Nokia announces a series of Android based smartphones at the MWC

Nokia has surprised everyone by actually releasing of its first ever Android-based phone at the MWC in Barcelona. But unlike what we expected, Nokia arrived on the scene with three new Android-based phones. The Nokia X and X+ will be four-inch budget smartphones, while the Nokia XL will be the 5-inch phone that’s set to be the flagship X series phone.

Nokia X will start retailing for 89 euros and Nokia X+ for for 99 euros. Both phones have appeared on the Nokia India website with a coming soon tag. Nokia has also tied up the login and app data to Microsoft’s cloud services.

The Nokia X and X+ feature a 4-inch TFT display with a resolution of 480x854 (FWVGA) pixels. The phone has similar to Windows Phone 8 UI. The phones does not come with pre-installed Google Play Services. As a result the Play Store isn't available on the Nokia X or Nokia X+. Though, Android apps can be downloaded through Yandex Store. There’s a 3-megapixel shooter on the back, an unspecified 1GHz Qualcomm SoC, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage (upgradable via Micro SD). Both phones sport a microSD card and dual-SIM support, apart from Android 4.4 KitKat. The Nokia XL is a bigger screen and has a larger rear camera and 2-megapixle forward facing camera.