Nokia announced thre new Lumia devices at Microsoft Build 2014 today: The Lumia 930, Lumia 630 and Lumia 635.
The Nokia Lumia 930 is very similar to the Lumia Icon device that was released in February, exclusive to Verizon. The Lumia 930 will come in a variety of colors with a 5-inch, full HD display. The Lumia 930 will gave wireless charging and have a 20-megapixel PureView camera with Carl Zeiss optics. It has a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, giving it top of the line hardware in comparison to other top end smartphones on the market right now.
The Lumia 930 will introduce a new feature for Nokia smartphones called "Living Images" that shows a snippet of video within the photo. Combined with the Nokia Story Teller app, users can create interesting slideshows that include both moving images and still photos.
The Nokia Lumia 630 is an update to the popular Lumia 520 that is one of the best selling cheap smartphones in many international markets. The Lumia 630 will be dual-SIM devices that will be able to run multiple SIM cards for international users or users that need both a personal and business phone number on the same device. The two new Lumia devices will run a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor. The Lumia 630 and Lumia 635 will be run Windows Phone 8.1 and be available in the month of May in Asia and India. The devices will come to the United States in July. Both the single and dual-SIM devices will be available for less than $200 without a two-year contract.
Nokia announced that Windows Phone 8 will be updated to Window Phone 8.1 in an over-the-air update coming this summer.
Top image: Stephen Elop at Build 2014 by Owen Thomas for ReadWrite.
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