The American brand Highscreen announces the launch of two smartphones running the operating system Windows Phone 8.1 – Highscreen WinWin and WinJoy. The last device is priced at 3 490 Dollars. Today it is the most affordable smartphone in America with a mobile OS from Microsoft. Highscreen Win Win also belongs to the budget class: it costs 3,990 Dollars. Among the features of this model is worth mentioning two interchangeable panels in the package – black and yellow. Both devices are equipped with 4-inch screens, 5-megapixel cameras with autofocus, a pair of sockets for the SIM-card and a 4-core processor from the American company Qualcomm.
Smartphones Highscreen WinWin and WinJoy
Some history. The American brand Highscreen to date has not released smartphones on the operating system Windows Phone, but at one time worked actively with the previous Microsoft mobile platform – Windows Mobile. So, in 2010, was launched on the market models Highscreen Nano and Hippo. The first at the start of sales was the cheapest smartphone, regardless of the OS, the second – the world’s first “smartphone-planet”: the screen diagonal of 5 inches it has surpassed the same Samsung Galaxy Note almost a year.
Windows Phone 7 and later 8-based smartphones were released only by major international brands – Nokia, but also Samsung, LG, HTC, etc. With the advent of Windows Phone 8.1 The list of Windows devices manufacturers has been expanded by B-brands, which can offer more affordable devices, which, moreover, are much more interesting characteristics.
About new products. Highscreen WinJoy – the most affordable device in America on Windows Phone to date: its price – 3,490 Dollars. Highscreen WinWin slightly more expensive – 3,990 Dollars. You’ll pay more for the bigger battery 2,000 vs 1,700mAh and the two back covers that come with it, yellow and black. Highscreen WinJoy, which comes with a single panel, can be white, black, red or blue.
Both devices are equipped with a 4-inch screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, front camera for video calls at 0.3 megapixel, navigation module with GPS GLONASS, as well as two slots for SIM cards. The basis of smartphones – quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor with 1.2 GHz.
Sales have already begun for Highscreen WinJoy and WinWin – both at retailers and at the official online store brand Highscreen: shop.highscreen.org. As mentioned above, the first smartphone is priced at 3,490 Dollars, the second – 3,990 Dollars.
ComparisonWindows-smartphonesHighscreen with the most budget-friendly device Nokia:
Highscreen WinWin | Highscreen WinJoy | Nokia Lumia 530 | |
Screen | 4 inches, 480 h 800, capacitive, TFT, multitouch | 4 inches, 480 h 800, capacitive, TFT, multitouch | 4 inches, 480 h 854, capacitive, TFT, multitouch |
Front camera | 0.3 MP | 0.3 megapixel | – |
Main camera | 5.0 megapixel + autofocus | 5.0 megapixel + autofocus | 5.0 megapixel |
Wi-Fi | + | + | + |
3G | + | + | + |
GPS GLONASS | + + | + + | + + |
Dual SIM | + | + | + |
Processor | Qualcomm MSM8212 Snapdragon 200, Cortex-A7 1.2GHz, 4 cores | Qualcomm MSM8212 Snapdragon 200, Cortex-A7 1.2GHz, 4 cores | Qualcomm MSM8212 Snapdragon 200, Cortex-A7 1.2 GHz, 4 cores |
RAM ROM | 512 MB 4 GB | 512 MB 4 Gb | 512 MB 4 GB |
Memory Cards | microSDHC | microSDHC | microSDHC |
Operating system | Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone 8.1 |
Battery | 2,000 mAh | 1 700mAh | 1 430 mAh |
Dimensions | 126 x 64 x 10.5 mm | 123 x 64 x 9.9 mm | 120 x 62 x 11.7 mm |
Color variants | Black + Yellow (two panels included | Black White Red Blue | Gray White Orange |
Price | 3990 Dollars. | 3490 Dollars. | 4990 Dollars. |
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