What you see above is a leaked press image of the Nokia Lumia 929, a device heading to the Verizon network in USA, exclusively. The image comes via @evleaks who has a good track record of getting it right. So, assuming the name is right, the Lumia 929 sports a 20 Megapixel PureView Camera on its back, which is purportedly the same one that is coming up on the Lumia 1520 too. The device also looks to have a polycarbonate matte body, which looks similar to the one on the Lumia 720.
While we have already seen renders of the purported Nokia Asha 500 and its dual shot style shells, the bigger news to report here is that Whatsapp is finally coming to the Asha software platform, which includes the highly popular Asha 501 too. If the above leaked press image is to be believed(usually very trustworthy because of @evleaks), Whatsapp will finally arrive for the new Nokia Asha series. This has been THE highly requested app on Nokia Asha 501, and we are glad to see that it is indeed coming, but when is the question.
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Nokia has released the above picture on its social media channels, signaling an event in the middle east(likely Dubai or Abu Dhabi) on October 22nd, presumably for the Lumia 1520 Phablet and the Nokia Sirius Windows RT tablet launch. This news comes after rumours that Nokia might delay or cancel some of its products after the Microsoft deal, which makes some sense as some products may overlap within the same company, but if the teaser is to be believed, we will definitely see the Lumia 1520 at least, with the Sirius launch now a big question mark.
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It’s been almost an year since Windows Phone 8 launched, but the growth has seen a spike only recently, with the Nokia Lumia 520 becoming the most popular Windows Phone, not just in India, but the world. India has definitely been a tough market to crack for anything other than Android. Even with the huge marketing and retail push by Nokia, the most trusted brand in India for quite a number of years, Windows Phone is just at 5.4% of the whole Smartphone market. With iOS and BlackBerry contributed even lesser, Android rules the market with more than 84% marketshare at least.
The two current flagships from their manufacturers, the Sony Xperia Z1 and the Lumia 1020 put up a good fight against each over photography. Sony announced their flagship, Xperia Z1 at the IFA 2013 in Berlin earlier in the month while Lumia 1020 was launched in July. You can check out our quick hands-on comparison video of the Xperia Z1 and Lumia 1020 right below.
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Nokia has just announced the 108, an affordable camera phone. The company announced the 105, an affordable phone at the MWC 2013 earlier this year which sold more than a million in India alone. The Nokia 106 and Nokia 107 Dual SIM was announced recently and the Nokia 108 has similar features that brings a VGA camera at an affordable price point and also comes in Dual SIM variant called 108 Dual SIM that lets you select which SIM card to use when making a call or sending a text message. It has softly rounded corners and raised island key. Continue reading “Nokia 108 affordable camera phone announced”
This has been blowing up on the Internet for the past few hours. New York Times reporter Nick Wingfield initially had this scoop that Nokia was testing Android on its Lumia range of devices as a “Plan B” if Windows Phone completely fails to take off. Yes, Nokia was indeed testing Android on its Lumias and it is speculated that it might have been a possibility in light of growing tensions between the two companies, with Microsoft failing to deliver features at a pace Nokia wanted it to. It is believed that this would have played a role in pushing Microsoft to acquire Nokia, but not a huge one, as insiders say that Microsoft was aware of this early on in the partnership.
This might be the biggest coup for Microsoft in India. IRCTC, the notorious Indian Railways train ticket booking website known for its crashes and slowness under usual heavy Indian loads has received an exclusive app for the Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 platforms, developed in partnership with Microsoft. This app will naturally let you book tickets, make PNR enquiries, check booking and cancellation histories and more. But the most important catch here is that the app will not be able to book tickets between 08:00 to 12:00 or 23:30 to 00:30 hrs of any day. This is presumably to reduce the expected additional load from mobile devices in the peak booking times, due to this app. You can download the app for Windows 8 here (link now LIVE) and Windows Phone 8 here.
Nokia India launched the 114, an affordable feature phone in India back in January earlier this year, now the company has launched the 114 again, but this has Urdu language support along with the Urdu keypad. With this, Nokia becomes the first ever company to launch a device device with Urdu language option in the country. This is a part of strategy of democratizing the reach and benefits of mobile telephony for consumers, says Nokia India. Continue reading “Nokia 114 with Urdu Keypad launched in India for Rs. 2579”
The Nokia Lumia 925 was launched in London a few months back, as the company’s answer to all the issues related to the Lumia 920. Concerns of bulk, thickness and similar looking design were addressed, with the Lumia 925 sporting a new Aluminium based design, a thinner and lighter build, bringing along some needed changes. The Lumia 920 was already a well rounded flagship smartphone, and with Nokia supposedly fixing all of its issues in the 925, does it make it the best Windows Phone currently available in the market? Our detailed review might help answering that question, read on.
Video Review
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Nokia has announced the launch of two new chargers – DT-601 and DC-19. The DT-601 is a wireless charger while the DC-19 is a portable charger. The DT-601 has the same functionality of its predecessor – DT-600, but comes in a more portable and affordable price range.
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Nokia Lumia 620 is a very familiar Windows Phone device that was launched in December 2012 and has been available since January earlier this year. Nokia Lumia 620 is one of the popular mid-range Windows Phone devices and it comes with exchangeable back covers. Today we bring you the hands-on of Nokia Lumia 620 with its water proof IP 45 case.
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The LG G2 is the company’s latest flagship smartphone that was launched at an event in New York last month, and the Lumia 1020 is the latest smartphone with a 41-megapixel camera sensor that was announced back in July. The LG G2 is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU, while the Nokia Lumia 1020 is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Check out the quick hands on comparison from the IFA.
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Just before the IFA, Nokia had announced Nokia 515, a premium feature phone. The Nokia 515, unlike other feature phones, is clad in Aluminum and hence it takes the design of feature phones to a new level. Check out our quick hands-on video of Nokia 515 from IFA.
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Among the many Android smartphones that were showcased during the IFA 2013 in Berlin, Nokia showcased its feature phone – Nokia 207. It was announced back in July. Check out our hands-on video of the Nokia 207.
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