INokia Lumia 525 iyi-terminal enama-intshi amane esikrini enesixazululo esingu-800 × 600 nesikrini se-IPS. Ngaphakathi sithola iprosesa yeQualcomm Snapdragon S4, ene-1 GB ye-RAM ne-8 GB yesitoreji sangaphakathi. Ifike emakethe ekuqaleni kuka-2014 futhi yaba ne-Windows Phone 8 njengohlelo olusebenzayo. Ngokushesha ngemuva kwalokho, iMicrosoft ikhiphe isibuyekezo ukuze isebenze ngeWindows Phone 8.1 kepha kulapho bekukhona, ishiywe ngaphandle Windows 10 ukuthuthukiswa kweselula okukhishwe yiMicrosoft ngonyaka odlule. Kepha lokhu akusho ukuthi abasebenzisi balesi siginali kufanele basigcine ekhabetheni futhi bakhohlwe ngakho, ngoba kungenzeka ukufaka i-Android M kuso.
Njengomqondo, I-Android M ingafakwa ngemikhawulo. Ilungu labathuthukisi be-xda lishicilele amavidiyo amaningi lapho singabona khona ukuthi kungenzeka kanjani ukusebenzisa i-Android 6.x ku-terminal ebikade isebenza ne-Windows 8.1 futhi engakaze ithole inketho yokufaka inguqulo yakamuva ye-Windows 10 Mobile. Ngokusobala lokhu ukuhlolwa kokuqala futhi eminye imisebenzi ayitholakali njengomsindo noma ukuxhumana kepha kuyakhuthaza futhi ngomsebenzi omncane mhlawumbe sizokwazi ukuvuselela leso siginali siye ku-Android M.
Umsebenzisi wabathuthukisi be-xda ususe iWindows Phone kusuka ku-terminal naku-UEFI firmware. Kamuva bekufanele ufake i-bootloader, usebenzise i-TWRP bese ufaka iCyanogenMod 13. Ngomqondo, noma iyiphi i-terminal enezinto ezifanayo ezifana ne-Lumia 520, yize inememori engaphansi ye-RAM futhi ingaphatha le nguqulo yeCyanogenMod 13, yize ukusebenza kwesigamu sememori ye-RAM kungathinteka futhi kungahle kungakufanele, kepha inguqulo endala enezidingo ezimbalwa kungenzeka.
Okwamanje asazi uma kungenzeka ukufaka i-Android M kulawa ma-terminals ekugcineni kuzofika nokunye okunjalo, kodwa impela kuzoba yizindaba ezinhle kulaba basebenzisi ngoba benganikeza impilo entsha kumatheminali abo asezofakwa kudilowa angaphinde aphume futhi.