The Nokia showroom floor at the MWC 2014 is chock full of people eager to see Android running on Nokia hardware. We’ve managed to get cozy with the Nokia XL for a minute and we’re now going to tell you all about it.
The Nokia XL features a 5″ IPS LCD display of WVGA resolution and it’s not all that bad. Yes, the phone is cheap at €109, so we are not expecting much from it to begin with. With that said, colors are nice, but contrast isn’t great. As you’ll see from the live Nokia XL photos below, it gets covered in fingerprint smudges very easily.
This tells us that Nokia has cut corners by not placing a protective coating on top of the display to prevent it.
As far as the Android experience on the Nokia XL, it’s very fluid and smooth. The phone runs a version of Jelly Bean as far as we could tell, but no one specified which one. The 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 chipset does a good job of opening and running apps as well as switching between them.
Nokia has also included a bunch of its Lumia apps on the XL including its Store, Camera, Mix Radio and HERE Maps. Microsoft’s presence is also felt with the addition of Skype and OneCloud apps. Speaking of which, XL users will get 10GB of free OneCloud storage as well as 1 month free of Skype Premium. Speaking for goodies, Nokia also includes a 4GB microSD card in the XL’s package.
The Nokia XL features a plastic build with an exclusive colors that the X and X+ don’t get – bright orange. It feels very nice to the touch, similar to the Nokia Asha 501 and Lumia 1320.
Nokia XL live photos
At the back of the phone, there’s a 5MP snapper with LED flash. As you can see from the photos, there’s a large physical key below the display, which acts like a Home/back button. The user interface is overly simple, too, with two main screens – the app list screen and fastlane.
The list of app is reminiscent of the home screen of the Windows Phone 8 UI and features app tiles, which can be resized. The larger the tile, the more information it displays. For example expanding the People’s tile will display your favorite contacts, while the Gallery will display the latest photos you’ve snapped.
Nokia XL live photos
Check out the Nokia XL in action in our hands-on video below.
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