Ever since the iPhone came out, it seemed that the age of Nokia had come to an end. However, the Finnish phone company did not surrender to competition and later on released its Lumia smartphone line.

Nokia was one of the first trying to cater to a wide market audience from the budget oriented buyers to the business focused executives. The Lumia phone line was a testament to that, from their 500 series up to their 1300 series.

One of the first budget phones to make a breakthrough in the market was the Lumia 520. While this device has its faults, most were minimal setbacks which users didn't bother to complain about too much in the long run. However, Nokia still saw to improve upon the model and released their Lumia 525.

The Lumia 525 comes in bright and catchy colors such as yellow, green, and red. The colored polycarbonate shells are unique to Nokia and are also present in the higher-end Lumia lines. Naturally, these also come in black and white for those who don't want their phones to stand out too much. A bonus to that is that the shells can be swapped out for another color if the original color does not appeal to the user.

When it comes to the specs, the 525 is similar to its predecessor except for a doubled amount of RAM after much public demand. It still sports the Snapdragon S4 Plus dual-core 1GHz processor, but a lot of other Android phones are already putting quad-core processors into their devices while keeping within the same price range.

Currently, the Lumia 525 goes for $160 and is standard for a budget handset of its class. For the Lumia 525's price range, its specs and hardware are reasonable enough, but Nokia may need to step it up a notch. At a similar price range, most other phone manufacturers are already offering faster and better handsets than the Lumia budget line.

If Nokia does not offer something better than it's most recent budget phones, they might have to consider surrendering to the leading tech companies after all.