Nokia unveils the Lumia 625: widescreen and 4G to tight price

Whereas for an important announcement, Nokia today confirmed the continuation of its policy of occupation of the ground on Windows Phone 8. After the Nokia Lumia 1020, new flagship photo-centric and unveiled with great fanfare there a few days, and the high-end Lumia 925, here's the 625 Lumia, a more traditional and more modest smartphone.

Available in several colors in the third quarter, it should be proposed 299 naked euros at the sale, affordable "" according to Nokia, which makes it one of the axes of its communication. The other two, "nice" and "fast", are served by correct specifications and a 4.7-inch screen, the largest to date from the manufacturer.

Mid-range good level

This Nokia Lumia 625 on Windows Phone 8 integrates a dual core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB of memory storage - and a microSD slot, a sensor on the back of 8MP able to run in 1080 p and a VGA front-facing camera, and a 2000 mAh battery. A good camera on paper, especially given the mid-range Nokia positioning.

The phone will be customizable with five interchangeable covers. It also includes a number of advances Unveils with Lumia 1020: applications for photography as Nokia Smart Camera or Nokia Cinemagraph, etc. It also incorporates classic Nokia applications: mapping Here, or Nokia Music.

Note that the manufacturer seems to take the crease already traced by HTC and its partnership with Beats: the Finnish announcement have worked with Coloud to create a pair of earphones called BOOM and supposed, she also, provide exceptional audio qualities to the device. All this will obviously be to confirm or exclude test.

On the bottom, Nokia a little here reinforces its strategy around Windows Phone 8. The manufacturer continues to believe, while its sales always seem to grow steadily. What seems to validate his choices to a certain extent: recently, the CEO Stefen Elop explained the choice to the impasse on Android, where Nokia had felt according to him the coming dominance of Samsung.

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HTC Unveils Butterfly S

Technology: HTC gives a successor to the Butterfly smartphone with a model with a screen 5 inch Full HD and a design that borrows from the One.

Besides the 200 Desire that we have already mentioned, HTC comes to formalize an alternative model to the other end of the range. It's the Butterfly S that is inspired by the HTC One in terms of design and offers a high-end configuration: screen 5 inch Full HD 440 dots per inch, SoC Snapdragon 600 quad core 1.9 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of internal storage (+ microSD up to 64 GB card), sensor photo UltraPixel and front camera 2.1 megapixel.

Butterfly S embeds the panoply of wireless Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi connectivity, a port micro USB, Beats Audio sound system, all powered by a powerful 3 200 mAh battery. Comes with Android Jelly Bean topped the Sense interface, this smartphone will be released in Asia during July for a fee equivalent to EUR 575. It is unclear if it will be marketed on the markets where the HTC One is present. (Eureka press)

 

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