Sunday, March 23, 2014

China Gets First Taste of the Newly Launched Lumia 1320 by Nokia

Big-smartphone lovers on a budget, rejoice: Nokia?s six-inch, $339 Lumia 1320 smartphone is now available in China. That is a bit earlier than the January 2014 time-frame it first promised, and the Finnish organization said it?ll also roll out in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries (likely in Europe) in the coming weeks. It packs a whopping 3400mAh battery for the long-winded, but otherwise has middling specs: a 720p display, dual-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon 400 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable storage space and a 5-megapixel camera. Regrettably, there is no word of an arrival date for these in the US torn between a tablet and smartphone -- but given the LTE bands we saw at the FCC, do not hold your breath.

Nokia has previously released a variety of Lumia phones, which have been quite cool and attracted a lot of buzz in the smartphone world. Unlike most other smartphone that use the very typical Android operating system, the Nokia Lumia 1320 utilizes Windows as its OS. Recently, Nokia had been bought by the Microsoft Corporation for a big quantity of funds, which will further support Microsoft to spread the lukewarm acclaimed Microsoft OS.

Read more about gadget news from China on the Electronics Blog.