Nokia Tightens Its WP8 Portfolio With New Lumia 720 and 520

Bangalore: Adding to its portfolio of Windows Phone 8 Smartphones, Nokia had released Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 at the ongoing Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Out of the two devices, Lumia 720 is exclusively aimed at India and China and is supposed to hit the stores by Q2 this year.

According to Jo Harlow, Nokia’s EVP for Smart Devices, the 720 is aimed to bring the qualities and features of a high end Smartphone in an affordable price tag.

Both phones carry Nokia’s Super Sensitive Touch Technology which allows the users to provide touch input even with their gloves on, or with nails. Lumia 720 has a 1GHz dual core Snapdragon S4  processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB of internal memory and an expansion slot which support upto 64 GB. 720 offer high end camera experience with its 6.7 megapixel with F1.9 aperture and a Carl Zeiss lens. An LED flash assists the camera that can record HD videos of 720 pixels at 30fps. The secondary, 1.3 MP camera supports wide angle shoots which is apt for video calls. The 4.3 inch WVGA LCD screen is protected with Gorilla Glass 2.0

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Apart from this, the NFC enabled device comes in Nokia’s trademark colorful shells and a bunch of pre loaded applications, an optional wireless charging shell and 7 GB of free SkyDrive storage.

Coming to the lower end Lumia 520 with a 4 inch screen, a similar 1 GHz processor powers the operations. It also has almost the similar features like 720 apart from the camera which is 5 MP and comes without a flash support. The device also lacks a front facing cam. The device is expected to be the cheapest Windows Phone 8 Smartphone available when it hits the market. According to Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia, “The Lumia 520, we believe, delivers the best performance of any smartphone at this price point.”

With a bolstering portfolio which adds new device every now and then, Nokia is surely setting up a single headed army on its own to battle the android varieties.

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