Nokia, the Finnish handset maker, had
announced the launch of Lumia phones mid-November. The company is now pinning its hopes on the new smartphone range ready to hit the stores to regain their leader position.
The Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710, the first devices to be launched under the
partnership with software giant Microsoft, are available at the price of Rs 29,999 and Rs 19,999, respectively.
"We are positioning it (Lumia) as more than a smartphone. This will help us to achieve leadership position," Nokia India Director and Head (Smart devices) Vipul Mehrotra told reporters in Chennai.
PERSPECTIVE: Can tying up help Nokia and Microsoft stay relevant? Asked about the company's target customers for their new smartphone series Lumia, Mehrotra said: "I cannot give you specific numbers, but (the figure) is significant."
Stating that there was "significant" number of youth, who prefer to buy such mobile phones, he said the new phones are being shipped to India from Europe and will be available in a few days.
"They are being shipped to India from Europe. We expect them to be out in the next few days," he said, adding the phones would be available across its 5,000 retailers.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is a high-end device that comes with a 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and has 16 GB internal user memory and 512 MB programme memory.
The Lumia 710, has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 8 GB storage capacity with 512 MB RAM and comes with exchangeable back covers.
Both touchscreen devices run on Windows Phone 7.5 'Mango Operating System'.
- With inputs from PTI
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