Nokia Lumia 520, Lumia 720 To Be Available in India by Last Week of April 2013

This year, struggling tech giant Nokia ventured into affordable WP8 handsets. The world's second largest mobile phone maker didn't succeed in getting Lumia range as strong as Samsung Galaxy. But now the vendor has shifted to woo Android consumers with budget centric - Nokia 520, and mid tier Lumia 720. Both devices have been tagged as 'coming soon 'on Nokia India website. Nokia says that the Lumia 520 will be available in the first week of next month. While the latter handset - Nokia Lumia 720, will arrive in India in the mid -April.

As far pricing are concerned, the former device will dent Samsung terribly. It is expected to retail less than Rs.11, 000. While the Nokia Lumia 720 could be priced below Rs. 20,000 price mark. Interestingly, Samsung retails Galaxy Grand for Rs. 21,500.

However, now online retailer Saholic listed both Nokia Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 on its website. As per the listing price of both handsets have not been disclosed, but the availability indicates April 30, 2013. That means, the Nokia Lumia 720 will hit Indian market at the same time of Lumia 520. It is to be seen whether Nokia has planned the release date of Nokia Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 in such a manner or it is just another faux pas.

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Nokia Lumia 520 - Specifications and features

This should be the cheapest Windows Phone 8 device offered by Nokia. The device has a 4-inch WVGA display (480 x 800), 512MB of RAM, 1 GHz dual core processor, a 5-mega pixel camera (rear), 8GB of internal memory (expandable), and 1,430mAh battery. Multiple reports indicate that Nokia will price the handset at around Rs.10, 500. And, it makes sense to be lower down the pricing of WP8 powered handset. Google has gone further to lower down the pricing of Android -powered handset - thanks to India-based handset manufacturers. Recently, Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, paid a visit here in India, and expressed his intention to see Rs.2, 500 priced Android run smartphone. What if Nokia announces WP8 handset for Rs.8, 000 this fall? Be prepared!

Nokia Lumia 720 - Specifications and features

Earlier this year at MWC 2013, Nokia unveils Lumia 720, a mid- range WP8 handset. The devices comes with a 4.3-inch Clear Black display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, Dual Core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor , 512MB of RAM , 8GB of internal storage , NFC, Wi-Fi and 2000mAh battery. The biggest talking point of this device is its camera. The device has a 6.7-mega pixel shooter on the rear with f/1.9 lens and 1.3 -mega pixel camera on the front. The device will hit Indian market sometime mid-April, and could cost consumers Rs.20, 000 (approx).