Microsoft to launch
first Lumia phone on November 11
It has been a while
since Microsoft
acquired Nokia as till recently, Lumia devices were still sold
under the Nokia branding. But if a teaser on the Nokia Conversations blog is to
be believed, Microsoft is all
set to launch the first Microsoft branded Lumia device next week
on November 11th.
Microsoft has has only
headlined the blog post as, “Want to see #MoreLumia?” leaving things open to
interpretation. It goes on to say, “Microsoft is delivering the power of
everyday mobile technology to everyone.” Considering the flagship and mid-range
Lumia devices –Lumia
930, 830 and 730 were launched just recently, we are clearly
looking at an entry level Lumia variant.
The Microsoft Lumia
phone is expected to be a successor to the Lumia 635. Some days back a Chinese
website had leaked images of what appeared to be a Microsoft
Lumia branded phone. According to the site, the device, code-named
RM-1090, has a 5-inch HD display, 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 SoC paired with 1GB of
RAM, dual SIM configuration, 8GB internal storage. On the camera front, it will
most likely have a 5MP rear camera and a VGA front facing camera. The device is
expected to be priced around $100 which is approximately Rs 6,200.
We will find out the
actual details only next Tuesday.