14 DAY TRIAL // The cheaper version of Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia 1320 is about to make its debut in Australia. After announcing the upcoming availability of the dual-SIM version of Motorola Moto G, another popular smartphone will be making its way onto Australian shelves.
However, Nokia's phablet won't be available for purchase until early February, MyNokiaBlog reports. It appears that the Finnish company plans to release the Lumia 1320 in Australia on February 4, though we're still waiting for confirmation on that one.
Customers in Australia will be able to purchase the Lumia 1320 for only $450 (€290) outright, which is quite decent considering the phablet's features.
It is also worth mentioning the smartphone will also be available for free on select contracts through various carriers such as Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.
Nokia Lumia 1320 seems to have been specifically aimed at emerging markets, which is why it was released in Asia-Pacific countries such as India, Malaysia and Singapore.
Obviously, it wouldn't have made any sense to bring the flagship Windows Phone handset, Lumia 1520 in these countries, without offering a cheaper alternative as well.
Speaking of which, Lumia 1320 boasts a similar 6-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating. Keep in mind though that Nokia Lumia 1520's screen supports full HD (1080p) resolution.
Furthermore, the Lumia 1320 only comes with a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with autofocus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording. A secondary front-facing camera is included as well.
On the inside, the phablet packs a 1.7GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, an Adrneo 306 graphics processing unit and 1GB of RAM.
The smartphone features 8GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD memory card. It also provides 7GB of free cloud storage via SkyDrive.