It is the first Android smartphone from NOKIA called NOKIA X after launching so many windows and symbian smartphones.It is a good chance for Nokia to compete against other smartphone companies.NOKIA X is also known as NOKIA NORMANDY,NOKIA A110 and NOKIA X DUAL sim in different countries.It is a budget smartphone with average configuration.Let's have a look.
AVALAIBILITY AND PRICE:-
It was launched on March 2014 and comes with 8500INR price tag.
SCREEN AND DESIGN:-
NOKIA X is a 4 inches IPS LCD capacitive multitouch upto 2 fingers touchscreen smartphone having 480*800 pixels screen size.It has 10.4 mm thick body and it weighs only 128.7 grams.Its look is quite similar to NOKIA ASHA 501 but not exactly. It's screen is average according to its price,sometimes it's screen will looks like dull.Its body design is quite good, its body is made up of polycarbonate plastic with matte finish.It consist of curved edges due to which it can be easily hold with one hand,and it is also not so slippery.Its display is average along with average viewing angle and it is very hard to use this phone under sunlight conditions.
OS:-
NOKIA X works on ANDROID 4.1.2 Jellybean OS but its UI is not looks like other Android devices.It is good combination of windows functionality and Android platform.Its UI consist of live tiles instead of Android widgets which is looking very refresh and cool.
MEMORY:-
It comes with 4GB of internal storage which is expandable upto 32GB via micro SD card but you will get only 1.3 GB user available space.
RAM AND PROCESSOR:-
NOKIA X comes with 1.2 ghz dual core cortex A-5 CPU with Qualcomm snapdragon s4 play MSM8225 chipset and 512 MB ram.Its processor performs average and able to handle tasks.Its benchmark are very good and better than some other budget smartphones.Its touch is smooth but it takes 1 or 2 seconds to launching a app but after that you can enjoy your app without any lag.It can run games with ease,thanks to Adreno 203 GPU,but it can't run full HD games as we know that it is a low end device.NOKIA X is built using Android open source project and it is not certified by Google,that means there is no Google playstore but don't be panic because you will find similar service from Microsoft.Also there are so many preloaded apps like skype,facebook,viber,vine,BBM,opera mini,twitter and so many games.
CAMERA:-
It comes with 3.15MP fixed focus back camera which is capable of record 480p video at 30fps.There is no LED flashlight for low light conditions and no front camera for video calling.Its camera is just basic. It takes a little bit time to click a pic which is very annoying.Its picture quality is just average.In good light conditions its performance is good but in low light conditions its performance decreases,but who cares about low light performance in this price range.Other camera features are Geo tagging,face detection,panorama etc.
BATTERY AND FEATURES:-
It comes with 1500 mah battery which gives 13 hrs 20 mins talktime that means more than 1 day battery on normal uses which is good.Other features are SNS integration and predictive text input.
CONCLUSION:-
It is an average smartphone with average configuration and specifications,but you can't enjoy Google applications which can dissapoint you.There is a refreshing new UI with a low cost which is its pros,but i think you should go for other Android options in this price range.
GADnDOWN:-
Down it.