Nokia 225 Dual SIM Feature Phone Launched in India at Rs. 3,199

Nokia 225 Dual SIM feature phone has been listed on company's online store at Rs. 3,199. The phone is available in black, white, red, and yellow colour options.

The Nokia 225 Dual SIM and its single SIM avatar, the Nokia 225, were announced in April. The two phones boast identical specifications, apart from the obvious difference in the number of SIMs.

The feature phones come with a 2.8-inch LCD Transmissive display which offers a QVGA (240x320) resolution and a pixel density of 142ppi. They run Nokia OS Series 30+ and sport a 2-megapixel rear camera. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, GPRS and Micro-USB. The phones come with expandable storage up to 32GB with the help of microSD card.

The Nokia 225 and Nokia 225 Dual SIM pack a 1200mAh battery that is rated to deliver up to 21 hours of talk time, and up to 648 hours of standby time on the dual-SIM variant. The phones sport dimensions of 124x55.5x10.4mm and weigh 100.6 grams.

The phones come with a digital clock, recorder, calculator, clock, calendar, converter, alarm clock, reminders, phonebook, alarm clock with ringtones, and flashlight. They also feature the Nokia Xpress Browser, which now includes Bing search built-in.

Nokia 225 Dual SIM

• KEY SPECS
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Display

2.80-inch

Processor

Front Camera

No

Resolution

240x320 pixels

RAM

OS

Series 30

Storage

Rear Camera

2-megapixel

Battery capacity

1200mAh

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 projector phone with 4.66-inch display launched

Samsung's new projector phone and successor to the Galaxy Beam, the Galaxy Beam 2 has been listed on the company's China site. However, the South Korean giant has not revealed its availability or pricing details.

Notably, Samsung's first projector phone, the Galaxy Beam, didn't make much of an impact in the smartphone market. The Galaxy Beam was announced at Rs. 29,900 for the Indian market in July 2012.

The Galaxy Beam 2 comes with built-in mini projector, the highlight of the device and also sports a metallic design. The Galaxy Beam 2 is a single SIM device and is expected to go on sale in China via the China Mobile network. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box and comes with a 4.66-inch (480x800 pixels) WVGA display.

Samsung's latest projector smartphone is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core (unspecified chipset) processor. The official listing does not provide details about the RAM or inbuilt storage, though it does reveal the Galaxy Beam 2 supports expandable storage via microSD card (up to 64GB).

The smartphone sports a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera and also includes a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. On the connectivity front, the Galaxy Beam 2 includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, AGPS, GLONASS and Bluetooth options. The Galaxy Beam 2 packs a 2600mAh battery. It measures 134.5x70x11.64mm and weighs 165 grams.

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2

• KEY SPECS

Display

4.66-inch

Processor

1.2GHz

Front Camera

0.3-megapixel

Resolution

480x800 pixels

RAM

OS

Android 4.2

Storage

Rear Camera

5-megapixel

Battery capacity

2600mAh

Karbonn, Lava to launch Windows Phone smartphones in few months

Domestic handset players Lava and Karbonn will launch Windows-based smartphones in the coming few months.

Karbonn's Windows phones will be in the price range of Rs 6,000-12,000. Lava's price starts with Rs 6,500.

"We will come out with four devices with Windows-based operating system by the end of May or starting of June in the price range of 6,000-12,000," Karbonn Managing Director Pradeep Jain told PTI.

Lava International CEO and MD Hari Om Rai said: "A series of Windows-based phones will be launched under the Lava brand by July. These will be priced in the range of Rs 6,500-8,500."

He said the phones will be based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor and will feature Windows 8 platform.

"We expect the Windows-based phones to represent 8-10 per cent volume of Lava smartphones starting July-August time- frame," Rai added.

For Xolo brand of phones, the expected timeline of launch is the coming quarter.

"We at XOLO believe that Windows OS has certain goodness to offer for a certain market segment and it will help XOLO reach a desired 15 per cent share of the smartphone market by end of 2014," a Xolo spokesperson said.

Last month, at the Mobile World Congress Microsoft had announced that it would be working with nine new Windows phone partners, including Foxconn, Gionee, JSR, Karbonn, Lava (Xolo), Lenovo, LG, Longcheer and ZTE.

HTC, Huawei, Nokia and Samsung are already making Windows-based devices.

As per the IDC figures of the last quarter of 2013, Android had a 78.1 per cent share of global smartphone shipments while the Microsoft Windows Phone platform share stood at 3 per cent