We have anticipated for quite sometime Nokia’s huge move to catch up with the ultra- fast paced world of smart phones. Ever since iPhones and Androids made it to the market, the former leading cellphone manufacturer was sort of lost between the two giant’s endless battles.
According to Nic Fleming of TechnologyReview.com, over the last five years, Nokia has experienced a dramatic reversal in fortunes. The company once dominated the high-end phone market with its Symbian-powered phones, but Apple’s iPhone and devices running Google’s Android have jumped ahead.
However, it looks like Nokia is already trying to catch the smartphone wave with its partnership with Windows and the release of their new smartphones powered by Windows OS. Nokia has now produced two smartphones that would hopefully help the company regain relevance in the fast-growing mobile-computing market.
The Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 are the first fruits of the Microsoft-Nokia alliance. The new Windows phones were unveiled during company CEO Stephen Elop’s keynote speech at the Nokia World event in London. “We are signaling our intent right now, here today, to be today’s leaders in smart-phone design and craftsmanship,” said Elop, a former Microsoft executive who signed the partnership deal with Microsoft in February.
In a swipe at other manufacturers, such as HTC and Samsung, that have already launched Windows phones, he added: “Lumia is the first real Windows phone.”
A glimpse of the Lumia 800 phone reveals that its hardware’s design is identical to the Nokia N9. Inside it is a 1.4-gigahertz processor and 512 megabytes of RAM, which lags behind the dual-core chips boasted by the iPhone 4S and Samsung Galaxy 5. The Lumia has a 3.7-inch AMOLED 800-by-480 screen that sits under curved glass to give it a raised effect, and an eight-megapixel camera with an f2.2 aperture lens that will let in more light than most other phones, although the lack of a front-facing camera may put off those who use video calling. The phone is 12 millimeters thick, which is bulkier than the latest Android phones.
With the release of it’s new phones, there is always the hope and the worry that none of the phones will capture majority oft the consumers, However, Nokia and Windows executives are positive that they can still turn the tides, or at least, finally ride the smarthone