The Abu Dhabi event is so important for the company as it would be the last event hosted by them before completing its take over. Microsoft has agreed to buy Nokia and which will be getting in to the final stage by the early weeks of 2014.
Nokia's former Chief Executive Stephen Elop admitted that choosing Windows Phone OS rather than Android OS has brought immense challenges to the company. "It's been hard. It's a very difficult challenge; it's a very competitive environment, but we're pleased with the fact that we're building momentum," he said.
Nokia Phablets:
Nokia World showed up two new phablets in their Abu Dhabi event. Dubbed Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1320, both the phablets pack a 6 inch display screen. There will be an extra row of live tiles in their home screen. As per the claims of the company, this extra space will be giving extra space for the touch screen key board, which will be useful for business users.
There would be a Beamer, which would stream the contents of the screen to a web browser on a separate display. There would be a new feature called the Refocus, which will allow the users to change the focus in an already taken picture.
The key features of Nokia Lumia1520 are:
• 6 inches display.
• Quad-core 2.2 GHz processor.
• Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black OS.
• 2 GB RAM.
• 32 GB internal storage.
• Expandable memory up to 64 GB .
• 20 MP primary camera.
• 1.2 MP front camera.
• Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery.
• Price: Rs. 46,000/- approximate.
The key features of Nokia Lumia 1320 are:
• 6 inches display.
• Dual-core 1.7 GHz processor.
• Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Black OS.
• 1 GB RAM.
• 8 GB internal storage.
• Expandable memory up to 64 GB.
• 5 MP primary camera.
• VGA front camera.
• Non-removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh battery.
• Price : Rs.21,000 /-(Approx).
First Tablet:
Lumia 2520 became the first Tablet from the company. And it is the only Windows RT tablet made by a manufacturer other than the Microsoft themselves. This Lumia tablet becomes different from that of the Microsoft by adding space for a 4G SIM.
The key features of Nokia Lumia 2520 are:
• 10.1 inches display.
• Quad-core 2.2 GHz processor.
• Microsoft Windows RT OS.
• 2 GB RAM.
• 32 GB internal storage.
• Expandable memory up to 32 GB .
• 6.7 MP primary camera
• 2 MP front camera.
• Non-removable 8000 mAh battery.
• Price : Rs. 31,000/- (Approx).
Three more Ashas:
Nokia launched three more Asha smartphones/ featurephones in the Abu Dhabi event. Dubbed Asha 500, 502 and 503, they enlarges the Asha list from the company to some more extend. These three are low end handsets. They run on Series 40 OS other than Windows Phone OS.
The key features of Nokia Asha 500 are:
• 2.8 inches display.
• Nokia Asha software platform 1.1.1 OS.
• 64 MB RAM.
• Expandable memory up to 32 GB .
• 2 MP primary camera.
• No front camera.
• Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery.
• Price : Rs. 4,500/- (Approx).
The key features of Nokia Asha 502 are:
• 3.0 inches display.
• Nokia Asha software platform 1.1 OS.
• 64 MB RAM.
• Expandable memory up to 32 GB .
• 5 MP primary camera.
• No front camera.
• Li-Ion 1010 mAh battery.
• Price: Rs. 5,500/- (Approx).
The key features of Nokia Asha 503 are:
• 3.0 inches display.
• Expandable memory up to 32 GB .
• 5 MP primary camera.
• No front camera.
• Li-Ion 1200 mAh battery.
• Price : Rs. 6,100/- (approx).
