Nokia launches Windows 8 powered Lumia 620 smartphone at $249

HELSINKI: Hardware giant Nokia on Wednesday unveiled its new Nokia Lumia 620, priced at $249. The sales of the latest smartphone from Nokia will begin from January 2013 in Asia, followed by Europe and the Middle East.

The new Lumia phone is powered by Windows 8 and comes in seven different exchangeable shells. Nokia Lumia 620 comes with a five megapixel main camera and VGA front-facing camera. The features are enabled by Qualcomm's Snapdragon(TM) S4 Plus processors.

The Nokia Lumia 620 will be available in a range of colors including, lime green, orange, magenta, yellow, cyan, white and black.

Earlier in the day it was reported that Nokia will partner with China Mobile to launch a version of its new flagship Lumia smartphone tailored for the world's largest cellular market.

China Mobile, the biggest operator in the world with more than 700 million subscribers, will start selling the Lumia 920T, the first phone to be based on Microsoft's new Windows Phone 8 platform in China's third-generation (3G) network.