At Build 2014, Nokia's former CEO Stephen Elop announced three new Lumia phones — Lumia 630, Lumia 635 and Lumia 930.
Elop will soon join Microsoft as vice president after the Nokia-Microsoft deal completes this month.
Elop said that Nokia was thrilled with the success of Lumia 520, an affordable smartphone, and hence wanted to offer more choices to consumer with Lumia 630 and Lumia 635 in the lower end of the market. He said that Lumia 630 will cost $159, Lumia 630 with dual-SIM option will cost $169 and Lumia 635, which is the 4G version of Lumia 630, will cost $189.
Lumia 635 will be available in the US while Lumia 630 will be available in almost all markets, including India, in Asia and Europe starting from June.
Lumia 630 will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 400. It is a quad-core processor running at 1.2GHz. The device has a 4.5-inch screen topped with Gorilla Glass, 1850 mAh battery, 5MP camera with auto focus, 8GB internal storage and 512MB RAM. The device will support microSD cards.
While it is clear that Nokia is trying to hit a lower price point to make Lumia 630 affordable to more people, the low amount of RAM is a surprise. Lumia 525, launched in January in India, has 1GB RAM.
Lumia 930 is the international version of Lumia Icon announced in February for the US market.
Lumai 930 has a 5-inch OLED screen with full HD resolution. It is a high-end phone with aluminum frame, Snapdragon 800 processor running at 2.2GHZ, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and 20MP camera.
Lumia 930 has a price of $599 but the local price will be revealed closer to the launch in India. Lumia 630, Lumia 635 and Lumia 930 are powered by Windows Phone 8.1.
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