The rumours that Nokia had more than one Android-powered smartphone in the works turned out to be correct. Along with the Nokia X, Nokia today announced the Nokia X+ and the Nokia XL. As with their sibling, these two handsets are “priced to capture the fast-growing affordable smartphone market and provide an on-ramp to Lumia and Microsoft services like Skype, OneDrive and outlook.com.”
Like the Nokia X, the Nokia X+ and Nokia XL are using a heavily modified version of Google Android with a user interface that shares much with Windows Phone. They will not offer Google Mobile Services but instead offer similar offerings from Nokia and Microsoft.
Nokia X+ specifications:
- Processor: 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
- Operating system: Google Android
- Cellular connectivity: HSPA/GPRS
- Other connectivity: A-GPS, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0+HS
- Display: 4-inch WVGA (480×800/233PPI) IPS LCD
- RAM: 768MB
- Internal storage: 4GB
- External storage: MicroSD cards up to 32GB (4GB card included)
- Rear-facing camera: 3MP FF
- Front-facing camera: None
- Connectors: 3.5mm audio jack, micro-USB
- Battery: 1,500mAh
- Dimensions: 115.5 × 63 × 10.4 millimeters
- Weight: 129 grams
- Colours: Green, Red, Cyan, Yellow, Black, White
- Other: Dual-SIM
Nokia XL specifications:
- Processor: 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4
- Operating system: Forked version of Google Android
- Cellular connectivity: HSPA/GPRS
- Other connectivity: A-GPS, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0+HS
- Display: 5-inch WVGA (480×800/187PPI) IPS LCD
- RAM: 512MB
- Internal storage: 4GB
- External storage: MicroSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 3MP FF
- Front-facing camera: None
- Connectors: 3.5mm audio jack, micro-USB
- Sensors: Ambient light sensor, accelerometer, proximity sensor
- Battery: 2,000mAh
- Dimensions: 141.4 × 77.7 × 10.9 millimeters
- Weight: 190 grams
- Colours: Green, Orange, Cyan, Yellow, Black, White
- Other: Dual-SIM
Like the Nokia X, the Nokia X+ and Nokia XL are not designed to be high-end devices but are aimed at emerging markets where smartphone adoption is still a relatively new phenonemon.
The Nokia X+ and Nokia XL will launchin the same markets as the Nokia X, namely Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, starting in early April. The Nokia X+ will sell for €99 (about CA$150) and the Nokia XL for €109 (about CA$167).
Source : Nokia