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Nokia X Series – The Untrue Android Design and interface
the smaller screen, as it would be doing Android widgets, but while The Nokia X is the Finnish brand’s hard to hold something that small other launchers can make things look too complex, Nokia is doing things big effort to make greater waves into and thin. the low, low end of the smartphone The screen doesn’t seem to suffer its own way and making it all seem market – and it’s enlisted the help of either – the contrast is strong, helped a lot cooler.
You can also see more notifications on the lock screen than you might on other Nokia phones - it’s a little boring in terms of design, but works well enough.
Android to make that happen.
The other big change is Nokia’s Fast Lane – it’s an odd change from the notifications bar, as it’s essentially the same thing but one long scrolling page that can be accessed by swiping right or left.
by the smorgasbord of colour on offer For instance, there’s no ‘Apps’ key from the live tiles. that shows all the little bits of software The Nokia X is a phone that you’ve downloaded – now it’s all in comes with a fairly decent spec list for There’s not a lot else on offer one long list that just endlessly scrolls. a phone that’s coming in at €89 before here in terms of ports or anything – To that end, it can get a bit messy, so tax (around £75, $120, AU$135) the mandatory headphone jack and Nokia’s method of creating folders – we’re talking a dual-core 1GHz camera (which is only a 3MP option is needed and something that wasn’t processor from Qualcomm, 512MB with no flash) are the only other items possible on Windows Phone. of RAM, a 4-inch WVGA screen and in a sea of matte plastic. a 1500mAh battery. It’s nothing special, and you can’t But this isn’t meant to be a phone However, it’s important not to that’s all about design – the Nokia X just drag and drop to create a folder, compare to this to the likes of the is supposed to offer a differentiated instead needing to tap an icon. But Moto G, as it’s not meant for the user experience from the rest of the at least dragging the live tile icons more developed regions in terms identikit Android phones on the for each app will allow you to move the order around automatically, and of smartphone use. This is for areas market. some, such as the gallery, will expand where Android devices are sold at a To that end, I actually rather much lower average price, but still can liked what Finland’s top Microsoft to show pictures in your album. do the basic things that others can. There’s even the chance to change subsidiary is doing – there’s a nice the colour of some apps to match your With that in mind, the Nokia X is fusion of Android familiarity and theme – although the fact you can’t do probably a little better than OK. The Windows Phone functionality. this to all of them means this feature polycarbonate body is fairly chunky, The live tiles idea is really cool is slightly negated. but in the hand it dovetails well with – it’s essentially just a clever way of
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It’s cool in some respects, as it allows you to dynamically control things like the music player, and always keeps your most-used apps close at hand. However, there is still the same pull-down bar as on other Android handsets here, but it’s only for changing settings. Fast Lane isn’t the same as the multitasking menu you’ll get on the likes of most other Android phones - while long pressing the icon will shut it down, the app apparently still runs.
� Sleek UI
� Low storage
� Low cost
� Chunky design
Mobility April 2014
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