Nokia Lumia 730, Lumia 830 launched in India for Rs 15,299 & Rs 28,799 respectively

NEW DELHI — Microsoft-owned Nokia today launched two mid-range smartphones with powerful cameras – namely Nokia Lumia 730 and Lumia 830 – in India.

The Lumia 730 is priced at Rs 15,299 and will be available from October 6 onwards while the Lumia 830 will be available from October 8 onwards for Rs 28,799.

Nokia Lumia 730

This 8.7mm thick smartphone has a 4.7-inch display with high-definition resolution. This display is made with ClearBlack technology which lessens reflections and enhances contrast and is thus especially useful outdoors. Besides, the display has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

The Nokia Lumia 730 has 8 GB of internal storage, 1 GB RAM, and a micro SD card slot that can hold a card of up to 128 GB. It is based on the newly announced Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and is powered by the Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor – a chip that is found mostly in low to mid-range devices and isn’t as powerful as high-end Snapdragon chips but is considered equal to MediaTek’s quad-core chips.

The Lumia 730 though will appeal to buyers looking for a decent camera phone in the mid-range segment as it has a 6.7-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics and 1/3.4 inch sensor. This camera is said to be capable of capturing full HD videos at 30 frames per second. In the front, the Lumia 730 has a 5-megapixel camera which is also able to capture full HD videos.

Other than that, the Nokia Lumia 730 has a 2200 mAh battery with a claimed 3G talk time of 17 hours, dual SIM with 3G connectivity, WiFi with hotspot feature, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, and a micro USB 2.0 port.

Nokia Lumia 830

As the name suggests, the Nokia Lumia 830 is a slightly better device than the Lumia 730. The Lumia 830 has a bigger 5-inch ClearBlack display with HD resolution as well as Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection.

Further, it has much better 16 GB internal storage but comes with the same 1 GB RAM and 128 GB micro SD card slot. It has also the same combination of Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and the Adreno 305 GPU. It too has a 2200 mAh battery and as expected it offers lesser talktime than the Lumia 730 – 14 hours and 48 minutes of 3G talktime, as claimed.

The Nokia Lumia 830 also has two SIM slots offering 3G connectivity, dual-band WiFi with hotspot feature, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, and a micro USB 2.0 port. The Lumia 830 has a much better 10-megapixel rear camera with Carl Zeiss optics, an autofocus feature, and notably the optical image stabilisation feature found in high-end devices. It also uses PureView camera technology. It has FM radio as the Lumia 730.