Nokia today expanded its Lumia portfolio in India by launching Lumia 720 which will succeed Lumia 710. With a premium built and baked with the latest Windows Phone 8 OS and enhanced camera and battery Lumia 720 is well-equipped to take on any of the mid-end Android phones out there and beat them up too!
Lumia 720 was announced at WMC 2013 and features a 4.3 inch TFT display with ClearBlack display technology with a 480 x 800 pixel resolution with a 217 ppi. It has a polycarbonate unibody design and typical of lumia lineage is available in vibrant colors. The curved laminated display offers a better readability and viewing angles.
On the hardware note, Nokia Lumia 720 is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus dual-core 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB internal storage which can be expanded upto 64 GB through a microSD slot, 6.7-megapixel rear camera + 1.3 MP front camera, 2,000 mAh battery.
Lumia 720 boasts of a good imaging capabilities like it’s bigger siblings 920 and 820. The rear camera features a 6.7 MP wide-angle Carl Zeiss optics with a F1.9 aperture and a 1/3.6″ sensor size with backside illumination, that should give a good result in low-light situations. Additionally, it has an autofocus and LED flash. As far as features it comes with Cinemagraph and Smart Shoot plus geo-tagging, panorama mode and filters. On the front, there is a 1.3-megapixel camera with wide-angle lens that gives a wider coverage area and comes with a Glam lens app for taking self-portraits.
As per the company, the 2000 mAh Li-Ion battery should come handy for a standby of 520 hours, talk time of 23 hours 20 min (2G) and up to 13 hours 20 mins (3G). It gives a 72 hours music playback.
For a mid-range smartphone, NFC-enabled Lumia 720 even comes with wireless charging featuring with a snap-on back cover.
The Lumia 720 will be available in India in mid-April, though the company has not disclosed the pricing yet.
Nokia Lumia 720 specifications
- 4.3 inch TFT display with ClearBlack Technology
- 480 x 800 pixel resolution
- 217 ppi
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus dual-core 1 GHz processor
- 512 RAM
- 8 GB internal storage expandable by upto 64 GB via microSD card
- 6.7 MP rear camera + 1.3 MP front camera
- 2000 mAh Li-Ion battery
CORRECTION Sensor size is 1/3.6′ not 1/1.36′!!! It’s hilarious how the sensor size can come close to even beat the n8 and come close to the nokia 808.
Hi Jacob, thanks for pointing it out. It was an typing oversight 🙂 We had corrected.