Nokia XL – Nokia’s latest Android smartphone

Nokia’s latest launch, Nokia XL, the smartphone that is based on the Android OS, has been released a few days before. Though Nokia smartphones were earlier running in the Symbian OS, it has started extending its popularity among the Android fans by releasing Android based Nokia X. Nokia XL, the latest Android smartphone by Nokia is a better looking high quality phone that has every quality an Android phone user expects. The name Nokia itself is a guarantee to the smartphone users that it does have the best features they are in need of.

When Nokia X is the first Android smartphone by Nokia, Nokia XL is the first Android Phablet released by the company. The recent release of Nokia X Plus in the smartphone market has given a much more advanced version than Nokia X. though it has features similar to X version, the only difference is that the RAM of X Plus is pretty higher than the previous version. It has a RAM of 768 MB.

Nokia phones are much popular in India, as most users prefer to choose phones from the company at any cost. Many users are having an emotional attachment with the brand for years. Nokia XL, according to the manufacturers, is designed to be rugged and even long lasting. Though Android, Windows and iOS phones have been taking the first positions in the race of smartphones, Nokia too has been making its way to the forefront.

Though the brand Nokia had its own place among the cell phone users earlier, the coming of Android phones made it fall down from the first position. Though Nokia is now taking back its pace with the launch of Windows smartphones, it is expected that the coming years will be seeing a sudden demand for Nokia smartphones, based on Android platform.

Nokia phones are popular for its unique designs and shapes. But with the coming of touch screens, the designs are limited to rectangular ones. Hence innovation in the rectangular design is sometimes limited. It has been seen that Nokia has made its mark in releasing unique design in the mobile industry through the release of the Lumia range of phones. Nokia X series too has been designed by keeping this factor in mind. Nokia X series phones are actually a mix of Asha and Windows Phone.

Nokia XL smartphone has a 5 inch Multi touch capacitive display. The resolution of the display is 480 x 800 pixels. Hence it has a poor pixel density of 187 PPI. IPS LCP technology is use used in this phone. Its readability is perfect and you get a better outdoor visibility too. The only drawback of the display is its resolution. With a larger size, it should have gone for a qHD display for better quality. Touch responses of the phone is superb, and you will not find any kind of delay or problems while using the touch screen of the XL model of Nokia.

Nokia XL is equipped with a Snapdragon S4 Dual Core processor with 768 MB RAM and Andreno 203 Graphic processor. It has 4 GB ROM in it and its eternal memory can be expanded up to 32 GB with the help of micro SD cards. Other hardware components in the phone are Accelerometer, a 2,000 mAH battery for power and a Proximity sensor.

The OS used in the phone is the Nokia X OS that is based on the Android OS. The UI is changed so as to resemble the Asha and Lumia range of phones. The Smartphone has a 5 mega pixel autofocus camera with flash light. The front facing camera is 2 Megapixel and also helps in video calls as well as for perfect selfies.

The phone has 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi as well Bluetooth. The micro USB port is used for connecting the phone to the PC and for transfer of data. In short, Nokia XL is a better attempt from Nokia in reaching out to the world of smartphones.

The Nokia XL is available at Rs 11,500 in India.

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