Very long time fans of Nokia, and, perhaps, not only they were waiting for the Finnish company smartphone running Android. Then legendary phone manufacturer was acquired by Microsoft, which is known to promote its own mobile operating system, and the hopes of waiting pougasla. But the world still saw Nokia X running revised version of Android (Nokia X Software Platform), although this could not be called a big success. Moreover, even had recently announced the second version of the device. Was it the fact that everyone was waiting for? Well, not really. Still hope for Android-based smartphone with the logo of Nokia, which is able to compete with other manufacturers flagships still warm.

Source infinite number of credible leaks, @ evleaks, wrote in his twitter account the following:

“Big news: on the way Lumia OS Android, from Nokia by Microsoft”

Rumors about the Nokia Lumia on the Android

Unfortunately, the details not yet known. Will it be another “recycled platform”, as in X-smartphone, or we are waiting for a full OS with access to Google Play? These questions remain open, as, indeed, the very statement is still a rumor.

Previously raised questions about what brand will carry smartphones Lumia line after buying the software giant Nokia. And rumors were just talking about how it would be «Nokia by Microsoft». And last week came from China shot still unannounced Nokia Lumia 830 with the same inscription on the back. Perhaps it was his and meant @ evleaks.

If this is true, then the user is likely to expect a 13-megapixel camera with PureView lens and Zeiss, as well as a screen with a diagonal of 4.5 inches in the area. In addition, as expected, aluminum frame and a back cover made of polycarbonate.

And what you might be interested in the smartphone from Nokia, renounced Windows Phone?

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Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM – dual-sim smartphone operating system Windows Phone 8.1 with loud speakers, highly configurable display, free navigation

If you waited dvuhsimny inexpensive smartphone operating system Windows Phone, then you have a reason to rejoice. Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM exactly corresponds to these requirements, in addition the device is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 is equipped with 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage. Cost smartphone priced at Rs 2000. On paper it looks very interesting, let’s try to understand what impressions reserves smartphone in practice.

Options Nokia Lumia 630

The smartphone comes in a flat cardboard box. Inside the box is a charger, the second lid and paper documentation. Unfortunately, USB-cable and though any headset available.

Design and ergonomics Nokia Lumia 630

Externally, the smartphone is almost nothing stands out. In general, the Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM – mid-range smartphone from the company Nokia. Thanks to a removable cover can easily change the look of the smartphone that you can take advantage of. It should be noted that the device can have one of three colors of back cover: white, orange and yellow. In this case, complete with a smartphone, as mentioned above, there is a second cover. It is in any case in black, so that even when buying a smartphone with the main cover is yellow, you can easily turn your smartphone into less bright and eye-catching among others due to the black cover. It got us to the test version with a white cap. All variants covers are made of opaque plastic.

Covers the front surface of the protective glass. In its upper part is the voice speaker, under it – the manufacturer’s logo. The bottom face of the microphone. Along the contour of the protective glass is a plastic frame, it does not act on it. Housing sidewall chamfered towards the rear side. Left lateral face devoid of any government, but on the right is a button and volume control. By the way, because of the sloping sides are pressed, it is not as clear as we would like. The upper end has a 3.5mm audio jack at the bottom – Micro-USB-connector. On the back of the phone is located a 5 megapixel camera lens, the manufacturer’s logo, and at the bottom – hole multimedia speaker. In order to make it easier to remove the cover, the manufacturer did not bother to make a projection, because – this process is not very easy. After removing the cover, we gain access to the battery capacity of 1830 mAh, two slots for SIM-card format micro-SIM and memory expansion slot for microSD.

Build quality is good device. With strong squeezing body no scratches, but even a mild touch on the screen appear divorces. As for convenience, the small size of the device allows you to comfortably operate it with one hand.

Operating system and shell Nokia Lumia 630

Smartphone running the operating system Windows Phone 8.1. Compared with the Windows Phone 8.0 came with a choice saver for selected tiles, finally added the ability of continuous text input, as an opportunity to find a smartphone and more.

Now you can adjust the shutter notifications for themselves. All this is only part of the changes that have touched the latest version of Windows Phone. A set of programs is well known from previous smartphone and includes a navigation program HERE Drive +.

Hardware Platform Nokia Lumia 630

Like most mid-range smartphone running Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM based on the well-known Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 400. Processor contains 4 cores clocked at 1.2 GHz, and acts as a graphics accelerator Adreno 305. RAM is only 512 MB , the volume of the built-in 8 GB of storage, which, if desired, can be increased using memory cards microSD. Complaints about the work of no wireless networks. GPS satellite reception speed is very good and almost envy from having internet connection.

In terms of performance, critical issues were found. But when you run standard applications, such as camera, for example, some setting items, not to mention third-party applications, you can see the message “Loading” or “Renewal.” In principle, this can be attributed to the slowness was a small amount of RAM. In the rest to us quite nimble machine.

High volume of both speakers, but at a high volume multimedia speaker starts to wheeze. The headphones sound good. Not being an expert in this field, I can only say that most users enjoy the sound. But the standard means of recording the conversation with no line, but it can be fixed by downloading the appropriate application from the store.

Despite having two SIM-cards in the smartphone just one radio set because of what you speak to one of the SIM-card second becomes inaccessible. If the hardware implementation, understanding, here’s the software implementation of the two cards is interesting. On the main screen there from two tiles messages and call log, that is one tile for each SIM-card. You can quickly switch between them. On the one hand it is good. Especially for a better separation between personal and work number. If this is not necessary, then why not get used to such implementation. Well, if the second SIM-card is only effective for the Internet, the tiles on the home screen can be easily removed.

As mentioned above, the smartphone is equipped with a removable battery capacity of 1830 mA * h In terms of autonomy no surprises. Medium loads smartphone can operate up to two days. As seen from the tests, some Android-smartphone, under equal conditions, demonstrate better results. More familiar with the test results can be autonomous in the table.

Display Nokia Lumia 630

Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM IPS-equipped with a screen diagonal of 4.5-inch with a resolution of 845 × 480 pixels with technology ClearBlack. In the role of protection of the display stands glass Gorilla Glass 3. But with resistance to fingerprints have a serious claim, as there is no oleophobic coating. The result is that almost always visible on the screen prints that are very difficult to be removed. Viewing angles are close to the maximum. Despite the low resolution, grainy screen is invisible to the naked eye. In sunny weather, the display remains visible

Measurement results show the following display brightness: 300 at maximum brightness, 7 cd / m ², 50% – to 101.1 cd / m ², a minimum of 14.51 cd / m ² (the default). It is noteworthy that in the absence of automatic brightness sensor leads to the fact that the user is able to adjust brightness only three aisles values: high, medium and low. Despite this there is a way out – to set the profile brightness. With this option, the user can not only change the brightness within the prescribed limits, but swap the maximum brightness to the minimum and vice versa. Minimum brightness value can be a record low, from 1kd / m ². Subjectively display good color rendering, and the ability to customize the color temperature and color saturation can be useful.

Camera Nokia Lumia 630

The handset features a 5-megapixel main camera with autofocus and aperture f/2.4 and 28mm. It can record video with a resolution of 1280×720 (720p) with a frame rate of 30 frames / s. Flash is missing.

The quality of the captured photos and videos in the first place affect the conditions under which they were taken. In good light photos taken by a smartphone, look quite good, but in low light expect something like that from the camera is not necessary. The overall quality of the camera can be called nothing more than average. The front camera is missing.

Results Nokia Lumia 630

Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM – first dvuhsimny WP-smartphone. Its main assets is attributed to the availability of slots second SIM-card, the latest version of the operating system, high-quality assembly and sturdy materials, the presence of a second cover with the device. The disadvantages – lack of automatic brightness sensor, front camera, a small amount of RAM.

Pros Nokia Lumia 630: High-quality housing, the availability of additional cover, loud speakers and good sound quality headphones, support the second SIM-card, current version of the operating system, the speed of satellite GPS, fine-tune the display and free navigation

Cons Nokia Lumia 630: Lack of automatic brightness sensor, photo quality camera, no front-facing camera, Mark Floor Display

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The manufacturers of accessories for mobile devices, often reveal interesting details about the new terminal even before the launch. Example is the recent case of an enclosure dedicated to the Nokia Lumia 929 , high-end smartphones in the Lumia range is not yet announced but back in the spotlight thanks to the housing “Armour Stand” is currently marketed by the online shop WirelessGround .

 The case is equipped with a removable stand and made a double layer of silicone and plastic, can like it or not, but it has the considerable merit of showing again the terminal, which, according to previous rumors, looks like a more compact version of the Nokia Lumia, 1520. 

The terminal has been depicted with the new articulation of the home in three rows of Tiles of medium size, confirming the fact that it is a device with a large display (but lower than those of the Lumia 1520 judging from the space around three soft touch buttons).

The Nokia Lumia 929 has become the protagonist, in recent weeks, a series of rumors that have made reference to the arrival on the market with the U.S. telephone operator Verizon later this year.

The curtain, to date, has not yet been raised on your smartphone, observed with great interest by the user that the European Union would like to experience the benefits introduced by the new hardware platform of the Lumia 1520 terminal characterized by a more compact form factor.

The story of the transfer of Nokia’s mobile division to Microsoft and their effects on the brand of smartphones Lumia | Nokia Lumia 929 could be marketed under the brand “Lumia Icon” | may have influenced the decision to postpone to next year’s marketing of the Nokia Lumia 929 .

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According to the latest report of the analytical company AdDuplex , by the end of November 90% of smartphones sold are running Windows Phone 8 were produced by Nokia. In other words, only 1 in 10 smartphones sold WP8-solution is HTC, Samsung and Huawei.

This information was collected on the basis of the 2087 applications using SDK AdDuplex. Of course, these data as well as the fact that the most popular model is still the Nokia Lumia 520, few people can surprise. Nevertheless, the results once again demonstrate the value of what Nokia’s mobile business for the company Microsoft.

It is worth mentioning that the smartphone Nokia Lumia 520 took the palm of model Lumia 920 back in July of this year. Since then much has the market changed Windows Phone 8, but not the sales leader. Four months ago, the share Lumia 520 of the total number of Windows Phone-smartphone was 13.3%. Now its share is almost twice as much – 26.5%. If we take just smartphones running Windows Phone 8, the Lumia 520 share reaches 35%. Maybe now many will understand expediency release an updated model Lumia 525 with the new processor and 1 GB of RAM.

However, this bias in favor of the entry-level popularity of smartphones in the near future may become for Nokia, but rather have Microsoft, a serious problem. The software giant an urgent need to come up with how to convince partners to continue to support its own platform Windows Phone, as well as encourage users to purchase new smartphones running Windows Phone 8. According AdDuplex, currently about 25% of smartphones are running an outdated OS Windows Phone 7.

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Nokia officially introduced the successor to the most popular in the line Lumia Lumia 520 smartphone running Windows Phone 8. Many probably already guessed that this is a model of Lumia 525.

New running Windows Phone 8 OS with latest update Lumia Black. The “heart” of the smartphone is a dual-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon, clocked at 1.0 GHz, which is available to twice as much compared to the Lumia 520, RAM – 1 GB.

Smartphone Nokia Lumia 525 satisfied the same screen as the model Lumia 520 – 4-inch with a resolution of 480×800 pixels. As part of the camera is also no change. At the heart of the camera is the image sensor resolution of 5 megapixels, which by virtue of video recording resolution of 1280×720 at 30 / s.

Amount of internal flash memory of 8 GB. If this seems insufficient memory, it can be increased with memory card type microSD up to 64 GB. Do not forget about 7 GB of disk space in the cloud storage SkyDrive.

The list of characteristics as listed wireless modules Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11b/g/n) and Bluetooth (4.0), satellite navigation receiver GPS / GLONASS, microUSB port and audio jack for headphones (3.5 mm).

The device is designed to work in networks WCDMA 900/2100 MHz and GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. Battery capacity is 1430 mAh. In terms of autonomy Nokia promises 16.9 hours of voice calls (2G), 7,5 hours of Web browsing (Wi-Fi), 5,9 hours of video and up to 14 days of standby time.

It is worth noting that models of Lumia 525 and Lumia 520 are similar to each other like two drops of water. Coincide even mass-dimensional parameters. With dimensions of 119.9 h64h9 9mm smartphone Nokia Lumia 525 weighs 124 g smartphones Lumia 525 features removable panels that allow the machine to give a bright orange, white, yellow and black.

In Singapore, where there was an official announcement of the device, the smartphone Nokia Lumia 525 will go on sale December 14, the cost will be $ 200.

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It became known that the Nokia shareholders approved the deal on the sale of mobile division at Microsoft.

Of all the shareholders who took part in the vote, the deal gave the green light to 99.7%. According to the resource The Verge, referring to the publication Financial Times, participated in the voting shareholders, who account for four-fifths of all shares of Nokia. Recall, the transaction value is approximately $ 7.2 billion

Negotiations between Microsoft and Nokia , the mobile business in respect of the latter, began during the MWC 2013 in February and were initiated by Steve Ballmer, who recently spoke about the reasons for his departure from the post of CEO Microsoft. It is reported that the two teams came to a deal very meticulously, but the main stumbling block on the path to achieving a consensus was mapping unit HERE.

At the moment still not clear exactly how Microsoft plans to integrate the Lumia and Asha line with its own internal structure and marketing strategy for OS Windows Phone. Perhaps, Microsoft unite Lumia and Asha range of own-brand Surface. Unfortunately, the software giant did not disclose his plans. One thing is certain, the transaction will be completed in early 2014. With regard to the former CEO Nokia Stephen Elop, now his role at Microsoft is quite difficult to predict. We know that he is on the list of potential candidates 5 to head Microsoft.

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As suggested earlier, formally presented WP-smartphone Nokia Lumia 1520 received a 6-inch Full HD-display, hardware platform, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, the battery capacity of 3400 mAh and 20 megapixel camera. But, as it turned out, it’s not all the features of new items from Nokia.

Let’s start with the display. It IPS-matrix with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and a diagonal 6-inch pixel density of 368 PPI. The display is protected by tempered glass Gorilla Glass 2. Ultra-sensitive sensor can react to the touch of any object. Traditionally, there are ClearBlack technology and anti-reflective coating.

But the dimensions of the smartphone grew up, if you take into account the data available earlier. Being 162.8 mm in length, 85.4 mm in width smartphone can be compared with fabletom Asus Fonepad Note 6 , which has a 6-inch Full HD-screen, but it is on the dynamics of above and below the screen. Changed and the weight of 168 grams, it has turned into an impressive 209 g, which is also comparable to the Asus Fonepad Note 6 and HTC One max . In the end, saying that the Nokia Lumia 1520 is a compact device, even by the standards of models with the same screen sizes, however.

 Device supports GSM-mobile networks (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz), 3G-networks (850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz) and LTE-standard networks 1, 3, 7, 8 and 20.

The hardware platform includes four core Krait processor 400 running at a clock frequency of 2.2 GHz, Adreno 330 graphics accelerator, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of ROM, expandable with memory cards.

20 megapixel camera sensor size PureView got 1/2.5 “(in the Nokia Lumia 1020 – 1/1.5 “in Nokia 808 PureView – 1/1.2 “) and aperture f/2.4 (in the Nokia Lumia 1020 – f/2.2). Along with deteriorating parameters camera and lens novelty deprived pulse flash, now it’s two conventional LED. As a precursor, image stabilization uses a hardware system (OIS). Supported ISO setting is impressive, from ISO 100 to ISO 4000! The front camera has a resolution of 1.2 megapixels, f/2.4 aperture and can record HD-video. The main camera records Full HD-video at 30 frames / sec.

According to the manufacturer, the battery capacity of 3400 mAh should be enough for 27.4 hours of talk in the 2G-network, 25.1 hours in 3G-network, 124 hours of music playback, almost 11 hours of video playback (not specified what dpi) and 13.6 hours of surfing via Wi-Fi-network.

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October 22 Nokia will hold a special event Innovation Reinvented in Abu Dhabi. In the framework of the company will show launches six new devices, including a pair of new solutions in a series of Lumia, according to The Verge. In addition, an anonymous source referred to the entire line of new accessories, and one of them will be a “very special.”

One of the novelties will be clearly 6-inch fablet Lumia 1520. In addition, the company is well positioned to show the tablet Lumia 2520 on the basis of OS Windows RT, rumors of which ply since the summer. In favor of the release of the Finnish tablet indirectly fact says business sales of mobile devices from Microsoft. Redmondskoy Corporation does not hurt to expand the range of products based on Windows RT to promote this platform. Surface is clearly not coping . Perhaps the situation will positively influence the next generation of Microsoft tablets.

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Interesting information prshli from New York Times: the publication reports that Nokia has recently considered the possibility to weaken the influence of Microsoft itself . Specifically , it is alleged that the Finnish manufacturer has tested the Lumia smartphones running Android OS before making a deal with the company and purchase redmondovskoy units Nokia, responsible for the development of mobile devices.

Despite the seeming improbability of this information , the plans of Nokia were quite serious , including those considered complete abandonment of a partnership with Microsoft in late 2014 . Testing Lumia on Android OS was one of the steps Nokia for that future , to the same , according to a source to port Android to the existing Lumia smartphones no big deal , that is not surprising , because the inside smartphones on Android and Windows Phone are not too different from each other and are equipped with a similar filling, for example, a line of processors Qualcomm Snapdragon.

It is obvious that Microsoft was afraid to go Nokia mobile operating system Google due to the fact that the producer of more than 80 % of all smartphones with Windows Phone is a Finnish company . Perhaps the use of Android OS could return the Nokia lost at least a small part of the market ( the company’s share in 2010 was 32.8 % , while in the first half of 2013 – 3% ), but it would still be a very risky step , because the release of Android smartphone to automatically meant for Nokia refusal by Microsoft.

As a result , we have what we have : Nokia bought by Microsoft at a record low price and the company ceases to exist in the form in which we are accustomed to seeing her – as a manufacturer of smartphones. Of course , there is always interesting to see what would happen now if something went wrong , but otherwise , but great regret , the subjunctive does not know the story of decline .

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Until the end of September Nokia promises to update all of the latest models of its smartphone software. In the particular case of such devices as the Lumia 928, Lumia 920, Lumia 820, Lumia 810, Lumia 720, Lumia 620, Lumia 520, Lumia 521 and software Nokia Amber, built on the basis of GDR2 updates from Microsoft.

Software aimed at both improving the stability and performance of the OS as a whole, and to enhance the capacity of smartphones. For example, a significantly redesigned the app “Camera”, or rather instead the company will offer to debut in the Nokia 925 software Nokia Smart Camera. The owners will also receive Nokia Pro Camera. New PhotoChances are not the same for all smart phones. In simpler models, namely the Nokia Lumia 720, 620 and 520 reduced resolution photos in comparison with the older models, and in burst mode, the maximum number of shots is limited to seven instead of 10.

Among the other features mentioned new player and FM-client Xbox Music, unlock function by double-tapping the touch pad and mute an incoming call flip device.

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