Microsoft
on Monday has announced the
availability of its recently unveiled Lumia 930. Priced at $599
(approximately Rs. 35,800), the sales of Lumia 930 will begin this week
in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The company also said that “further
rollout throughout the world (except the US) will continue over the
coming weeks.”
The Lumia 930 was first unveiled
in April at Microsoft’s Build 2014 conference along with the Lumia 630
and Lumia 635.
The smartphone is already listed on various online
retailers (Flipkart,
HomeShop18)
in India without price.
The Nokia Lumia 930 features single-SIM
support and runs Windows Phone 8.1 out-of-the-box. It features a 5-inch
full-HD (1080×1920 pixel) ClearBlack OLED display with a pixel density
of 441ppi. The display boasts of a Gorilla Glass 3 screen, the ‘Super
Sensitive Touch’ feature, and ‘a near 180-degree viewing angle’. The
Lumia 930 is powered by a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC
coupled with 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of built-in storage.
It sports a
20-megapixel PureView camera with dual-LED flash, which has optical
image stabilisation (OIS) and Carl Zeiss optics. A front-facing
1.2-megapixel wide-angle camera is onboard as well, apart from four
directional microphones and integrated Dolby Surround Sound. The Nokia
Lumia 930 comes in 32GB of built-in storage (additional 7GB free
OneDrive cloud storage), but there is no expansion option for microSD
card.
Various connectivity options on the Lumia 930 include Wi-Fi,
Wi-Fi direct, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Micro-USB, 3G and LTE. The Lumia 930
runs on a 2420mAh battery which is rated for up to 21.7 hours of 2G talk
time and 17.9 hours of 3G talk time. Other than that the Lumia 930
smartphone also boasts of built-in wireless charging. It measures
137x71x9.8 mm and weighs 167 grams.
Featuring an aluminium frame
with metallic accents, and a curved polycarbonate back, the smartphone
comes in Bright Orange, Bright Green, Black and White colours. The Nokia
Lumia 930 comes with OneDrive, MS Office, Nokia Camera, MixRadio and
HERE Maps, as well as specific imaging apps, such as Nokia Camera, Nokia
Storyteller, Nokia Creative Studio and Nokia Refocus, pre-installed.
