Nokia Lumia 820 The second Lumia with WP8

The latest addition to the Lumia family is the Lumia 820, which is being seen as a scaled down version of the flagship Lumia 920. That said, it packs quite a punch – it runs on Windows Phone 8, comes with a 4.3-inch ClearBlack display of 480 x 800 resolution, support for 4G network, powered by a Snapdragon S4 1.5 GHz dual core processor and an Adreno 225 GPU, with 8GB onboard storage (which can be expanded upto 32 GB) and 1 GB RAM.The phone also has an 8.0 megapixel main camera with dual LED flash and Carl Zeisss optics (but no PureView) and also has a front camera for video calling. On the software side, the device comes with all the goodies you would expect from a Windows Phone 8 device (support for all popular e-mail services, MS Office, Internet Explorer, and so on) and also with the Nokia Music store. For connectivity there are options like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC and Micro- USB. It has a 1,650 mAh battery and also supports wireless charging. We are expecting it to arrive in the Indian market by late December this year or in early January 2013.

LG Optimus G Quad core powerhouse

LG seems to be working its way back into the smartphone spotlight with a slew of very good devices. Hot on the heels of the Vu phablet comes the Optimus G, another very impressive phone. It comes with a large 4.7-inch HD-IPS + LCD capacitive display with resolution of 768 x 1280 pixels. And making sure that it works at the rate of knots is the Snapdragon S4 Pro Quad-core 1.5 GHz processor and an Adreno 320 GPU. The phone supports 4G and comes with 2 GB RAM and 32 GB of internal storage stage. Also on board is an 8.0-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and the capability to record full HD videos at 30 frames per second. Ensuring that all this does not make you rush to recharge the phone again and again is a 2,100 mAh battery. The phone also comes with features like Dual Screen Dual Play, Live zooming and Video Wiz.What we cannot understand, however, is why the phone runs on Android Ice Cream Sandwich, although an upgrade to Jelly Bean is expected. The LG Optimus G is expected to reach the Indian market by early next year.