First look
Tech blogs have some leaked images of a new Nokia phone for Microsoft Windows Phone. Reportedly named Nokia Lumia 601, the phone seems to be an upcoming inexpensive upgrade to the new Lumia series. The Finnish mobile maker has already announced two models of Lumia – 800 and 710 – for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Hopefully, the new Lumia 601 will hit stores early next year with some fantastic features and specs.
What’s new?
Nokia has just brought into fore two Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the recent update to Windows Phone from Microsoft. Rumor mills have found leaked images of the new Lumia phone with an 8-megapixel camera with full focus and f/2.8 or 4.3 lens. Nokia has not revealed anything about the device. However, rumormongers assume that it is Lumia 601, a lower end version of Lumia series with WP7.5 Mango.
What’s been refreshed?
Lumia 601 will be another brilliant WP7.5 Mango phone from the Finnish mobile maker. Most certainly, it will be a low-priced version of the Lumia series that plays with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Lumia 601 will be a lower version of Lumia 710, which will come into stores early next year with some interesting specs and capabilities.
Features walkthrough
Low-price version: If rumors come true, Lumia 601 will be the most affordable Windows Phone smartphone from Nokia that has a deal with Microsoft to produce hardware solutions for its Windows Phone. Nokia sells Lumia 800 for a price of $584 and Lumia 710 for a price just around $500. So, let us hope that Nokia will be selling the rumored Lumia 601 for a price below $400. Thus, more people can enjoy the savor of Windows Phone 7.5 Mango across the world.
8-megapixel camera: Though a low-end device, Lumia 601 is to have an 8-megapixel rear camera, images show up. Currently, only top-tier phones like iPhone 4S, Droid RAZR, Lumia 800 and others have 8-megapixel rear cameras. To have a high quality camera on a low-priced phone means more people can use the advanced camera features.
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango: The new version of Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango comes with many incredible features like a revamped user interface, lots of apps, great web browsing and gaming experience. You can enjoy all these facilities on Lumia 601 as its runs on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
What’s good?
Nokia Lumia 601 will be yet another brilliant WP7.5 Mango phone from Nokia. The company is yet to avail its Windows Phone-enabled smartphones in global markets. The company is on its way to retain its lost reputation in global markets with some incredible smartphones. It is part of such an attempt the company has reached in an agreement with Microsoft to build hardware for Windows Phone. Lumia 601 will be one of the first WP phones from Nokia. Hence, it will have lots of features and capabilities to entice customers from Android and Apple iOS charisma.
What’s not so good?
No details about the tech specs and features of Lumia 601 are available. So it is not possible to review the phone and to find its drawbacks. Anyway, it is a bit disbelieving to say that Lumia 601 will have an 8-megapixl camera and at the same will be priced lower than Lumia 710, which has only a 5-megapixel camera.
Price and availability
The product lives only in rumors. The company has not announced the device, so no details of its price and availability are accessible. Indeed, being a lower-end smartphone, it may be priced below Lumia 710.
Wrap-up
Nokia has been a leader of mobile industry for a long period. But after the evolution of companies like Apple and Samsung, domination of the Finnish company lost significantly. Nokia is now struggling hard to retain its name as the largest maker of phones in the world. It is part of such an attempt the company unveils fresh products now and then these days. Nokia has to fight a lot against the products of companies like Apple and Samsung to keep up its presence on world market.
