Nokia has unveiled its first line-up of Android powered Smartphones in the MWC 2014 that was held in Barcelona last month, the Nokia X, X+, and XL. This entire list of devices runs on forked version Android unlike the pure Android Smart phones. There is no access to Google Play but other Google services like Gmail, Google Search, Maps will be readily available. All these are budget devices that will come in affordable prices with dual SIM support.
All three devices feature a WVGA displays with 800 × 480 pixel resolutions, however the XL is the largest of the family. There’s also the same dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor powering the handsets, the same amount of internal storage, and identical software features. The table below should help you to spot the differences between these devices.
Display / Form Factor
All three features a WVGA display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution, but the screen size on the Nokia X and Nokia X+ are at 4 inch but the Nokia XL has a bigger screen, thus giving lesser PPI of 187 compared to 233 PPI given by the other two devices. The dimensions of Nokia X and Nokia X+ are same at 115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm where as the dimensions for the Nokia XL are 141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm, making it slightly bigger that the other two.
Nokia X | Nokia X+ | Nokia XL |
4 inch ISP LCD | 4 inch ISP LCD | 5 inch ISP LCD |
WVGA 800 x 480 | WVGA 800 x 480 | WVGA 800 x 480 |
233ppi | 233ppi | 187ppi |
115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm | 115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm | 141.4 x 77.7 x 10.9 mm |
Internal Specifications
There is nothing much of a difference that can be found in the internal specifications of these devices except that the Nokia X features a 512 MB RAM and the other two devices in the list feature a slightly better RAM of 786 MB, the rest all are same.
Nokia X | Nokia X+ | Nokia XL |
1 GHz Dual-core | 1 GHz Dual-core | 1 GHz Dual-core |
8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon | 8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon | 8225 Qualcomm Snapdragon |
512MB | 786MB | 786MB |
203 GPU | 203 GPU | 203 GPU |
Forked v4.1.2 JellyBean | Forked v4.1.2 JellyBean | Forked v4.1.2 JellyBean |
Camera / Storage
The Nokia X and Nokia X+ feature a 3 MP camera on the back and lacks a front facing camera, but the Nokia XL has a 5 MP camera on the back with LED flash and also has a 2 MP front facing camera for video calling.
Nokia X | Nokia X+ | Nokia XL |
3 MP rear | 3 MP rear | 5 MP rear LED flash, 2MP front |
4GB + MicroSD (32GB) | 4GB + MicroSD (32GB) | 4GB + MicroSD (32GB) |
Battery / Connectivity
The Nokia X and Nokia X+ devices are powered by a 1500 mAh battery and the Nokia XL has a better batter of 2000 mAh. All the three devices have the same set of connectivity’s like Bluetooth v3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB.
Clearly Nokia XL is a better option to choose over the other two devices, but again we can’t say this until the prices of all the three devices are known.