Android-based Nokia X smartphone to launch in India in march 2014 Rs 8,500 Review, Details

Android-based Nokia X smartphone to launch in India in march 2014 Rs 8,500 Review, Details

Nokia’s Android smartphone, the Nokia X will be available in India on 15 March and is priced at Rs 8,500. The smartphone is already listed online on The Mobile Store’s website . Currently the date and the price of the smartphone have been removed from the online site.

The listing was first spotted by Maktechblog.com, which showed the date as 15 March and the price as Rs 8,500. While the phone will officially be available from 15 March, Nokia is hosting a media event to launch the device on 10 March where it will officially announce all the prices.

Nokia had announced three Android smartphones as part of the X series at the Mobile World Congress last month. The devices will be known as the X, X+ and XL and Nokia had said at the time of the launch that the smartphones would be available ‘very soon’ in India. Nokia also said that the Nokia X would start retailing for 89 euros (approx Rs 7,600), the X+ for 99 euros (approx Rs 8,400) and would hit stores in Q2 this year.

Nokia X and X+ have four-inch screens, while the Nokia XL has a 5-inch phone. The Nokia X and X+ feature 4-inch displays with a 800×480 pixel resolution. Nokia did not announce the chipsets on stage, but both phones have a Snapdragon S4 SoC with a dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz.

There’s 512MB of RAM on the Nokia X, while the X+ gets 768MB of RAM. Both have 4GB internal storage and the ability to take in micro SD cards up to 32GB in capacity.

The camera however, is a disappointing 3-megapixel on the rear and there’s no front-facing camera. Both phones have a 1500 mAh battery, rated for around 13 hours of talk time on 2G and 17 days standby time. In terms of connectivity, the X and X+ have dual SIM slots, 3G cellular data, Wi-Fi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0. The Nokia X is available in its Black, Green, Cyan, Yellow, Red, and White colour variants.

Nokia XL has 768MB RAM, 5MP auto-focus camera with LED flash on the back and 2MP front camera. It also has a Snapdragon S4 processor.

The phones run Android, although Nokia has tied up the login and app data to Microsoft’s cloud services. The phones run a version of Android Open Source Project, with access to sideloading of apps, third-party app stores and Nokia’s own store.

Users will get Skype, Outlook and OneDrive on these phones, while search is powered by Bing. Users will also get one month of free Skype calls to mobiles and landlines when they purchase the Nokia X.

Nokia Lumia 1020 Review, Details, Price, Features, Captured Photo

Nokia Lumia 1020 Review, Details, Price, Features, Captured Photo

Smartphone cameras have gotten very good over the past two years. There are impressive cameras in the i Phone 5 (8 Mp) and Samsung Galaxy S4 (13 Mp). To prove that it isn't about megapixels, the HTC One has a great 4 Mp. low-light camera.

The hig leap forward was the Nokia Lumia 1020. Its whopping 41 Mp camera could have set off another megapixel rat race, but it isn't about the megapixels behind that Carl Zeiss lens, but how well they're used. Even with low-resolution everyday photos.Or you can take high-res photos and later crop and zoom digitally without decreasing image quality. And the 1020 now supports the uncompressed RAW digital formal preferred by pro photographers. As smartphone. overall, the Nokia Lumia 1020 is far from the top. It runs Windows, which is still rather challenged on the apps front, even with Instagram and other popular app added. But if you want a great camera with a phone, or if you're a photographer looking for a backup camera and a backup phone, this is it.

Nokia Lumia 1320, 525, Asha 500, Asha 503 New Handsets Price Details

Nokia Lumia 1320, 525, Asha 500, Asha 503 New Handsets Price Details

PRIOR to its impending acquisition by Microsoft, Finnish handset giant Nokia on Friday announced the launch of five new devices across its Lumia and Asha range of smart-phones 10 strengthen its position in die Indian smartphone market.

The company will launch two new devices under its Windows-powered Lumia range -1320 and 525 - while two handsets in Nokia's affordable smartphone category - Asha 500 and Asha 503 - will be introduced by January next year.

Asha 502. which is now available for about Rs 5,969. has features like three-inch screen and 5 MP camera. While the prices of the Lumia devices were not announced, the Asha 500 and 503 will be priced at about Rs 4,499 and Rs 6,799 respectively. "2013 has been a good year for Lumia in India. We have launched nine Lumia devices this year and with these two new devices, we are confident that more people will switch to Lumia." Vipul Mehrotra. Middle East and Africa Director (Smart Devices). Nokia India, told reporters here. The devices to be made available are to be launched in India in the same quarter in which software giant Microsoft is expected to complete the acquisition of Nokia.

Microsoft has acquired Nokia's handset business for over USD 7 bill ion and the transaction is expected to close in first quarter of 2014. In 2011, both the companies had partnered to use Microsoft's operating system for Nokia range of smartphones. Lumia.

The Lumia 1320 is Nokia's second phablet with six-inch screen with 720p HD display. Designed on the lines of Lumia 1520, the new device is priced at USD 339. which is almost half of die price of its predecessor. It also features a 1.7 Ghz dual core processor. GB RAM. 5MP camera and 3400 mAh battery.

The Lumia 525. which is globally priced at USD 199. features a four-inch touchscreen. Snapdragon's 1Ghz dual core processor and 1GB RAM. Nokia, which launched the Asha series of affordable smartphoncs for emerging markets like India, launched four devices this year in the scries.

The Asha 503 will feature a three-inch scratch resistant Gorilla Glass screen. 5MP camera, offer 3.5G HSPA speed and feature.

The Asha 500 features a 2.8 inch screen and 2 MP camera.