Nokia Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:NOK)’s Lumia 620, which is set to give Android phones a run for their money, is now available in India for pre-order online on Flipkart.com for a price of 15,199 rupees or roughly $280.
With a screen size of 3.79 inches, a 5 mega pixel primary camera and running on Windows Phone 8, the smartphone from the Finish handset maker, is targeted at the mid-range customer.
According to the website the phone will be available for delivery in the second week of March. The retailer is also offering 16 GB of memory card free with the phone as an added incentive.
In January when the company had launched its Lumia 920 and 820 for the Indian market, it had also announced that the Lumia 620 would be available soon, though it had not specified a time frame for it or the pricing.
It was last December that the company had announced the Lumia 620, at a standalone price of $249.
On the inside, the device is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 512MB RAM and has 8GB internal storage with microSD support up to 64GB. Windows Phone users can also make use of the additional 7GB SkyDrive storage.
Nokia Lumia range of smartphone initially made their debut at the higher end of the consumer segment, but gradually it has been making its way down the scale and recently it said that it wanted to provide Lumia phones for the entry-level segment and other price points as well.
It made good on its promise when it announced a couple of low-priced Lumias at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week.
For connectivity options the Lumia 620 has NFC, Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi. It comes with a 1,300mAh battery claiming up to 15 hours of talk time (2G) and many hours of music playback.