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For many tech pundits who believed that
the Nokia X smartphone range was dead
after Microsoft's completed acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business, the
Redmond giant has a surprise - the
launch of the Nokia X2, the successor to the popular Nokia X.

The Nokia X2 will be available at EUR 99
(roughly Rs. 8,100) without taxes and
subsidies. The company on its official
Conversations blog has revealed that
the Nokia X2 will be available
immediately in select countries globally; however it has not listed the markets.

The new Nokia X series phone will be available in Glossy Black, Green, Orange,
Dark Grey, White and Yellow. The Nokia
X2 now sports a translucent outer layer,
reminiscent to the ones seen on Nokia's Asha range of handsets.

Microsoft Mobile reiterates that the all new Nokia X2 can run Android apps and
comes preloaded with the latest version
of Nokia Store that now incorporates
third-party app stores.

The Conversations blog said, "The Nokia X2 is also equipped with another
navigation option; the brand-new 'apps
list', which keeps your home screen
clear for your most used apps, bringing
Nokia X2 in line with the existing Lumia
experience."



One of the prominent additions in the
design of the Nokia X2 is the new home
button that takes you back to the start
screen and is accompanied by the back
button that allows flipping through
most recent actions, and long pressing shows what apps are open. Notably, the
exact version of the Nokia X software
platform being used has not yet been
revealed by the company, though
Engadget notes the Nokia X2 runs Nokia X Software Platform 2.0.

The new Nokia X2 is a dual-SIM variant
and do not has a single SIM variant.
Notably, the Nokia X2 Dual SIM has been
listed on the company's official India site without pricing.

The new Nokia X family member
features a 4.3-inch ClearBlack LCD
display that offers a pixel density of
217ppi (exact resolution unspecified). It
is powered by a dual-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon 200 processor clocked at 1.2GHz clubbed with 1GB of RAM.
Notably, last generation's Nokia X+ and Nokia XL had just 768MB of RAM, while the Nokia X had 512MB of RAM. All three
last generation Nokia X phones ran on a
dual-core Qualcomm MSM8225
Snapdragon S4 chipset, and can
therefore can be considered an
upgrade.

The Nokia X2 sports a 5-megapixel
autofocus rear camera with flash, while
there a front-facing camera (unspecified
resolution) also onboard. The
smartphone is backed by an 1800mAh
battery. Built-in storage details have not been provided, and neither has the
company specified just what capacity of
microSD card does the Nokia X2
support.

The Nokia X2 also comes preloaded with
a bevy of Microsoft apps such as Skype,
Outlook.com, Bing Search app, WeChat,
Path, Facebook, Facebook Messenger,
Yammer and Xbox games. The all new OneDrive is also preinstalled with 15GB
cloud storage available right out-of-the- box. Games include SnapAttack,
Wordament and Kinectimals. The note-
taking app, OneNote, is also present. For
the socialites, LINE, WeChat, Path,
Facebook and Facebook Messenger are
also available.