The Lumia 1320 (S$459) is Nokia’s more affordably-priced 6-inch phablet and will be available in Singapore from tomorrow at Nokia Stores, Nokia Solution Partners and all three local telcos.
The Nokia Lumia 1320 will be available in four colours – orange, yellow, white, and black.
The Lumia 1320 packs many of Nokia’s Lumia features into its 6-inch phablet form factor but at a lower price point.
These include imaging features such as Nokia Camera and Nokia Storyteller, global mapping and location services from HERE, and unlimited streaming of ad-free music with Nokia Mix Radio.
A tale of two Nokia Lumia phablets
Both the Nokia Lumia 1520 and Nokia Lumia 1320 ships with Microsoft Office include so users can view and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files on the move, with up to 7GB of free and secure cloud storage via SkyDrive.
As with the flagship Lumia 1520 (S$999) and affordable Lumia 525 (S$249) which began selling in Singapore on 14 December 2013, all three devices come with the Windows Phone 8 Nokia Lumia Black update.
Tech specs for all three Lumia smartphones can be found here, for comparison between the Lumia 1520 and Lumia 1320.
Both phablets have the same 3400mAh integrated battery. This provides up to 21 hours of 3G talk time and almost 100 hours of music playback for the Lumia 1320.
The Lumia 1520 has a 1080p full HD display for its 6-inch screen, and a 20-megapixel PureView camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS). It also records full HD video.
The more affordable Lumia 1320 has a 720p display on its 6-inch screen.
The new Nokia Camera integrates the most popular imaging modes – Pro, Smart, and video – into one seamless picture-taking experience on the Nokia Lumia 1320.
The 6-inch display is the same size as that in the Lumia 1520 and allows a new third column of tiles on the home screen so that users can directly access and see more updates from the live tiles of apps on the home screen.
Nokia Storyteller makes stories come to life on the six inch screen of the Nokia Lumia 1320 by automatically integrating images with HERE location information into a chronological picture journey on a map.
Creative Studio allows editing pictures easily into photo collages and makes images come to life with different filters or color popping effects.
With Nokia MixRadio users can download their favorite playlists for offline enjoyment.
HERE Maps, HERE Drive(+) and HERE Transit offer an intuitive, and personal location experience.
Now with LiveSight in HERE Drive(+) you can easily locate your parked car while in HERE Transit it will be easier to find nearby transit stations.
The Lumia 1320 comes with an 8GB internal memory and has an expandable 64GB memory card slot.
On a larger screen, finding places and navigating to destinations become even easier.
The key technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 1320 are listed below.
| Nokia Lumia 1320 | |
| Operating system | Windows Phone 8 – Nokia Lumia Black update |
| HERE location and mapping services | HERE location and mapping services: Free global HERE Maps with LiveSight augmented reality view. Free HERE Drive with a local license. HERE Transit available in the Store |
| Display | 6-inch HD LCD IPS (1280×720), Super sensitive touch support for glove and long nail use; Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Battery | 3400 mAh (integrated) |
| Processor | 1.7GHz Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 |
| Main camera | Primary camera: 5MP Auto Focus, flash. Video 1080p @ 30fps |
| Front facing camera | 0.3MP VGA |
| Memory | 1GB RAM, 8GB internal user memory; 7GB SkyDrive cloud storage, micro SD card support up to 64GB |
| Price | S$459 |
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