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Nokia X India launch and hands on

Nokia X India launch and hands-on

Published On: 10 March 2014 16:33 IST

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Nokia X India launch and hands-on

Nokia India's Director - Marketing, Viral Oza, formally launched the Nokia X in India on Monday
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The Nokia X is an important part of Microsoft and Nokia's strategy to capture the entry-level smartphone market
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Nokia X India launch and hands-on

The Nokia X was launched in India on Monday, barely a few weeks after its global debut at the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
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Simultaneous events were held in Mumbai and Delhi to launch the Nokia X in India. The Nokia XL and Nokia X+ will be launched separately, within 60 days
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The Nokia X models will fit in between the existing Nokia Asha and Lumia lines and act as "feeder" devices to help encourage users to upgrade to Lumia phones
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In addition to key apps being preloaded, users can browse through the Nokia Store or third-party app stores in lieu of the official Google Play store
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Rather than Google's suite of apps which ship with every Android phone, Nokia will use its own Maps app alongside Microsoft's email, messaging and cloud storage services
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Operator tieups in over 60 countries will let users pay for apps and content through their phone bills. Nokia claims this significantly increases the likelihood of a user making a mobile payment
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Nokia held a live demo of the Nokia X platform to show off its features and capabilities
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The Nokia X is quite light and easy to hold, but its coated body makes it tough enough to withstand a few falls
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The Nokia X is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 512MB RAM and 4GB of built-in storage
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The Nokia X screen is a 4-inch 480x800 pixel display with a capacitive touch sensor. The lockscreen shows notifications and you can respond to missed calls or messages by swiping
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The volume rocker and sleep/power button are on the right edge, similar to the placement on Lumia phones
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You'll find a standard headset jack on the top edge and a Micro-USB port on the bottom
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Nokia's Glance screen uses an extremely low-power mode to display a clock and essential alerts even when the screen is otherwise off
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When in standby, the Glance screen shows essential information. When woken up, swipe to the right to unlock the phone
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The main menu is made up of large colourful tiles similar to the Windows Phone interface. You can rearrange these as you like
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Scroll through the main menu to see all your installed apps and games
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You can scroll and swipe through the contact list just like any other modern smartphone
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Nokia has put a lot of effort into the custom UI design of the Nokia X. The "handle" on the bottom brings up a menu of options
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The Nokia Store app will help users find Android apps across a variety of third-party app stores
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Nokia X India launch and hands-on

The Web browser seems to be quite capable of handling most Web pages
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The Nokia X will be available in black, white, red, blue, green and yellow
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Nokia won't refer to the Nokia X as an Android phone, but rather a smartphone that runs Android apps.
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