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Nokia  and Motorola have recently added new smartphones in their Lumia and Razr series respectively. The new flagships and mid-range smartphones by the two companies have broken cover just a week ahead of the unveiling of the next Apple iPhone and are expected to be launched in the next few months. Here is a round up of the new phones, showing how they fare against each other on specs front. Display Nokia Lumia 920 : 4.5-inch IPS TFT touchscreen with PureMotion HD+ Nokia Lumia 820 : 4.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen with ClearBlack Display Motorola Razr HD Maxx : 4.7-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen Motorola Razr HD : 4.7-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen Motorola Razr M : 4.3-inch SuperAMOLED touchscreen Operating system Nokia Lumia 920 : Windows Phone 8 Nokia Lumia 820 : Windows Phone 8 Motorola Razr HD Maxx : Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Motorola Razr HD : Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradeable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Motorola...

Nokia has officially revealed its first Windows Phone 8 handsets, the Lumia 920 and 820. Pricing and release dates were not shared at the event, but more details can be expected in the fourth quarter. True to earlier leaks, the two Nokia Windows Phone 8 handsets are bright and colourful. Both devices bear dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz ‘Krait’ processor, Adreno 225 GPU, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage, 7GB of free SkyDrive storage, built in NFC and LTE, microSIM only, access to Nokia Music, as well as location services like City Lens. Users will also have access to Nokia Drive, with free voice-based turn-by-turn navigation, offline maps, and a commuting feature. Lumia 920 Designed with a polycarbonate shell, the  Nokia Lumia 920  does come with PureView technology, however, without the massive sensor of the original 41MP Nokia 808 PureView (despite the 920 being 10.7mm thick). It instead sports an 8.7MP camera capable of 1080p HD video recording a...