On Wednesday
9th April, 2014 at the plush Alisa Hotel, Nokia unveiled their
latest device to hit the market, the NOKIA X. The first of their Android offerings
limited to certain markets. Consumers would find this offering interesting
considering the fact that Microsoft is finalizing the takeover of Nokia
mobility. First it was Symbian. Then it
was MeeGo. Then it was Windows Phone. Now it's Android. It is interesting to
know that, this version of Android has all the Google service bits stripped out
and loaded with Microsoft services in their place and a new UI that features
some of Nokia's old devices in the form of a tiles (Windows Phone – Nokia Lumia)
and Fastlane (Nokia Asha).
The
device with an easy navigation, is powered by a 1 GHz dual core Qualcomm
snapdragon processor. You know what that means right? Great processing power
with long lasting battery life. Anyway, my subsequent posts will delve into the
features and core functionality of the device
The
device was unveiled in Accra by the Head of Sales and Operations, Nokia West
& Central Africa (WECA), Oyatayo Oladipo and the Marketing Manager, Nokia
Ghana – Moses Acquah. Also in attendance were officials from Microsoft Ghana,
Medicom Ghana Ltd. who are the largest distributors of Nokia devices in Ghana.
Some
of the attendees at the unveiling went home with the device through a lucky dip
and a device feature quiz.
Nokia
hopes to ride on the good old perception that Nokia is synonymous with durability,
reliability and affordability. At a
retail cost of 369 ghc or 400 ghc, who knows the love of Nokia will resurrected
in the weeks and months to come.
Watch this space for my reviews....
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