Nokia XL Android Phone - Specifications + Features

The Nokia XL, is a mid-tier smartphone released by Nokia running a modified (forked) version of Android with Nokia' own services, as part of the Nokia X family. It is one of three Android devices from Nokia, their first devices on the platform.

The Nokia XL was announced in a surprising manner at the 2014 edition of Mobile World Congress on 24 February 2014 which was held in Barcelona, Spain. Nokia XL was much of a hardware upgrade from the other members of the maiden Nokia X family. It came with a 5-inch touchscreen instead of the 4-inch ones on the others. It featured a bigger camera (5 MP sensor) and also a LED flash and 2 MP front-facing camera—the last two are absent on the Nokia X and Nokia X+ models.

The three Nokia X handsets all feature a heavily-customised version of Google’s Android OS designed to act as a conduit for Microsoft, not Google, services – things like Bing, Skype and OneDrive are all present; Google Play is not available on this phone.

Nokia also confirmed that Android applications can be sideloaded on any of the Nokia X handsets, meaning early adopters can still run nearly all of their favourite apps while Nokia and Microsoft build up the X’s Android App Store.

The UX itself is reminiscent of Windows Phone and is tile-based, which was always going to be the case. This way you can be in Android but feel like you’re still very much inside Microsoft’s ecosystem – which you sort of are, anyway. You can resize the tiles as well as drag and drop them.



SPECIFICATIONS

BODY
Dimensions  |  141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm, 109 cc (5.57 x 3.06 x 0.43 in)
Weight   |  190 g (6.70 oz)
SIM    |  Optional Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)

DISPLAY
Type  |  IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size  |  5.0 inches (~64.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution |  480 x 800 pixels (~187 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch  |  Yes
  - Nokia X platform 1.0 UI

PLATFORM
OS | Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset  |  Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play
CPU  |  Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU  |  Adreno 203

MEMORY
Card slot |  microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal |  4 GB, 768 MB RAM

CAMERA
Primary  |  5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features |  1/4'' sensor size, panorama, face detection
Video |  480p@30fps
Secondary  |   2 MP

FEATURES
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML
Java No
  - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Document viewer
- Photo editor
- Voice memo/dial

COMMS
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth v3.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB v2.0

BATTERY
Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery (BN-02)
Stand-by Up to 720 h
Talk time Up to 16 h (2G) / Up to 13 h (3G)
Music play Up to 37 h

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