The devices of the MWC 2012: Day 1

Are you having trouble keeping up with everything that is coming from the Mobile World Congress? We’re not surprised, as loads of devices have been announced in the first official day of MWC 2012 on top of what was announced on Day 0. To help you keep up with what’s what at MWC, here is handy list of products that were announced on the first official day of the event.

Also, you might want to catch up on the events of Day 0, with our handy list of devices released on Sunday.

Nokia Lumia 610

Class: Entry level
Estimated launch: Q2 2012

Display: 3.7-inch LCD at 480 x 800
Camera: 5 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, VGA video capture
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM7227A (Snapdragon S1): single-core ARM Cortex-A5 at 800 MHz, Adreno 200 GPU, 256 MB of RAM
Storage: 8 GB on-board; no microSD slot
Connectivity: Quad-band HSPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, FM radio
Software: Windows Phone 7.5 “Tango”
Size: 119 x 62 x 12 mm at 131 grams

Nokia 808 PureView

Class: Mid/High-end
Estimated launch: May 2012

Display: 4.0-inch AMOLED at 640 x 360
Camera: 41 megapixels with f/2.4 Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Xenon flash, ND filter, 1/1.2” sensor, 1080p video capture with 3x digital zoom (26-75mm effective); front-facing camera
Chipset: Unspecified ARM11 chipset: single-core CPU at 1.3 GHz, unknown GPU, 512 MB of RAM
Storage: 16 GB on-board; microSD slot
Connectivity: Penta-band HSPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, FM radio and transmitter
Software: Nokia Belle
Size: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm at 170 grams

ZTE Orbit

The specifications here are preliminary and may not reflect the final product. Very little information is currently known about the ZTE Orbit.

Class: Entry level
Estimated launch: Unknown, possibly April

Display: 4.0-inch TFT LCD at 480 x 800
Camera: 5 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, 720p video capture
Chipset: Unknown, possibly Qualcomm MSM7227A at 1 GHz
Storage: 4 GB on-board; no microSD slot
Connectivity: Dual-band HSPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, FM radio
Software: Windows Phone 7.5 “Tango”
Size: Unknown

ZTE Era

Again, not all the specifications of the ZTE Era are known

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Unknown

Display: 4.3-inch TFT LCD at 960 x 540
Camera: 8 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Tegra 3 (Kal-El): quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.3 GHz, ULP GeForce GPU, 1 GB of RAM
Storage: 8 GB on-board; microSD slot
Connectivity: Dual-band HSPA, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, FM radio
Software: Android 4.0
Size: 7.8mm thin; other dimensions unknown

Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Q2 2012

Display: 10.0-inch IPS LCD at 1920 x 1200
Camera: 8 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Huawei K3V2: quad-core at 1.5 GHz, unknown GPU, 2 GB of RAM
Storage: 8 GB on-board; microSD slot
Connectivity: HSPA+ or LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
Software: Android 4.0
Size: 8.8mm thin, other dimensions unknown; 598g

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Like the 5.3-inch phone-like version, the Galaxy Note 10.1 supports the use of the S-Pen stylus

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Q2 2012

Display: 10.1-inch PLS TFT LCD at 1280 x 800
Camera: 3 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Unspecified chipset (likely Exynos 4210): dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.4 GHz, 1GB of RAM
Storage: 16 or 32 or 64 GB on-board; microSD slot
Connectivity: Quad-band HSPA, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n dual-band, Bluetooth 3.0
Software: Android 4.0 with TouchWiz
Size: 256.7 x 175.3 x 8.9 mm at 583g

ASUS Transformer Infinity 700

The specs below are for the 3G/4G version. The Wi-Fi only one has a quad-core Tegra 3 chipset inside rather than a Snapdragon S4 SoC

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Unknown

Display: 10-inch IPS+ LCD at 1920 x 1200, 600 nits of brightness
Camera: 8 megapixels f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8960 (Snapdragon S4): dual-core Krait at 1.5 GHz, Adreno 225 GPU, 1 GB of RAM
Storage: 16 or 32 or 64 GB; microSD slot
Connectivity: HSPA and 100 Mbps LTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
Software: Android 4.0
Size: 263 × 180.8 × 8.5 mm at 586g

ASUS Transformer Pad 300

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Unknown

Display: 10-inch IPS LCD at 1280 x 800
Camera: 8 megapixels f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Tegra 3 T30L (Kal-El): quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 at 1.2 GHz, ULP GeForce GPU, 1 GB of RAM
Storage: 16 GB; microSD slot
Connectivity: HSPA and 100 Mbps LTE, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0
Software: Android 4.0
Size: Unknown

ASUS PadFone

This “PadFone” has an optional dock that turns it into a 10.1-inch tablet, which also has an optional keyboard to turn it into a notebook-style device

Class: High-end
Estimated launch: Unknown

Display: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED at 960 x 540
Camera: 8 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, 1080p video capture; front-facing camera
Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8260A (Snapdragon S4): dual-core Krait at 1.5 GHz; Adreno 225 GPU; 1 GB of RAM
Storage: 16 or 32 or 64 GB; microSD port
Connectivity: Dual-band HSPA+; Wi-Fi b/g/n; Bluetooth
Software: Android 4.0
Size: 128 x 65.4 x 9.2 mm at 129g

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