Nokia came to Barcelona with a cheap X series

At MWC 2014, Nokia introduced the latest devices – there was not among them anything from Lumia family, but there appeared a new X series - with its own version of Android.

Nokia X, X+ and XL are the three newest smartphones. Judging by the design and technology – these are low-cost devices. Manufacturer 's ambition is to connect thanks to them the next billion people to the Internet. The control over the mobiles has Nokia X OS, which is Android after Nokia's tuning, with the new interface Fastlane, encountered earlier in Nokia Asha. The heart of the Nokia X is a 1 GHz dual-core processor. The screen without revelations – a 4-inch IPS with a resolution of 800x480 pixels. The user of Nokia X has available 4 GB of internal memory and 512 MB of RAM.

Nokia X is complemented by the model X+. The manufacturer has equipped it in the slot for a micro SD card. A little more craziness offers Nokia XL - including a 5 Mpix camera and a 5-inch WVGA screen.

New Nokias will not appear on the market in North America, Japan and Korea. On the other markets they can be purchased in March and they are expected to cost 89 euro.



Nokia X photo: Adam Łukowski/GSMchoice.com


Nokia X video: Jacek Filipowicz/GSMchoice.com

In addition to the X series, Nokia showed low-budget phones Asha 230 and Nokia 220, for which you will have to pay 45 and 29 euro.

Nokia Asha 230

The cheapest yet touchscreen phone from Nokia. This Nokia is offering all major social network applications such as WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, WeChat and Line. The model also comes with a gift in the form of 10 free games. After the April firmware update, Nokia Asha 230 will allow to also use the Microsoft OneDrive, which provides users with 7GB of free disk space.

The phone is available in six colours, the device battery lasts for 33 hours of standby and 11 hours of talk time. New Asha has the browser Nokia Xpress Browser, which compresses transferred data by up to 90 percent, allowing you to search for information and surf the Web longer, at lower cost.

- This is an exciting touchscreen phone for people who previously could not afford such a device - said Timo Toikkanen, Executive Vice President, Mobile Phones Nokia. – The phone provides access to high-quality entertainment, social networking and all the other features you would expect from Asha family.


Nokia Asha 230 photo: Adam Łukowski / GSMchoice.com

Nokia 220

This device will be the cheapest phone with the Internet access in Nokia's offer. The model offers access to popular social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter, or Yahoo Messenger. The Nokia 220 uses the cloud powered Nokia Xpress Browser, with Microsoft Bing search ena-bling you to search and surf the internet longer and for less. The new model was prepared in a Single and Dual-SIM version.

According to the manufacturer the keyboard is easy to clean and scratch resistant. The phone has a 2.4-inch screen, a 2 megapixel camera, a radio and MP3 player (playback time up to 51 hours). Representatives of the operator pay attention to battery life: Standby time of the Single-SIM version is 29 days, and Dual-SIM - up to 24 days. The Nokia 220 has also six games for a start: Gameloft, Block Breaker 3, Asphalt 6, The Avengers, Assassin's Creed, Modern Combat 2 and Real Football.