ESPOO (dpa-AFX) - At Mobile World Congress, Nokia Corp. (NOK) announced plans to extend high-end innovations to more people in more markets. The company said Nokia Lumia 720 and Nokia Lumia 520 has expanded its Windows Phone 8 portfolio. Nokia Lumia 720 delivers a high-end camera performance at a mid-range price point. The Nokia Lumia 720 comes in five colors, with an estimated starting price of 249 euros before taxes and subsidies. Rollout is planned to start in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Singapore in the first-quarter of 2013, before continuing into broader markets in the second-quarter, including China as well as key markets in Europe, Asia, Africa and India.
The Nokia Lumia 520 comes in five colors, with an estimated starting price of 139 euros, before taxes and subsidies. Roll-out is planned to begin in first-quarter 2013 in Hong Kong and Vietnam, before expanding broadly in the second-quarter to markets in Europe, Asia - including China and India - Latin America and Africa. The Nokia Lumia 520 is also planned to roll out in the United States with T-Mobile.
The company also announced that following the launch of the Nokia Lumia 920T by China Mobile last year, the mobile operator would bring the Nokia Lumia 720 and the Nokia Lumia 520 to China.
Nokia also unveiled the Nokia 105 and the Nokia 301, for more affordable Internet and email access, and camera experiences inspired by Nokia Lumia smartphones.
The Nokia 105 is available in black and cyan for a recommended price of 15 euros. It is planned to start rolling out in the first-quarter of 2013 and is expected to be gradually expanded to in China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia, Vietnam and other markets in Africa, Middle East, Asia-Pacific and Europe.
The Nokia 301 is available in cyan, black, magenta, yellow and white for a recommended price of EUR 65. It is planned to start rolling out in the second-quarter of 2013 and is expected to be available in more than 120 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, Middle East and Latin America.
The company also announced that while HERE, its new brand for location experiences, will continue to offer first and best experiences on Lumia, HERE Maps, HERE Drive and HERE Transit would become available for non-Nokia Windows Phone smartphones in selected markets.
The company said that with more than 130 000 applications now available on Windows Phone, it is opening up its APIs in imaging, location and music to encourage developers to build unique and innovative application experiences for Lumia.
New apps from Burton, GoPro and FourSquare are already taking advantage of these opportunities, while Nokia announced a new cooperation with Dreamworks Animations SKG. The cooperation will see Dreamworks developers use Nokia APIs to deliver rich, interactive entertainment experiences, exclusively for Nokia devices, starting from the second half of 2013.
Nokia said that the company and Microsoft are increasing their focus on bringing business customers from competitor platforms to Windows Phone using the combined strength of Windows Phone 8 and the popular appeal of Nokia Lumia smartphones. Nokia confirmed operators including Everything Everywhere, Elisa, Orange, Telstra and Vodafone are ranging Nokia Lumia smartphones as their business hero devices.
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