Microsoft launches 3 Lumia handsets

Lumia 830 will be available in India from October 8 at Rs.28, 799, Lumia 730 will be available starting October 6 at Rs.15, 299 and Lumia 930 will be available from October 15 at Rs.38, 649.

Ajey Mehta, MD, Nokia India Sales Pvt Ltd at the announcement of sale of new series of Nokia Lumia smartphones in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: R.V. Moorthy

Expanding its Lumia series of devices, Microsoft Devices, on Wednesday, launched three new handsets — Lumia 730, 830 and 930 — priced at Rs.15,299, Rs.28,799 and Rs.38,649, respectively.

“We are focussed on growing the Windows Phone ecosystem. Our user base has been consistently growing. We have introduced three new devices, which, we believe, will help us consolidate our position in the mid-price smartphone market,” Ajey Mehta, Managing Director of Nokia India, a subsidiary of Microsoft Mobile Oy, said.

The Lumia 830 comes with a 10-megapixel PureView camera, Windows Phone 8.1 operating system with Lumia Denim update and OneDrive with 15 GB of free storage. It will be available from October 8. The Lumia 730 is a dual SIM phone that comes with a 5MP front facing camera for Skype video calls, and will be available from October 6.

The Lumia 930 has a 20MP PureView camera, a 2.2 GHz Snapdragon quad-core processor, and comes integrated Microsoft services like OneDrive and Microsoft Office. The device will be available from October 15. .