Nokia X Android phones steal limelight from Samsung's S5 at MWC 2014 Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nokia-x-series-android-phones-launched-at-mwc-2014/1/345655.html

Even before the world's biggest mobile trade show had begun, the Samsung Galaxy S5 was tipped as a show stealer at the ongoing Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014. But the Nokia X series of of low-cost Android phones took away the limelight from the Samsung's much hyped flagship.

The Finnish handset maker unveiled three variants in this Android phone series--Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL--for 89 euros, 99 euros and 109 euros respectively. With the affordable prices, Nokia targets to sell these devices in emerging markets, where people are shifting from feature to smartphones.

The Nokia X series got listed on is India website as coming soon but exact prices have not been revealed for now. However, when we convert the euros in rupees; all the phones are in subRs.10,000 categories. So, we can assume those to be priced between Rs.6,000 to 9,000 range. And, with this price point, Nokia X series Android phones are all set to challenge the competition.

On specifications front, all three devices are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual Core processor and are dual SIM. Popular apps like BBM, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Viber, Vine and Twitter come pre-installed.

While The Nokia X comes with 4-inch IPS LCD screen, 512MB RAM and a 3-megapixel rear camera, its better variant has 768MB RAM and a 4GB MicroSD card. Nokia X+ is almost the same as the X except for storage.

The Nokia XL comes with comes with a 5-inch display and 5-megapixel rear and 2-megapixel front-facing cameras. It is powered by 768MB RAM.

Despite running on the Google-owned Android OS, the Nokia X phones do not come with pre-installed Google Play Services. Though, Android apps could be accessed through third party app stores. The Nokia X series is not a typical Android phone as it retains Microsoft's services ecosystem like OneDrive, Outlook and Skype.

Nokia has tried to make a hybrid sort of platform that runs on widely used Android OS with Microsoft services. While all these devices run on a trimmed version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Nokia has claimed 75 per cent of all Android apps are compatible with Nokia X.

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