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Nokia X Android Phone launched in India @ 8599/- INR

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DDIF
DDIF Original post #1
Mar 10, 2014 at 1:26 PM
Nokia's first highly customized android phone is here folks.
NEW DELHI: Nokia has launched Nokia X, the first phone from the company to run on Google's Android operating system. The phone, priced at Rs 8,599, will be available through online and offline retailers across India starting Monday.

Nokia X was unveiled by Nokia on February 24, during the MWC at Barcelona in Spain, along with Nokia X+ and XL.

Nokia X sports a 4-inch WVGA LCD display (480 X 800p, 233ppi). The dual-sim phone is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and 512MB RAM. It comes with 4GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.

Nokia X features a 3MP fixed-focus camera and doesn't sport an LED flash. In terms of connectivity options, the phone offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and A-GPS. It comes with a 1,500mAh removable battery and the company claims a talk time of 10.5 hours on 3G and standby time of 28 days.

The phone runs a highly customised version of Android (based on Android 4.1.2) that has been stripped of Google services and apps including the Play Store. Nokia X comes with Nokia's own app store, HERE Drive and Maps for location service, and Nokia MixRadio music service.

​Nokia has also bundled Microsoft's cloud storage service, One Drive with the phone and is offering 10GB of One Drive storage for free, along with one month of free unlimited Skype calls to landlines and mobiles.
Source: Nokia X Android smartphone launched at Rs 8,599 - The Times of India
R
Mar 10, 2014 at 3:48 PM
6.5 - 7k is the right price range! 8.5 is too much for this specs.
$hadow
$hadow #3
Mar 10, 2014 at 4:48 PM
Nokia is just woken up from a long sleep. Happy 2012 for Nokia.
At least that is what the specs says.
Vyom
Vyom #4
Mar 10, 2014 at 5:15 PM
But it will still sell. Cause, "Nokia"!
harshilsharma63
Mar 10, 2014 at 7:29 PM
Better to get this than cheap Samgsung Droids.
SaiyanGoku
Mar 10, 2014 at 7:43 PM
CPU- based on cortex a5 :(
RAM 512 MB :(
camera- 3mp fixed focus :facepalm:

Nokia launched another 'smarter' phone like their 'smarter' asha series phones.
R
rish1 #8
Mar 10, 2014 at 10:03 PM
well i feel disappointed as a nokia fan.. 7500 would have been ok..

but then this is the last phone from Nokia so i guess they might be charging 1k for that emotional value factor lol
sksundram
Mar 10, 2014 at 10:08 PM
I am not going to suggest this phone to anybody. what a disappointment!
M
moniker #10
Mar 10, 2014 at 10:35 PM
Better to get this than cheap Samgsung Droids.

I'm no Samsung fanboy, but something like the S duos 2 is far better than this phone at the same price.
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #11
Mar 10, 2014 at 11:28 PM
an overprice product. if nokia could provide krait cpu on their lumia 520 currently selling for less than 8k with windows os (a paid one), why they cant do the same with a different os(android) that too open source??
saswat23
saswat23 #12
Mar 11, 2014 at 12:01 AM
^^ True
SaiyanGoku
Mar 11, 2014 at 12:16 AM
an overprice product. if nokia could provide krait cpu on their lumia 520 currently selling for less than 8k with windows os (a paid one), why they cant do the same with a different os(android) that too open source??

Because it will cannibalise the Lumia sales which nokia won't want to happen at any cost.
DDIF
DDIF #14
Mar 11, 2014 at 8:59 AM
I don't know the phone is smart or not but Nokia is smart enough to realize that they won't survive without Android.
G
Mar 11, 2014 at 11:53 AM
good joke.

If you invest 1500rs more, you get superior models in xolo.

Only nokia fans may buy.
rijinpk1
rijinpk1 #16
Mar 11, 2014 at 7:32 PM
Because it will cannibalise the Lumia sales which nokia won't want to happen at any cost.

every company will seek more profit and a 520 hardware along with android(at same price) will get sold more than the figures of 520.
jonty
jonty #17
Mar 14, 2014 at 12:55 PM
too much price asked for such a device..if cheap droids don't give goodness of android then this device tops the list of those droids....
the tagline for this device is "na ghar ka na ghat ka"...:lol:
R
Mar 16, 2014 at 2:21 PM
Yesterday I tried my hand on Nokia X.
Pro:-
Good Speaker
I find no lag after 1 hour of medium use
It has common android features like WiFi Tethering
Con:-
No Android type home screen,Only Windows tile homescreen with fastlane
User Inteface is crap


Nokia 502 is better than this
S
sumit05 #19
Mar 17, 2014 at 1:12 PM
[YOUTUBE]*www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29NdRIe1Hg&list=UUlVIlK8QHZ2PFkXF97bA0lg[/YOUTUBE]
sksksksk
sksksksk #20
Mar 17, 2014 at 4:52 PM
already better stuffs are provided by sumung and micromax!
Nokia should have tried this using with a more increased feature :(.. RAM is only 512 ??
R
rish1 #21
Mar 17, 2014 at 10:41 PM
an overprice product. if nokia could provide krait cpu on their lumia 520 currently selling for less than 8k with windows os (a paid one), why they cant do the same with a different os(android) that too open source??

once again i am repeating lumia 520 was sold at a loss to gain market share for windows phone .. had they not done this windows phone would have been declared dead by now.. outside of lumia 520,620 windows phone has been a flop till now..
whereas Nokia X is expected to make profit and there is no need to gain market share hence high price than lumia 520.. it may sound ridiculous since both are from same company but then you are forgetting this company was ruled by microsoft now they are getting independent... so they are really 2 companies Mr. Eflop and Mr. no Eflop

The problem with nokia X is not Bad pricing it is bad timing.. this device was in development since feb 2013 .. at that time the latest version available for android was 4.1 and the latest chip was cortex A5 with adreno 203 ( xperia E) .. they already had thousands of units produced by august but the launch delayed because of Microsoft.. had it been released in September the price would have been 6800 by now .. and don'f forget Xperia E1 just recently launched is the first Device in this range to sport cortex A7 cpu before this cortex a5 was the leader in this segment.. like galaxy Core , xperia E ,samsung low end phones ..

believe it or not there would be no difference in cost in producing nokia X with old hardware and xperia E1 with new hardware.. so they are stuck in this pricing if they have to make money.. it will fall down in price just like all other mobiles do by time.. consider these x,XL,X+ as prototypes late to the market.. the next versions will be coming out soon to replace these and with latest hardware for the segment.. besides android 4.1 is too heavy for 512 mb ram .. android 4.4 is the basic must for 512 mb phones
mohit9206
mohit9206 #22
Mar 18, 2014 at 12:10 PM
The phone was pitched by Nokia as below the Lumia line but its not.Its more expensive than L520 so as of now its worthless.It needs to be around 6k for it to be a good buy.
Yesterday I tried my hand on Nokia X.
Pro:-
Good Speaker
I find no lag after 1 hour of medium use
It has common android features like WiFi Tethering
Con:-
No Android type home screen,Only Windows tile homescreen with fastlane
User Inteface is crap


Nokia 502 is better than this

You can install a different launcher by sideloading it.All apps that do not rely on google's services will work.