NOKIA'S FIRST ANDROID PHONE -THE "NOKIA X" AN EXPERIMENT OR REVENGE?

THE NOKIA X, WEAPON OF NOKIA AGAINST THE CURRENT SMARTPHONE VENDORS

Before the  MWC(MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS) press conference, many details were leaked about nokia"s first Android smartphone, code named Normandy and likely to be called the Nokia X.
Nokia and Microsoft hope that devices like  Normandy will be bought for first-time smartphone users, one of the important fact will help nokia is, Nokia’s brand value and trust that still exists in the entry and mid-level devices in emerging markets. The promise of “Android” could help Nokia target those potential buyers who are not considering Windows Phone, which till now took Nokia completely out of the picture.

WHAT ACTUALLY NOKIA IS DOING......
Nokia is utilizing Google’s Android Open Source Platform (AOSP) that does not come with any Google’s services. Smartphone vendors pay a license fee to Google to get services like the Google’s Play app store, Google Maps, Gmail and others. However, Nokia won’t use any of Google’s services and will instead implement its own and Microsoft services, which means it won’t have to pay Google any licensing fee. Nokia has already developed its own app store for the platform and sources tell ,that they already have most of the top 100 apps on the store. Nokia will replace Google Maps with its own HERE maps while Gmail will be replaced by Microsoft’s Outlook and Google search by Bing. The device will also have Skype pre-installed, which would replace Google Hangouts.

PRICING....

It was always likely that the Nokia device would be placed in the affordable end of the market, simply because the high end of the smartphone market is highly crowded to say the least. But the information seeping out from the recent leaks also indicates that Nokia will target the smartphone at a similar price point to the previously released Nokia Asha; thus, we have a good idea of at what price point the Normandy will retail.latest update is coming from a Vietnamese online retailer . Vietnamese online retailer Techrum.vn has listed Nokia X on its website at a price of 2.2 mill to 2.5 mill VND (approximately $110). This is the first time that the pricing of the device has been revealed, while its specifications were leaked online over three months ago

SOME OF THE LEAKED SPECS OF THE NOKIA X.....

According to earlier reports, Nokia X will have a 4-inch screen with 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor, 512MB RAM, 5MP camera, Bluetooth 4.0, Android 4.4 (KitKat) operating system and 4GB internal storage. It is said to be a dual-sim smartphone and come in six colour options.The Finish manufacturer has scheduled an event for February 24 - the first day of MWC 2014 - where it is expected to take the covers off of Nokia X.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS......
After a couple of years , it will be interesting to see how this device performs, and i’ll keep my eyes open for more updates in the near future.

From the above information it is clear that microsoft is going to use normandy as a google killer.We will know on 24 Feb what is going to happen, up to what extent does it affects google or the current smartphone vendors....

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