Nokia launches Lumia 620 to boost up there sales

 

Nokia Lumia 620 can be called a significant improvement over the Lumia 610, which appeared to be a rushed job. In terms of design, both smartphones are quite distinct, but the capacitive Windows buttons is what connects them. The Lumia 620 has more of a rectangular design with well-curved edges. Also, it appears that Nokia was aiming for an edge-to-edge screen approach with the Lumia 620 for it is quite similar to the treatment given to Lumia 820's display.

The Lumia 620 has a backpanel cover, which almost looks like a case tightly hugging the back-side. However, getting this back panel off the body is quite tricky. The easiest way we managed was by putting a thumb on the camera and pushing it ahead while holding the shell's edges on the top with two or three fingers. This back panel is of a single colour and has a matte finish feel. Nokia Lumia 620 comes with dual-colour effect that shows through the shells in Lime Green, Orange, Magenta, Yellow, Cyan, White and Black colours.

All the button controls - volume buttons, power/sleep and camera key, are located on the right side. With a hand-sized form factor, the Lumia 620 fits amazingly well in the palm and is ready for single-handed operation. Curved edges along non-protruding buttons make it easy to quickly slide the device into a pocket. We noted that only the black and white coloured back panel shells seemed to have a matte finish for a slightly better grip.

The Lumia 620 is 115.4 mm tall and 11 mm thick, somewhat thicker than the current generation of smartphones. This smartphone weighs about 127 grams. Lumia 620 carries one of the most comfortable designs, and it fits snugly in one hand.

Display and hardware
Nokia has packed a 3.8 inch touchscreen display that appears to be almost the size of the iPhone 4/4S. However, this 3.8 inch screen 24-bit panel has been constructed using Nokia's own ClearBlack layer for better black colour production by reducing the reflections on the screen. It carries 480 x 800 pixel resolution natively, thereby offering decent 246 pixels per inch density. The screen supports multi-touch and is certainly smaller in comparison to large display devices. The colours look just about fine without the bluesy effect of Amoled. Outdoor legibility of the text and menu options is quite decent. The sharpness and overall image quality did surprise us pleasantly.

About 11 mm thick, the phone does appear slightly stubby, but Nokia has tried to make it appeal to the young crowd. The idea was to pack decent hardware in a cosy shell to make the overall package affordable. The Lumia 620 packs a dual core 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 mobile processor paired with an Adreno 305 graphics chip and 512 MB RAM. Apparently, Nokia has used the same processor, graphics and RAM combination for the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720 devices as well.

Nokia has packed a Near Field Communication chip inside the Lumia 620 back panel so that it can be used with different accessories like the Play 360 wireless speaker. This device gets quite a good bump compared to its predecessor - Lumia 610. Apart from twice the amount of RAM, the Lumia 620 packs 8 GB on-board storage and can support up to a 64 GB micro SD card. Nokia has taken care of audio output with a Dolby headphones sound enhancement feature.

Apart from Bluetooth 3.0 bump, the only surprising change is the lack of stereo FM radio. Other than that, Nokia has packed a GPS chip with A-GPS and Glonass support for faster location lock. 

BY-KSHITIJ

PGDM 2nd sem.