The cheapest Windows Phone 8 handset from Nokia now available in this market

Jan 15, 2013 00:51 GMT  ·  By

Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has officially opened orders for its Lumia 620 smartphone in China, after unveiling the device in the beginning of December last year as its most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone to date.

The handset can now be seen listed on Nokia China’s website as available through various retailers, including Amazon, 51Buy, 360Buy and TMall.

Nokia Lumia 620 features a price tag of 1,999 Yuan ($321 / €240) at all retailers, and appears to be in stock at all of them at the moment. You can learn more on the matter through Nokia’s website.

For those out of the loop, we should note that the Nokia Lumia 620 was made official with a 3.8-inch touchscreen display on the front, capable of delivering an 800 x 480 pixels resolution.

The handset also sports a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor inside, clocked in at 1.5GHz and complemented by 512MB of RAM.

Furthermore, the smartphone arrives on shelves with 8GB of internal memory, complemented by a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 64GB of external storage, and 7GB of cloud storage through Microsoft’s SkyDrive service.

The mobile phone packs a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with LED flash and support for 720p video recording, along with a front camera for making video calls.

Lumia 620 is powered by a BL-4J 1300 mAh battery that can deliver up to 9.9 hours of talk time on 3G, or up to 330 hours of standby time.

It also features Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 3.0 connectivity, NFC (Near Field Communication) Technology, 3.5 mm audio jack, Micro USB 2.0, and GPS receiver.

In addition to the Windows Phone 8 operating system from Microsoft, Lumia 620 also comes pre-loaded with a variety of applications, including some exclusive to Nokia’s smartphones, such as Nokia Music Store Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive and the like.