At the last BUILD conference held at San Francisco, Microsoft has announced its partnership with 11 new companies from different countries including India's own Micromax. Microsoft has also made Windows Phone OS free for devices under 9” inch which helps manufacturers reduce the cost of their phones.
[READ MORE : Micromax partnered with Microsoft ]
Being the 10th largest cell phone manufacturing company in the world, Second largest in India and one among the Microsoft OEM partner, Micromax, as expected, has come up with two new entry level phones running on Windows Phone 8.1. Micromax is very popular with its wide range of affordable Android phones (Bolt, Canvas etc) not only in India, but also in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and soon in Russia. Now its reaching out for Windows phone fans as well. With the launch, they have become the first Indian smartphone player to launch a Windows Phone in the market.
Micromax has added two new warriors to its popular Canvas range which will be the cheapest phones having Windows Phone 8.1. The Canvas Win W092 and Canvas Win W121 will be launched in early July this year and will be priced 6500(€80) and 9500(€115) respectively. About the launch, Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman, Micromax said, “ With our vision to democratize technology and belief in providing consumers with choice of platforms, we are pleased to introduce a new range of Windows-based phones. I am pleased that Micromax is the only Indian mobile phone brand to be present across the two most popular operating platforms in the world.”
With no doubt, both the phones will be competing tightly with Nokia’s Lumia 520 and Lumia 630 and obviously, Micromax scores more. Both the phones have 1GB of ram and 8GB of internal memory whereas both lumias have just 512 MB. They also lack a front cam and LED flash but Micromax has managed to equip their phones with all these features at a price even lower than the Lumia 520. The W121 has got a removable leather finish back panel just like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Micromax have managed to come up with the build quality on Nokia Lumia in the W121with the same material used in all Lumias as Nokia uses polycarbonate(free of PVC) instead of plastic. Lumia 525 is a good option if you prefer 1 GB of RAM and personally i feel Lumia 630 is a bit overpriced. So, let’s go for a little comparison between these phones.
[Releated Read: Nokia Lumia 630 specifications and images ]
COMPARISON
Nokia Lumia 630 VS Micromax Win W121
| MMX W121 | Nokia Lumia 630 | |
| Display | 5” IPS (1280 x 720) | 4.5” IPS LCD Display (480 x 854) |
| Processor | Qualcom Snapdragon 200 1.2 GHz Quadcore( Cortex A7) | Qualcom Snapdragon 400 GHz Quadcore( Cortex A7) |
| Operating System | Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone 8.1 |
| RAM & Storage | 1 GB RAM 8 GB Internal memory 32 GB expandable | 512 MB RAM 8 GB Internal Memory 128 GB SD card support |
| Camera | 8 MP rear,2 MP front LED Flash | 5 MP rear |
| Battery | 2000 mAH | 1830 mAH (BL-5H) |
| Price | 9500 ($159) | 10500 ($158) |
Nokia Lumia 520 VS Micromax Win W092
MMX W092
|
Nokia Lumia 520
| |
Display
|
4” IPS (800 x 480)
|
4” IPS (800 x 480)
|
Processor
|
Qualcom Snapdragon 200
1.2 GHz Quadcore( Cortex A7) |
Qualcom Snapdragon S4
1.0 GHz Processor( Dual Core Krait) |
Operating System
|
Windows Phone 8.1
|
Windows Phone 8 (upgradable)
|
RAM & Storage
|
1 GB RAM
8 GB Internal memory 32 GB expandable |
512 MB RAM
8 GB Internal Memory |
Camera
|
5 MP rear,0.3 MP front
LED Flash |
5 MP rear
|
Battery
|
1500 mAH
|
1430 mAH
(BL-5J) |
Price
|
6500 ($121)
|
8500 ($108)
|
Talking about the Canvas Win W121, the phone’s design is inspired from other canvas phones and the phone do looks nice. You can take off the battery whenever needed and the leather case is interchangeable. The quality of viewing is not impressive as its look but the screen graphics are smoother than other Canvases running on Android OS. MS Office comes pre-loaded with the device and it is powered with Windows phone 8.1 out of the box. Apps can be downloaded from the official windows phone store but the Nokia Here Maps, Nokia mix radio are not available. Microsoft’s Siri-rival Cortana can also be made available by changing your region to United States.
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