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The Next Big Thing! Nokia Unveils a Triad of Android Smartphones

For the past three years, Nokia primarily powered its devices with the Windows phone OS but, the limitations of that OS prevented the Nokia phone makers from building a low-priced smartphone. Nokia is now targeting emerging markets with its three low-priced Smartphones that use Google’s Android operating system rather than the Windows operating system.

This giant technology firm followed a new way by introducing three Android Smartphones, Nokia X, Nokia X+, and Nokia XL. These new Android Smartphones are powered by Qualcomm’s 1GHz Snapdragon dual core processor and feature a Lumia-style design with a myriad of color choices. The operating system of these X series is a modified version of Android’s Jellybean, and the home screen looks similar to Windows Phone.

Nokia X: Nokia X Smartphones boast a 4-inch IPS capacitive display and a 3 megapixel rear camera. In addition to this, it also includes 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of storage, which can be expanded through its MicroSD card slot.

Nokia X+: Nokia X+ is almost identical to Nokia X but is packed with more storage space and memory owing to the inclusion of a 4GB MicroSD card and 768MB RAM.

Nokia XL: Nokia XL Smartphones boasts a 5-inch display with a 2-megapixel front end camera and a 5 megapixel rear camera. Like the Nokia X+, it too comes with a 4GB MicroSD card. It also includes 768MB of RAM.

This X-series is not coming to countries where high-end Smartphones reign supreme. For instance, these Android Smartphones aren’t touching the US, Korean, and Japanese markets. Nokia will pump the X series into Asian countries like China, Thailand, India and Mexico.

For more information, visit http://www.nokia.com/global/search/?action=siteSearch&qt=nokia&weight=products

Nokia To Launch Low-Cost Android Smartphone Later This Month

This week has seen a flurry of interesting information regarding Nokia’s Normandy phone, dubbed as Nokia X. Despite being in the final stages of sale to Microsoft Corp., it’s hard to believe that Nokia appears to be moving forward with its first-ever Android Smartphone later this month. The phone is rumored to be the replacement for the Asha series in the emerging markets. According to The Wall Street Journal reports, the Finnish company is preparing to unveil the low-cost Android Smartphone at the Mobile World Congress conference, which takes place in Barcelona in February. This much-discussed Android device will also target emerging markets, but won’t promote some key features that are typically seen on Google’s Android platform, including the Google Play app store.

The Nokia Normandy’s specifications to look out for include:

  1. Four inch touch screen with a 480×800 pixel resolution

  2. Powered by a dual-core, 1GHz Snapdragon processor with 512MB of RAM.

  3. 4GB internal memory with a MicroSD card slot

  4. Operating system – Android 4.4 KitKat

  5. 5-megapixel rear camera

  6. A modest 1500mAh battery

  7. Expected to come in six different colors.

A few years ago, Nokia was dominating the whole cell phone market and generating raves. But now it has lost ground due to the growing popularity of Android worldwide. The instant decision to release the Android phone underscores how badly both Microsoft and Nokia miscalculated the mobile market. For more information, visit http://mashable.com/2014/02/10/nokia-android-smartphone-microsoft/