Nokia's latest effort to corner the Windows Phone market quietly debuted this week with the unveiling of the value-priced Lumia 525.

The 4-inch, sub-$200 smartphone is not expected to reach U.S. customers any time soon, but the handset will go on sale before the end of the year in various locations in Africa, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East, Nokia said.

A variant of the popular Nokia Lumia 520, the new device sports the same screen size and 800-by-480 resolution, with the teeniest of pixel density upgrades—from 233 ppi to 235 ppi—and a boost up to Bluetooth 4.0 support.

The Lumia 525 doubles the amount of RAM in the Lumia 520 to 1GB, with the addition of 8GB memory and an expandable MicroSD slot up to 64GB. The new phone also comes with 7GB of free Microsoft SkyDrive cloud storage.

Source: PC Magazine