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Nokia Reveals Its Cheapest Handset
Nokia has announced the release of the Nokia 103 which at $25, is the cheapest handset ever made by the Finnish mobile company. Since many of us still see a phone as just a phone which can be used to text and place calls, it is not surprising that Nokia still want to cater for customers who want a device that just does that. Although the Nokia 103 is not likely to win an award for being the sleekest device, it isn’t unattractive with its orange and blue color combination it actually looks decent. Because of how cheap it is, users can kiss their chances of getting anything like an Android or Windows Phone operating system on it. It has a basic black and white 1.36-inch screen and a battery life that is measured in months, not days.
Besides being a decent looking budget cellphone, the 103 does come with a few interesting elements such as its ‘anti-scratch’ cover, the fact that its dust resistant and also a flashlight along with FM radio if use a headset. While the other high-end device manufacturers will not be losing any sleep over this phone that was launched in Nigeria, the demand for devices that are cheap, good and high in quality like the Nokia 103 is very much warranted in places where owning an iPhone or high-end Android device costs more than paying rent and it is a good thing that Nokia remembers that the market still exists having catered for them in the past.
Now here is an interesting leaked render of what is allegedly known as the Nokia C1, which is supposed to be the next smartphone which will feature the Nokia logo – never mind the fact that the Finnish company had already sold its smartphone business to Microsoft some time back. Well, the most interesting aspect about this leaked render would be the fact that it sports an Android operating system on the foreground, while another model hiding behind it looks as though it runs on Windows 10 Mobile.
Does this mean that we will have to face not one, but two variants of the same device? Only time will be able to tell, but for the moment, it will be an agonizing wait until 2016 as that is when the alleged Nokia C1 smartphone will launch then.
So, you happen to be rocking to one of the older Lumia handsets from Nokia, and would love to check out what all the hoo-haa is about concerning Windows 10 Mobile. If you happen to live in Poland, then here is a spot of good news for you to kick start your week – the Windows 10 Mobile update will be heading to the likes of the Lumia 630, 635, 640, 735, and 830 this coming December 14, whereas those who happen to be making use of the Lumia 520, 532, 625, 720, 820, 920, 925, 930, 1020, and 1320, will have to wait until February 1st next year.
Again, bear in mind that the Windows 10 Mobile update will only affect those smartphones which were purchased from Orange in Poland, so if you happen to own any of the above mentioned devices but from different people, then you would have to give the updates a miss.
A quick look at the calendar shows that we are still in March – early March, in fact, and April is still some ways of. Still, this has not stopped the fact that an alleged leak of a Nokia 1100 has been benchmarked, and in that particular benchmark, it revealed that the Nokia 1100 would sport Android 5.0 Lollipop as the mobile operating system version of choice – how cool would that be if it were to be true?
Other hardware specifications in the alleged leaked benchmark sheet point to a quad-core MT6582 processor which has been clocked at 1.3GHz, a 720p resolution display, and most probably 512MB RAM. We would take this bit of information with more than just a pinch of salt – perhaps and entire tablespoonful.