Apple launches iPhone 5c at a price of $549

Apple iPhone 5c

Apple had recently unveiled two new iPhones - iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s. A rumor had spread that the iPhone 5c will be a cheap phone. But that did not turn out to be true. Though Apple iPhone 5c could boast of an impressive hardware but at a price of $549 (carrier unlocked 16GB variant) it was surely not a budget phone as it was expected. iPhone 5c is currently up for pre-orders in nine countries including US, UK, China, Australia, Canada and Japan. But the million dollar question is will Apple iPhone 5c be able to tackle the tough challenges thrown by Android running devices. Also with the introduction of the Firefox OS, its likely that competition in this segment will flare up. By the way, let's have a look at the tech specs of the new iPhone. The iPhone 5c sports a hard polycarbonate back case. It comes with A6 chip, 4-inch Retina Display and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The Apple iPhone 5c boasts of a bigger battery and better 4G/LTE support. It will run iOS7, the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system.

Nokia Lumia 925 - Features, Price and Tech Specs

Nokia Lumia 925

Nokia Lumia 925 is a premium smartphone and sports a metal frame with a polycarbonate plastic back. The phone comes with a 4.5-inch power saving AMOLED screen which makes the colorful Windows Phone interface really pop. It is powered by a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It has an 8.7-MP PureView rear camera and 1.2-MP wide angle front camera. Lumia 925 runs Windows Phone 8 and is packed with a 2,000 mAh battery. The downside is that there is no microSD expansion slot which means that the storage could get quickly filled with the great images and 1080p videos. Altogether the 925 is an excellent smartphone that could have got even better if the number of apps on the Windows market had increased.

Rating : 4/5
Price : Rs. 33,499

Microsoft plans to buy Nokia at a price of $7.2 billion

Microsoft is buying Nokia's devices and services unit for $7.2 billion. The deal is expected to finalize in the year 2014. After the deal, Nokia's current CEO Stephen Elop will join Microsoft. Nokia's chairman Risto Siilasmaa said that though the decision to exit from the mobile business was an emotional one but it made financial and strategic sense too. In the last few years Nokia had been overtaken in the smartphone arena by Samsung and Apple. The decision to take over Nokia is one of the boldest steps taken by Microsoft in the last decade. Microsoft will retain its Mobile Research and Development facility in Finland where 4700 Nokia staff are currently employed. In the deal, Microsoft is buying Nokia's Lumia and Asha brand names for its smartphones. Microsoft has been licensed to use the Nokia brand name on its mobile phones for the next 10 years but this will mean that the Nokia brand will ultimately disappear from handsets bringing an end to the name of the once-dominant player in the market.