Xtraordinarily xcellent: the Nokia X family
Today Nokia introduces a brand new family of smartphones, the Nokia X family, a range of handsets that combines Nokia design, build quality and services with the ability to run Android apps.
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The first three phones in the family – the Nokia X, X+ and XL – are priced between the existing Asha and Lumia lines, at €89, €99 and €109 respectively, to appeal to new smartphone users looking for popular apps and their first cloud services.
The X family boasts Nokia’s exciting, high quality hardware design and a range of bright colours. The brand new, tile-based Home screen offers you a simple, elegant way to manage your apps and phone functions and also reintroduces a redesigned version of the enormously popular Fastlane notifications centre – a second Home screen if you like – from the latest Asha devices.
Xciting services bring a smile
The Nokia X family offers terrific value with acclaimed Nokia and Microsoft services and experiences. HERE Maps with turn-by-turn navigation and offline maps are included. Nokia MixRadio offers hundreds of free streaming and offline playlists. Free cloud storage from Microsoft OneDrive with 7GB of space for free is included out of the box. There’s also access to Outlook.com as your email service. And there’s Skype with a month’s free calls to international landlines in selected markets.
All three of the devices are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon Dual Core processor and are Dual SIM. A range of third-party apps comes preinstalled, including BBM, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Viber, Vine and Twitter. As many more as you can fit can be obtained from the Nokia Store, third-party app stores and sideloaded.
Xtreme family resemblance
The table below covers the differences between the devices, but these are the highlights:
The Nokia X is the entry level member of the family, with 4-inch IPS LCD screen, 512MB RAM and a 3-megapixel camera. It will be available in green, black, white, yellow, cyan and red.
The Nokia X+ offers you a little more, as the name suggests: there’s 768MB RAM and a 4GB MicroSD card is included in the box. It comes in the same colours as the Nokia X.
Lastly, the clue is in the name for the Nokia XL, as well, with its 5-inch screen. The Nokia XL also boasts 768MB RAM, the free MicroSD card and it has both a 2-megapixel front-facing camera for Skype calls, as well as a 5-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and flash. The same colours are available as for the Nokia X and X+, except bright orange replaces the red with this model.
Check the speX
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Nokia X |
Nokia X+ |
Nokia XL |
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Screen |
4-inch LCD, 800 x 480px |
4-inch LCD, 800 x 480px |
5-inch LCD, 800 x 480px |
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RAM |
512MB |
768MB |
768MB |
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Storage |
Up to 32GB |
Up to 32GB |
Up to 32GB |
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Rear camera |
3-megapixel fixed focus |
3-megapixel fixed focus |
5-megapixel with autofocus and flash |
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Front camera |
– |
– |
2-megapixel |
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Processor |
8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz Dual Core |
8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz Dual Core |
8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz Dual Core |
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Networks |
ESGM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 WCDMA 900 / 2100 |
ESGM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 WCDMA 900 / 2100 |
ESGM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 WCDMA 900 / 2100 |
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Dimensions |
115.5 x 63 x 10.4mm |
115.5 x 63 x 10.4mm |
141.3 x 77.7 x 10.8mm |
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Weight |
128.66g |
128.66g |
190g |
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Standby time |
2G = Up to 28.5 days 3G = Up to 22 days |
2G = Up to 28.5 days 3G = Up to 22 days |
2G = Up to 41 days 3G = Up to 26 days |
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Talk time |
2G = Up to 13.3 hours 3G = Up to 10.5 hours |
2G = Up to 13.3 hours 3G = Up to 10.5 hours |
2G = Up to 16 hours 3G = Up to 13 hours |
The Nokia X will be available to buy immediately in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle-East and Africa. The Nokia X+ and XL are expected to be available from Q2 2014. The prices quoted do not include any local taxes or operator subsidies.
We’ll be bringing more details and interviews with the Xperts on the new Nokia X family over the next few days. But let us know your first impressions below.