Nokia Lumia 620 with Windows Phone 8 available for pre-orders at Rs. 15,199

Nokia Lumia 620, Nokia's mid-range Windows Phone 8 device is now available online through Flipkart. The phone is available for pre-order and has been listed at Rs. 15,199 on the website, with second week of March, mentioned as the estimated time frame for the release of the phone. The online retailer is also offering a 16GB memory card with the phone.

It's worth noting that Nokia had announced the Lumia 620 when it launched the Lumia 920 and 820 in India, in January. It had said that the Lumia 620 would ship in February but had not disclosed pricing information for the phone. So Nokia is late by more than a month in making the phone available in the Indian market.

The Lumia 620 was announced last December with an unsubsidised price of $249. It sports a 3.8-inch TFT WVGA display (800X480) with ClearBlack technology, features a 5-megapixel rear autofocus shooter capable of 720p video recording and has a VGA front camera on-board as well.

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 upto 64GB. Windows Phone users can also make use of the additional 7GB SkyDrive storage.

The smartphone boasts connectivity options like 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.

As any other Windows Phone 8 device, the Nokia Lumia 620 will feature a Live Tile interface for updates to the Start Screen, PeopleHub and a Me Tile along with other Windows Phone 8 functions. The distinguishing feature however is Nokia's own set of Windows Phone apps including Nokia Music and Nokia City Lens, among others, which are not available on other Windows Phone devices.

Nokia launches Lumia 720, Lumia 520 with Windows Phone 8

Besides launching the Nokia 105 and Nokia 301 entry-level budget phones, the company also officially announced the Lumia 720 and the Lumia 520 smartphones on the Barcelona stage that were rumoured earlier.

The Lumia 720 is being positioned as a "trendy option" according to Marcos Ahtissari, Nokia's lead designer who presented the live demo of both the smartphones. The device sports a 4.3 inch display and is super sensitive like the Lumia 920. It claims to offer good viewing angles and decent readability under the sun.

The Nokia Lumia 720 will be placed in the mid-range segment and promises to deliver a high-end camera performance. it features a large f/1.9 aperture with Carl Zeiss optics that are designed to deliver bright, clear pictures day and night, while the HD-quality, wide-angle front-facing camera for making the photography and video calling experience more enjoyable.

The sleek and stylish smartphone comes with the latest high-end Nokia Lumia experiences, including Nokia Music, the HERE location suite, and the option to add wireless charging with a snap-on wireless charging cover. The device is also the first unibody design with SD Micro support.

The Nokia Lumia 720 will come in five colours, with an expected starting price of 249 euros exclusive of taxes and subsidies. The smartphone will begin rolling out in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore in Q1 2013, before continuing into broader markets in Q2, including China as well as key markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and India. The Lumia 720 is engineered for non-LTE markets, which means that it is unlikely to launch in the US.

Coming to the Nokia Lumia 520, it is being endorsed as "Nokia's lowest-priced affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone". The device boasts impressive features such as the same digital camera lenses found on the flagship Nokia Lumia 920 (but not all the bells and whistles), Nokia Music for free music out of the box and even offline, and the HERE location suite.

The device comes with a 4-inch super sensitive touchscreen which the company believes will make it competitive with other budget smartphones. It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera. Camera features include Smart Shoot, CinemaGraph and more.

The Nokia Lumia 520 will feature interchangeable shells in five colours and will be priced starting 139 euros (exclusive of taxes and subsidies). The roll-out is planned to begin in Q1 2013 in Hong Kong and Vietnam, before reaching other markets in Q2 like Europe, Asia - including China and India - Latin America and Africa. The Nokia Lumia 520 is also planned to roll out in the United States with T-Mobile.

Nokia Lumia 620 Will Hit Indian Stores Early March 2013, Online Availability Starts February 28

Where is Nokia Lumia 620? This question is on every Nokia's fan mind who is in love with the new Windows Phone 8 offering revealed by the Finnish giant in India recently. At the sidelines of the launch event of high end Lumia 920 and 820, Nokia informed that the affordable Nokia Lumia 620 will hit the nation's retail shelves in the second week of February. Reportedly, the date of market release was estimated as February 15.
However, here is the day and there is no news on the release details of the the cheapest Windows Phone 8 handset. Really? Well, it's not true! As today, we has got some exclusive update on the release date of the upcoming Lumia 620, which is going to bang the Windows Phone 8 surging market in India.
we has come to know that Lumia 620 will be available on the Nokia e-store in a couple of weeks time, estimated date February 28. The information has been disclosed by an inside source. The source, who is familiar with the situation has also revealed, that Nokia Lumia 620 will be be available on the market retail shelves of India by early March 2013, most probably first week of next month.
The launch is a part of worldwide roll out of Lumia 620. Since the handset was launched in other part of the globe last week, including Indonesia at a price tag of IDR 2,849,000 (approx. Rs. 15,800) and Germany at EUR 269 (approx. Rs 19,000), hence the handset's actual release date has got delayed in India.