Last month, Microsoft announced that it is expanding its
list of hardware
partners for Windows Phone and we’ve already seen two new handsets from LG
and Prestigio. This week, the Redmond-based company has used Southeast Asia’s
biggest tech event to showcase the products of its newest WP hardware partners.
The first devices are from Prestigio – the MultiPhone 8500
Duo and MultiPhone 8400 Duo. Both smartphones come with dual-SIM capabilities
and comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset with a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU,
Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB of RAM.
The larger 5-inch 8500 Duo sports a 720p display, an 8MP
rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 2MP snapper at the front.
Meanwhile, the smaller 8400 Duo has a 4-inch WVGA IPS display and an 8MP+VGA
camera setup. The 8500 Duo will retail for $230+ starting July while the 8400
duo will be available in August for around $120.
There’s also the Yezz Billy smartphone, which was apparently
named after Microsoft’s founder – Bill Gates. It carries a 4.7-inch IPS 720p display,
a quad-core processor and a 13MP camera. Yezz is planning to offer the Billy
for around $312 and will be available in the coming weeks.
Lastly, there’s the Wistron Tiger – a 6.45-inch phablet that
comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip housed in an all-metal body. The phone
has a 1080p display as well as front-facing speakers. According to reps of
Wistron, the Tiger is only a reference device so we’re not sure yet if it will
be commercially available.
