Microsoft Devices group held an event in Dubai for the regional launch of Lumia 930, Lumia 630 Single SIM/Dual SIM and Lumia 635. Direct from event, we have brought you an exclusive hands-on with the flagship Lumia 930 and budget phone Lumia 630 in Pakistan.
During the regional launch event of Microsoft Devices in Dubai just a day ago, we had a chance to interview Mr. Ifi Majid – Head of Global Sell-In and Customer Engagement, Product Marketing, Smart Devices, for Microsoft Devices Group (formerly Nokia Devices).
Microsoft initially announced the flagship Lumia 930 and budget smartphones 630 and 635 back in April during the Build Conference 2014. Yesterday all these devices were launched in Middle East, Near East and North Africa during the event held in Dubai.
Yesterday evening, at a regional conference held in Dubai, Microsoft Devices announced that the first Lumia devices running Windows Phone 8.1 which include Lumia 930, Lumia 630 Single Sim/Dual Sim and Lumia 635 LTE/4G are now available across the Middle East, Near East including Pakistan and North Africa.
Yesterday, during an event in Lahore, Microsoft Devices Pakistan (previously Nokia Pakistan) launched the second and bigger Android smartphone the Nokia XL in Pakistan. Nokia XL enhances the performance from the previous Nokia X by increasing the RAM as well as it comes with the bigger 5” screen and 2 megapixels front-facing camera.
Nokia XL derives with the same tile-based user interface inspired by the Lumia family as it came with Nokia X. Software side is completely similar in Nokia X family. Nokia XL comes with a bigger 5″ display with 2MP front-facing camera –a must have for video calling – and a 5MP rear-facing, autofocus camera with LED flash, increased 768 MB of RAM. Nokia XL will be available in bright green, orange, cyan, yellow, black and white.
Microsoft has sent an e-reminder to the media and online blogosphere letting them start wondering what’s coming up from the Lumia smartphone family on the 10th of the June 2014 in Dubai, UAE. There is no words about the device or devices.
First ever dual SIM Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 630 with the latest Windows Phone 8.1 OS is now available in Pakistan. Lumia 630 packs with quad-core 1.2GHz processor and a Clear Black 4.5” LCD screen.
Nokia X might not run Google Play Store out of the box but there is a vareity of third party app stores that you can download and install right from Nokia Store or from the web browser without any hassle that include “Yandex.Store”, “Aptoide Appstore”, “Mobango”, “SlideME Market” and “1Mobile Market”.
Rumours usually come true but some actually surprise many as they are just not supposed to be true. The later fact actually happened when the Finnish phone manufacturer, Nokia announced its very first Nokia X family of devices powered by Google’s Android mobile OS during this year’s Mobile World Congress. We have a thorough review of Nokia X inside. Get more details now.
