focusing.

The Nokia Lumia 928 is probably the only other highly rumoured Nokia smartphone asides from the Nokia Lumia 925 (which was officially announced on 14 May 2013). However, while it does exist and most of it's tech specs seem to be accurate, it is headed just to Verizon which is a carrier in the US. Since there is no Verizon coverage in Malaysia, it just means we'll never see it here. However, to confirm rumours about it, here are some of the confirmed tech specs about the Nokia Lumia 928:

• 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor
• 1GB Ram
• 32GB flash memory storage
• 4.5-inch AMOLED display (768 x 1280, ClearBlack, 500 nits)
• 8.7MP camera sensor + 26mm wide-angle Carl Zeiss lens (F/2.0 aperture)
• Xenon Flash + LED flash
• Records 1080p video at 30fps
• HAAC wide dynamic range microphones
• 2000 mAh battery
• 4G LTE + WiFi a/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 + NFC support

The Nokia Lumia 925 offers a number of nifty software features to go with the metal body. While it isn't the same as the Samsung Galaxy S4's S features, it does have a very close resemblance, especially since one of the features includes an eraser shot mode or as Nokia put it, the Remove Moving Objects feature for the Nokia Smart Camera add-on.

Other notable features include the Nokia Smart Camera: Action Shot, Nokia Smart Camera: Change Faces, and the Nokia Lumia 925's Low Light shot performance. As a reminder, most of these features will be available in the Nokia Smart Camera add-on which will be made available for Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones in the next few months.

Metal and polycarbonate Mix!

We really like it when rumours get confirmed, especially nice rumours like the aluminum chassis for the Nokia Catwalk, or the Nokia Lumia 925 as it is officially known. Released officialy in the Nokia event in London yesterday, the Nokia Lumia 925 isn't entirely aluminum unibody as earlier leaked images and rumours suggested. Rather it has a mix of plastic polycarbonate back with metal chassis. A matte metal band design goes around it with the aluminum frame acting as an antenna amplifier making it both tough and a better working phone. At the event, it was revealed that the Nokia Lumia 925 should arrive from June onwards and it will be priced at around RM1828.