Just a week ago, something unusual was heard, Nokia is coming up with its first Android based phone. There were several images, which were seen surfacing over a number of media. However, if you believe certain rumors, Nokia has been working hard since a couple of months over the Android phone. It is expected to be a budget phone, which would be armed with custom version of Skype and of course would be seen with the new dialer screen. This move can hamper its relationship with Microsoft yet Nokia seems to be busy in coming up with this move. Well, let’s check some of the vital aspects of Nokia Android Phone as under:

The designs similar to Asha phone

As per a number of pictures of appearing in different media, the experts feel that this phone is developed on the similar lines of Asha phone series from Nokia. In its pictures, you can find the same old two signal strength indications for both the SIM card similar to the pattern found over the Asha phones made for the Indian consumers. The look and feel of this phone and even its software would be similar to the earlier phones of Nokia especially the ones called Asha.  However, the experts feel that the new Android phones can redefine the Asha phone to a great extent. Nokia would certainly going to work on the look and feel of this upcoming phone making it better than the earlier ones and also in the terms of cost and other elements, the upcoming Nokia Android phone would be far better. You can even find features like Skype, SkyDrive and Office in it.

More mature feature

Though the approach of designing the Nokia Android phone device would be more or less the same as shown by the Microsoft, however, adding several elements of Google can certainly going to add a number of mature feature in it. In fact, much better than the features found in the earlier S40 phone devices, while these new platforms developed by Nokia can even work with limited memory as well. However, as far as the Google Play Store is concerned, whether Nokia will rely on it or would come with its own play store is still not clear and hence seen debating in the open forums.

Nokia Android Phone will change many things

Though the new tie up with Google, Nokia may not lose Microsoft completely but can hamper their older relations. The fact is with Google Android, Nokia is going to prosper in many ways. It will push the older designs of Asha in a big day thus making it a more modern and cost effective phone devices. Thus the Asha users are more likely to get something really tangible with the Nokia Android phones. However, at the other side, you can even see a number of developments taking place at the Windows side. Now Microsoft is planning to club the Windows Phone and Windows RT, which will definitely going to give the smartphone platform a very good power, which Nokia will not going to enjoy. This is the basic reason why Nokia has chosen to tread all together a different route.

]]> https://techymantraa.com/nokia-android-phone-interesting-venture-nokia/feed/ 0 https://techymantraa.com/microsoft-set-buy-nokia-handset-business/ https://techymantraa.com/microsoft-set-buy-nokia-handset-business/#respond Tue, 03 Sep 2013 10:08:09 +0000 https://teechymantra.com/?p=636

There is an interesting rumor in the market, which says that Microsoft- the software giant is all set to buy the handset business of Nokia and hence would license its patents for around 5.44 billion Euros or 7.2 billion dollars. This deal would change the nature of both these companies, now Nokia being a mobile phone company would transform into network equipment maker, whereas Microsoft Corp. the software giant would enter into a different domain. The official of both the companies are calling this deal as the moment of reinvention. However, the analysts are now very much sure about its prospects, hence this merger of two companies will emerge out a new competitor is really doubtful.

The share course

As per the reports, Microsoft Corp. would pay 3.79 billion Euros to Nokia for its devices unit whereas the remaining 1.69 billion it will pay for the patents.  Nokia climbed as much as 1.44 Euros to 4.40 Euros and would trade 45% higher at 4.30 Euros in Helsinki, which helped the company getting a market value of 16.2 billion Euros. There are certain speculations about this deal, which claims that whether the two companies would weigh each other down or simply prop each other. However, the other recent significant move by Microsoft in the hardware domain with products like the Surface tablet was seen selling out with some below expectations, which means the company will have to take charge to write down inventory last quarter.

After the deal

This deal will change a lot of things. Though the Microsoft Corp. would become a big hardware player, however, Nokia would be seen with a new paradigm shift, wherein it will shift its focus to software and technologies. After the final deal, Nokia has its own plan wherein the company would be focusing over its three current businesses, which all happen to be a pioneer in enabling the mobility in the relevant market segment. The NSN happens to be a pioneer in network infrastructure and services, the second one is HERE, which is a leading group in mapping and location services while the last one Advanced Technologies is among the top group in technology development and licensing domain. Once the deal is closed, the financial position of Nokia is likely to improve, which will eventually help in shagging the future investments of all these three businesses.

The Breakeven Point

Microsoft would require Nokia to sell out around 50 million smartphone devices on an annual basis. Currently Nokia is seen having a run rate of around 30 million units. This agreement would allow the software giant Microsoft to pump in more amount of money of 40 dollars a unit for each smartphone device as compared to the 10 dollars in gross profit, which the company is getting for each and every windows based phone. As per Microsoft, this deal would simply add to their earnings, which comply with the generally accepted accounting principles in the upcoming fiscal of 2016. The company therefore expects to have huge annual cost synergies of around 600 million dollars around 18 months after this deal finally closes. The officials from Microsoft are calling this deal as a win-win phenomenon for consumers, shareholders and the employees of both the players.

The Lumia series from Nokia is among the smart options in the smartphone devices. The company has embarked with several phones in this series, but if you talk about the top options in big screen you can call Nokia Lumia 625 and to some extent Lumia 620 as good alternatives to go with. However, before you actually take any decision, it is always better to compare the two and then take your buying decision. Let’s check the Nokia Lumia 620 versus the Nokia Lumia 625 as under:

The Build quality and durability

Both these devices have very much similar kind of designs and build-in qualities. Unlike the other Lumia phones these are simply colorful plastic rectangles. The Nokia Lumia 625 is much slimmer that is found out to be of 9.2 mm as compared to the 11 mm Lumia 620 phone. However, it is also a lot bigger and heavier, that comes at 159 grams while the 620 is merely of 127 grams.

The display

The Nokia Lumia 620 comes with a display of 3.8 inches and of 480 x 800 carrying a pixel density of 246 pixels per inch, which is certainly not a bad option for a budget smartphone. On the contrary, Lumia 625 is substantially bigger having 4.7 inches display, however, the resolution is similar of 480 x 800 that lead to a pixel density of 199 pixels per inch. So a phone with big screen over a low end phone is simply great and almost unique thing to see in smartphone world. However a 480 x 800 resolution simply doesn’t cut over a screen that size, hence you can go for a smaller Lumia 620 over the other one.

The Camera

The Nokia Lumia 620 carries a 5MP camera, which is competent to shoot 720p video at 30FPS, while the 625 also has the same 5MPcamera. However, if you look at the video capabilities, the latter seems to be slightly better than the other as it is competent to shoot 1080p video at 30FPS.

The Power

The Nokia Lumia 620 comes with a 1 GHz dual core processor having a 512 MB RAM, whereas the Lumia 625 has a slightly improved 1.2 GHz dual core processor with similar size RAM (512). Here you may not find a huge amount of power difference for either handset; however, Windows Phone 8 seems to work far better over the low end devices, so it’s not big problem over either of these devices.

Battery life, memory and connectivity

Talking about the battery life, Nokia Lumia 620 has a 1300 mAh battery, which can run up to 330 hours with a standby time of 9 hours and 50 minutes of talk time going for 61 hours for the 3G of music playback. On the other side, Nokia Lumia 625 has a far better battery of 2000 mAh, which can run for 552 hours for the standby time and 15 hours and 10 minutes of 3G talk time.

Both the devices come with a built in 8GB of storage backed by a support of micro SD cards that goes up to 64 GB, so there’s nothing much to talk about in the memory perse. However, for connectivity, there are a limited amount of differences in the two handsets connectivity options. The Lumia 620 supports Wi-Fi, 3G, NFC and Bluetooth 3.0, whereas Nokia Lumia 625 simply supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, and 4G. Hence to put in other words the Lumia 625 lacks in NFC, however, is promised with 4G.

Nokia is a big brand, which has brought up a variety of good mobile handsets and smartphone devices in the past. But with this latest smartphone device called Nokia Lumia 1020 it will re-establish in the market with a new name and identity. This will certainly going to make Nokia a leading brand in terms of smartphone giving a competition to Apple and Google. The much talked and hyped Nokia Lumia 1020 in coming future, which would be launched in the forthcoming event at New York. Lumia 1020 is known to have some of the most incredible camera of 41 MP shooter, which is among the most remarkable phones in Lumia series. It is a Windows 8 phone device, which comes at a hefty cost, but considering some of the most incredible features, Nokia Lumia 1020 stands out. Let’s check few of these as under:

The camera

One of the vital features of Nokia Lumia 1020 is the camera, and said above, it happens to be 41MP. It has the potentials of recording the ultra HD quality videos and pictures carrying a three dimensional in it. The camera is backed with a Pureview image processing software, which gives the user an incredible quality of picture or videos. The resolution of its camera is reported to be of high resolution (3x zoom) having the feature of autofocus and a dual flash system. It carries a small LED flash, which supplements the bigger Xenon flash. Lastly the audio technology as added by Nokia seems to be very rich, which enables the device to record crystal clear and distortion free sound even when you record things in a louder kind of environment.

General specs

Nokia Lumia 1020 runs on Windows 8, which is the latest operating system from Microsoft. It is powered by the processor- dual-core Snapdragon S4, carrying a 2GB RAM and the internal memory of 32GB with 7GB as free MS SkyDrive space for cloud storage. Furthermore, the graphic support found in this device is simply incredible, which happens to be with Adreno 330 Plus. The screen of Nokia Lumia 1020 is of 4.5 inches Amoled Pure Motion HD display of 1,280×768-pixel.  The Clear Black filter of Nokia is located at the top for cutting down the outdoor glare. Carrying a new guard, this phone has some of the most ultrasensitive touch screens, which can be operated using gloved hand or fingernail.

Its launch and price

Nokia Lumia 1020 is about to hit the US market first, followed by Britain and in Europe. This will follow the places at the east in countries like India, Thailand and other Asian countries, which is expected to be in the coming September of this year. Talking about the cost, as said above, this would be among the expensive devices (1000 dollars) from Nokia in Lumia series. But looking at the number of interesting features, which is still not revealed completely the above quoted cost by the company is worthy enough to choose.

Conclusion

Nokia this time has come up with entirely a different smartphone device with Nokia Lumia 1020. The powerful camera in it just the tip of the ice berg, which many of the other interesting features is still to come out. Let’s wait and watch for this incredible smartphone from Nokia.

Nokia is best with Windows Phones. Nokia Recently launched various windows phones that are Lumia series with various configuration and different – different cameras. Now Nokia confirms Lumia phone with 41MP camera

Last Year there are some rumors’ about Lumia 920 is coming with 41mp camera but this is not happen and it is launched with 8mp camera. Now Nokia confirms that he is launched a Lumia phone with 41mp camera.

On the Nokia Conversations website, the company has put up a teaser that says there will be “41 million reasons” to attend the July 11 event. “41 million” is a clear hint towards the 41MP camera, as it is the same number of pixels in the sensor of the upcoming Lumia phone. In the invite Nokia sent for the July 11 event, it said it will reinvent zoom, suggesting the launch of the phone currently being called Lumia EOS in tech circles…

In June 2012 Nokia already launched 808 previews which are having 41 mp cameras with 1.3Ghz ARM 11 processor and 512MB RAM.

This camera is run on Windows 8 phone operating system having wireless support and come in various colors like as all Lumia phones.

I personally use Lumia Phone with Windows 8 and I love to operate the phone. I am happy to see Lumia phone with 41MP camera.