Nokia XL is a colourful Android touchscreen smartphone sold at a budget rate of Rs 15,900. It is a 5inch phone, and is eye catchy at first sight; the front display is vibrant and support many entertainment and everyday usage apps like phone, messaging, internet, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Mix Radio. 

XL- Large screen Nokia android phone

Design:

Nokia XL is a mid-size phone, it measures 141.4x77.7x10.9mm, and is an inch taller than Nokia X. The phone weighs 190g and is a run over Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that weighs 168g. Nokia XL is bigger than Asha 501 and Lumia 520. Nokia XL is a sturdier piece compared to X and any other 5 inch phone the bezel dimension is denser. The phone is efficiently designed, though it weighs 190g, sources could not feel the bulk weight.

On the front is flat black glass surrounded by thin black polycarbonate border that adds colour and vibrancy to the phone. There is one button on the front called capacitive back button similar t the one used in Asha 50x. There is 2MP front facer camera on top of the screen along with ambient light sensors and earpiece. The display is engineered with Glance Screen feature, which keeps the display on in low power mode state. It displays notifications and clock and maintains a steady battery output. Just like the borders, the back too has soft polycarbonate film, which is the USP of Nokia phone. Sources find the polycarbonate material to be more attractive than plastic used in older phones. Customers can design the back of their phones with an array of glossy shades like white, black, yellow, cyan and bright green.


XL- Large Screen Nokia Android Phone

The rear section has 5MP autofocus camera packed with LED flash, and is an attribute which makes XL stand out in a crowd of Nokia X+ and X phones. The video capturing capacity is 480p at 30fps. The loudspeaker is fitted at bottom of the rear, the battery is under the battery cover, and runs on 2,000mAh capacity. Below the back cover are card slots on which sits two micro SIM cards and microSD card slot. On the side is 3.5mm audio jack on top, and microUSB port for charging and data storage. The power key is within thumb reach, an important point to note is XL has a double swap feature, which is pretty reliable and accurate.

Display:

The 5 inch Nokia XL has an IPS LCD touchscreen display and is WVGA resolution capacity is 400x800. Its pixel density output is 187ppi. The display output is phenomenal contributed by ClearBlack polarizing filter that eliminates reflections and improves screen quality in any background scenario from moderate to extreme bright surroundings. The glass quality is firm, but not as powerful as Gorilla glass and is not scratch proof. The large screen supports many apps that can be easily located, without the hassle of extensive zooming. The concern here is the readability effect is not pronounced, it is difficult to read small and medium sized texts. Also bold and italic fonts are blurred and not very readable. The viewing angles are great, only with closely related shades, not contrasts.
Sources were satisfied with the brightness and the impact is great even with minimal setting of 50%. It however is not too great when the brightness is increased to a considerable level.

Battery:

As mentioned earlier the battery power is 2,000mAh which enables 11 hours talk time. Nokia XL holds excellent battery for a dual SIM piece, higher than Desire 600 and 700.

Features:

The operating system (OS) in Nokia XL is among the best in Android phone industry, sources were happy with OS. Nokia has tailored the phone with Glance Screen that keeps the display functional in low power mode. Glance Screen is used in Lumia handset and Symbian and S40 Nokia phones. To unlock the phone users can double tap the screen. If the right screen is swiped, right apps are revealed, the same procedure follows if left screen is swiped.
Once swiped to unlock, the display reveals one of two homescreen, Fastlane and app drawer. On the homescreen is a list of apps, on top is a search field tab, a horizontal swipe will lead users to Fastlane homescreen, that keeps track of the apps that have been recently opened, like web pages, calendar events with birthdays, radio stations, pictures, recent notes, shared content and social network posts. Users can spot music player with FM radio as well. Fastlane has a series of tabs like history list, notification area and app switcher.

Image Organizer:

Nokia XL has a well-organized photo gallery, and is stacked into a folder, users can organize their photos by place and time as well. Images are compartmentalized in three by four grid in a vertical direction. Users can double tap zoon on individual photos; the size of thumbnails cannot be changed. Consumers can edit pictures in many ways and feel satisfied with the images, the editing options are light and contrast adjustment, cropping, flipping and rotating. Images can be used as wallpapers and can be added in favourite section as well.

Music system:

The music system in Nokia XL is segmented into tabs; there is a tab button for albums and playlists, artists and songs. There is an adjustable equalizer with user setting and pre-sets. It has an amazing Bass boost which increases the noise output of low frequencies to create a drum kind of music. The 3D effect slider feature is engineered on headphones only.
Nokia MixRadio has playlists that are pre-set and new songs can be installed also. The music can be transferred to internet, there is an offline mode, where the playlist can be loaded using Wi-Fi than data connection.

Camera:

Nokia XL is tailored with 5MP autofocus camera with LED flash, and is the most efficient camera from X family. It has a front facing camera and 2MP shooter. The camera interface has exposure setting, white balance and flash mode, located right on viewfinder. The menu has advanced settings like noise reduction, saturation, sharpness and ISO. The camera supports colour effects, face detection and geo tagging.

Author Bio: The author has great interest in handset and technology reviews. Currently he is working with 91mobiles

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