The Chinese state owned telecommunications and network provider, China Mobile Communications has announced Nokia Lumia 638 and China Unicom has officially sanctioned Lumia 636 4G (what you see above), smartphones in the country. The new handsets from the carriers will be based on Nokia's previously announced Lumia 630 Windows Phone handset.
China Mobile's new smartphone, Nokia Lumia 638 is said to be their first TD-LTE (Chinese version) 4G capable phone from Nokia Lumia Windows Phone fleet. The company took the stage at Mobile Asia Expo (GSMA), held in Shanghai, China, today to showcase their new handset for the public consumers. The new Lumia 638 from China Mobile will be available from the 21st of this month, from their retail outlets. Where else, China Unicom customers will have to wait until 5th of next month to buy a Nokia Lumia 636 4G, both priced at 1299 Chinese Yuan, that is around 209 United States Dollars when roughly converted.
The new phones from the Finland based manufacturer will remain identical from physical hardware and design, being constructed out of Nokia's traditional polycarbonate build with double-polish finish. The units will be available in a wide variety of color options, from Matte Black, White, Orange and "Xuanliang Xuanliang" Yellow (we assume this to be the glossy one).
The new devices from Nokia will ship with a 1.2GHz clocked Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, a 4.5-inches "Wyatt" LCD screen of FWVGA resolution display under Corning's Gorilla Glass 3, eight gigabytes of eMMC expandable mass storage, one gigabytes of Random Access Memory, five megapixels main camera on the back with auto-focus, Bluetooth 4.0, dual-SIM capability over China's TD-LTE 4G and HSPA+ network connections with global roaming and a 1,850mAh powered battery. Nokia Lumia 638 and 636 will run Microsoft's latest mobile operating system Windows Phone 8.1 on board. The phones also features Nokia's and Microsoft's other proprietary functions.
Source: Nokia