Lumia 940 and 940 XL to rumored to be priced higher than iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6

New rumors claim that Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 10 powered flagships Lumia 940 and 940 XL would come with a price tag higher than even Apple’s iPhone 6 and Samsung’s Galaxy S6. The Dutch website MyWindows.nl has reported that they have received information about these two Lumia devices from a “trusted source”.

Rumors say that both the Lumia 940 and 940 XL will be made from polycarbonate but that doesn’t mean they will come cheap. They will cost more than the two premium smartphones – the metal framed iPhone 6 which costs $699 onward and the Samsung Galaxy S6 costing $599 onward.

The newly rumored specifications for both the Lumia models match the previously leaked specs. The only new feature is the presence of an iris scanner in both Lumia 940 and 940 XL.

Let’s go over the rumored specs for both the handsets:

Lumia 940

• Display: 5.2 inch full HD, 1920 × 1080 pixels resolution, 424ppi pixel density


• Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 808, hexa-core CPU, Adreno 418 GPU


• Memory: 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, microSD Card slot


• Camera: 20MP PureView primary camera, 5MP front-facing camera, flash LED Triple


• Operating System: Windows 10 pre-installed

Lumia 940 XL

• Display: 5.7 inch Quad HD, 2560 × 1440 pixels resolution, 515ppi pixel density


• Processor: 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, octa-core CPU, Adreno 430 GPU


• Memory: 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, microSD Card slot


• Camera: 20MP PureView primary camera, 5MP front- facing camera, flash LED Triple


• Operating System: Windows 10 pre-installed

Although the two handsets Lumia 940 and 940 XL have not yet been announced by Microsoft, it is rumored that they will be launched in November this year. It is also speculated that both will support Microsoft’s Continuum feature and the company will release an adapter costing €100 in the beginning of 2016 to support this feature.

Lumia 940 and 940 XL to rumored to be priced higher than iPhone 6 and Galaxy S6

Microsoft Lumia 535 is now official

Last week, Microsoft announced its very first branded Lumia handset the Microsoft Lumia 535. The Lumia 535 is to be made available later this month in single and Dual SIM variants and would run the latest Windows Phone 8.1 with the Lumia Denim update. The Lumia 535 comes with some mid-range specs and comes with “free integrated Microsoft experiences” for affordable smartphone segment users.

Looking to its specs, the Lumia 535 has a 5inch IPS display with 540×960 pixel resolution and is powered with a quad-core Snapdragon 200 chipset clocked at 1.2GHz. The handset comes with some on-board connectivity options of Bluetooth 4.0, HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 and others. The memory options for the device include 8GB of internal storage and 1GB of RAM memory. The Lumia 535 has a 5MP primary camera with LED flash, while the secondary camera is too 5MP focused o capture selfies. The smartphone measures 8.8mm in thickness and weighs just 146 grams. OneNote, Skype, Cortana, Microsoft Office and 15GB of OneDrive storage are all a part of this package.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 is available in six color versions of dark grey, white, bright orange, black, cyan and bright green. The pricing of the handset is expected to be somewhere around €110 excluding taxes. Check out all the images and video of the handset below.

Microsoft Lumia 535 is now official

Microsoft rebrands Nokia blog as Lumia Conversations; Releases video teasing a new phone

Last month, Microsoft had re-branded Nokia Lumia as Microsoft Lumia. Now, shortly before unveiling its first Microsoft-branded Lumia phone the Microsoft Lumia 535, the company has re-designed the official Nokia Conversations blog and re-named it as Lumia Conversations. The blog has become more colorful with a Live Tiled look, and here you will get the latest news about “all-things Lumia”.

Yesterday, Microsoft also released a video teasing a new phone, obviously the Microsoft Lumia 535 that has been announced today. Images of the new Microsoft Lumia smartphone had already leaked a few days back and had increased the curiosity among the public about this upcoming device.

 

The new Microsoft Lumia 535 sports a 5-inch screen, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, and 1GB RAM, 8GB memory storage. It features a 5MP rear camera with flash and a 5MP front-facing camera. The Lumia 535 comes in two variations, 3G Single SIM and 3G Smart Dual SIM and run Windows Phone 8.1. The handset is available in bright green, bright orange, cyan, white, dark grey and black colors.

Microsoft rebrands Nokia blog as Lumia Conversations; Releases video teasing a new phone

Nokia Lumia now re-branded as Microsoft Lumia

Well, if this title is very surprising for you, we give you a bit recap that few months back, Microsoft acquired Nokia and is now the parent company for all the Lumia phones. However, now the company has went out officially declaring that the Nokia Lumia brand would be replaced with Microsoft Lumia. But this is not the complete end of Nokia brand as the company would still continue to sell the Nokia Lumia along with the support for these device. Senior Vice President of Marketing, Tuula Rytilä, said in an interview about the future course of Lumia brands and said that the Nokia-branded apps would now come under the Microsoft umbrella.

However, it is still not clear as to when we would get to see the first Microsoft Lumia device in the market. Probably, if Microsoft doesn’t surprise us before this Christmas, we can expect Microsoft to make announcements at the CES in January or either the MWC in February next year.

Source

Nokia Lumia now re-branded as Microsoft Lumia