Nokia’s presently flagship windows based smartphone Nokia Lumia 800 gets a price cut of about Rs. 6,500. Most of the online shopping sites have updated the price of Lumia 800. At flipkart it is retailing at Rs. 23,590 which is almost 21% less than it’s original price of Rs. 29,999. This price cut definitely indicates that Lumia 800 failed to attract consumers.
Lumia 800 from Nokia is the second windows based smartphone from Nokia after Lumia 710. Initially the price difference between these two phones if about Rs. 15,000 which is quite exorbitant after taking into facts that there are hardly any extra features in Lumia 800 which can make it an attractive option. At Rs. 30,000 there are plethora of options available in the form Android smartphones like mighty Galaxy S2 or Galaxy Note. This thing forces Nokia to reduce the price of their flagship Nokia Lumia 800.
Even at this price range Lumia 800 will not be popular among the general consumers as there are other better Android options available in the market right now in form Galaxy S Plus. If some one really wants a Windows phone than he/she can purchase Samsung Omnia W for Rs. 15,200 at flipkart which is Rs.8,390 cheaper than Lumia 800.
If we compare Lumia 800 with Samsung Omni W than the factors where Lumia emerges as a winner are inbuilt storage (16GB in Lumia vs. 8GB in Omnia W) and primary camera (8MP in Lumia vs. 5MP in Omnia W). If we look at the another side than Omnia W also beats Lumia 800 in features like presence of Secondary Camera in Omnia W but nothing in Lumia 800.
Windows Phone 7 on the whole lacks some crucial features such as Bluetooth support.