The handset appears to be priced higher than what Nokia announced at MWC

Mar 8, 2014 07:54 GMT  ·  By

Following its official unveiling at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week, Nokia XL, the largest handset in the company’s new Android lineup, is now available for pre-order in Finland.

The mobile phone can be seen listed on the website of online retailer Verkkokauppa.com as available for reservations, with a price tag of €160 ($222) attached to it, without tax, esphoneblog notes. At the moment, you can see the phone there at €199.90 ($277).

The price is much higher than what Nokia has announced for the smartphone last week. In case you missed the announcement, you should know that Nokia said at the time that it expects the new device to retail for around €109 ($151).

The news site also notes that this retailer is usually listing devices with a €999.99 price tag when it doesn’t have info on the actual cost, but chances are that Nokia has provided some details on the matter.

One other thing that should be noted here is that Nokia hasn’t made the Nokia XL official in the country as of now. However, it might not be too long before the company will make such a move, and specific details on its pricing there will be unveiled.

Nokia XL was announced with a 5-inch IPS LCD touchscreen display capable of delivering a 480 x 800 pixels resolution, as well as with a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Play (Cortex-A5) processor packed inside.

Moreover, the smartphone comes to the market with 768MB of RAM packed inside, as well as with 4GB of internal memory, and a microSD memory card slot that allows users to add up to 32GB of external storage to it

Nokia XL also comes with a 5-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash, 1/4'' sensor size, and face detection, capable of recording videos in 480p@30fps resolution. At the same time, it was featured a 2MP front camera for making video calls while on the go.

The smartphone was also announced with the usual set of connectivity capabilities packed inside, including 3G (HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth, microUSB v2.0, and built-in GPS receiver. It is powered by a 2000mAh battery that can offer up to 13 hours of talk time.

The phone runs under Google’s Android operating system, but does not include the usual set of services that the Internet giant is offering with the platform. Instead, Nokia has replaced them with its own set products, such as HERE Maps and Nokia Store.