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The Microsoft Lumia 435, which was unveiled in mid-January, has today become available to buy in India. We're talking about the dual-SIM version of the handset, which is currently being offered in white and black by Microsoft's online store for the subcontinent. Green and orange color versions were also presented during the phone's official unveiling, but so far those have not been launched in India. Perhaps they will arrive in the future. If you want to buy a Lumia 435 from Microsoft, you need to pay INR 5,999. At the current exchange rates, that means $96 or ?85. That's pretty close to the ?70 price before taxes that Microsoft touted last month. The software giant's Indian online store claims you'll receive your brand new Lumia 435 in 4 working days if you order one. In this instance, the price is low because the hardware isn't anything to get excited about. The Lumia 435 sports a 4-inch 480x800 touchscreen, a 2 MP rear camera, and a VGA secondary shoote...

Simple and dual SIM phone from Nokia has just launched in India via Flipkart. New candybar phone is called the Nokia 112, which is sold by retailer for cost 2,595 INR (around $47). Coming with alphanumeric keypad, the Nokia 112 has a 1.8-inch color LCD display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, and 0.3MP rear-facing camera. Inside, this Nokia dual SIM featurephone brings 16MB of RAM, 64MB of ROM, 10MB of onboard storage, microSD card support (up to 32GB), and FM radio. Nokia 112 phone has two SIM card slots (GSM + GSM) and a 1400mAh Li-Ion battery that enough for 14 hours of talk time. Size of Nokia 112 is 46.9 x 110.4 x 15.4 mm and weighs 86 grams. View the original article here

Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone/tablet hybrid device will soon get the new competitor, the Thomson X-View 2. As noted, the existing Galaxy Note has feature a 1.4GHz dual-core processor, a 5.3-inch touchscreen Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and an 8-megapixel camera (1080p video recording). The new Thomson X-View 2 brings a same large 5.3-inch touchscreen display but lower resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, a 5-megapixel rear camera, and a 0.3MP front-facing camera. The selling point is also dual-SIM card slots and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. New phablet-styled device boasts a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of internal memory, and a MicroSD card slot (up to 32GB). Dimensions of Thompson X-View-2 are 150 x 81 x 10.9 mm and weight 212 grams. Thomson X-View-2 5.3-inch smartphone is expected unveil at the IFA 2012, which will open on August 31 in Berlin (Germany). View the original article here