Microsoft unveiled three smartphones – Lumia 950, 950XL and 550 – at an event in New York. The Lumia 950 and 950XL will have starting prices of $549 (about Rs 35,780) and $649 (about Rs 42,300) respectively when they go on sale in November, while the Lumia 550 will cost $139 (around Rs 9,100) when it becomes available in December.
The Lumia 950 includes a 5.2-inch display and a hexacore processor, while the larger Lumia 950 XL has a 5.7-inch display with an octacore chip. The specs on the budget 550 has not been released.
Microsoft Lumia 950 and 950XL smartphones will also feature a 20-megapixel rear camera, have up to 32GB of storage, 4K video and use liquid cooling technology. Microsoft said storage on the phones could be extended to up to 2 terabytes using a memory card.
The company also unveiled its first laptop Surface Book, a new Surface Pro tablet and an updated version of its wearable fitness tracker, Microsoft Band. All devices will run on Windows 10, its latest operating system.
Microsoft also said its new tablet and smartphones will come with Windows Hello, an automatic biometric sign-in option introduced earlier this year.
The feature allows users to scan their face, iris or fingerprints to verify their identity and give them access to Windows phones, laptops and personal computers.
Windows 10, launched in July, is part of Microsoft’s push to win a bigger share of the market for tablets and smartphones, now dominated by Apple Inc and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
(With inputs from Agencies)
