Nokia may be planning low-end WP8 smartphone ‘Flame’

Nokia has been both praised and criticised for its first Windows Phone 8 (WP 8) smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920, which were unveiled recently at IFA 2012. It is now rumoured that the company may be looking to send dissenters packing with the launch of a couple of low-end phones. News of a WP8-powered, mid-range Nokia “Zeal” came out earlier this week and now we have The Verge reporting that the Finnish company might be planning a 4-inch, low-end WP8 device called ‘Flame’.The Verge cites sources as saying that the Flame would have low-end specifications and may be targeted at low-cost markets and offered at price points similar to the existing Lumia 610 and 710. The Flame is supposed to be powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and would have 512MB of RAM, a 5-megapixel camera and4 GB of storage space. It would also have a microSD slot for increasing the storage space. Although no concrete details of when it’ll be launched are cited, The Verge states that a Q1 2013 launch can be expected. The Zeal sports specs slightly higher than that of the Nokia Flame. Rumoured to be equipped with a 4.3-inch display, 1.0GHz dual core processor, and 8GB of storage, the Zeal is also said to be launched around the same time as the Flame; around Q1 of 2013.

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