Mar 18, 2013

Nokia announces new Philippine GM and Nokia Lumia 920’s exclusive availability via Smart Telecom

Nokia announces the appointment of Karel Holub as its new General Manager in the Philippines. The Czech native Karel brings to Nokia Philippines an impressive abundance of management expertise from his sixteen-year career in the telecommunications industry – eight of which he spent at Nokia - in relationship management with, developers, operators, distributors and retailers; and an impressive background in tactical planning for promotions and retail merchandising, including marketing communication and delivery of strategic messages across all touch points.

Karel, who prior to this assignment, was the General Manager for South CIS countries based in Kazakhstan, where he contributed greatly in transforming the Nokia mobile phone operations in the emerging markets of Caucasus, Central Asia and Mongolia from export mode to domestic mode. Besides Nokia, Karel has also worked at Mobil.cz, Celadon Group, GOOGGI/Digitania Czech Republic and Vodafone Czech Republic.He is replacing Dharmesh Ghoshalia who chose to move back to Greece for personal reasons.

His current assignment coincides with the launch of the Lumia 920 smartphone and the announcement of SMART Telecoms’ exclusive partnership to carry Nokia’s high-end smartphone.

The Lumia 920, Nokia’s latest offering is now available in the Philippines. The smartphone comes with new features combined with the latest innovations. Nokia fans consider the Lumia 920 a major upgrade from its predecessor.

Nokia’s new flagship phone offers several innovative features: a 4.5 inch screen that uses PureMotion HD+ technology exclusive to Nokia, a 1.5 GHz dual core processor, an 8.7 megapixel camera and Microsoft Windows Phone 8 OS. However, more innovations have been built in to the Lumia 920. Nokia devices were built to last and this is proven in the camera and side buttons found on the phone. Using a hard substance called Zirconium, they are scratch and dirt resistant which guarantees the phone to look like it just came out of the box.

Shaky video and blurry photos are almost non-existent with the 920’s floating lens technology. This means that sudden movement while using the camera synchronizes perfectly with the lens for clear, crisp photos and steady video recordings. Also, Dual LED flash is a thing of the past for the Nokia Lumia 920. Its use of next generation high-power Dual LEDs produces more light when using the camera for low-light environments.

Although wireless charging is an emerging trend for smartphones, the Lumia 920 adds more innovation to this convenience. Using Near Field Communications technology, you can set the phone to start applications while it recharges the battery.

The Lumia 920 gives you the best audio experience by utilizing a multichannel equalizer which you can customize. The innovative addition of Dolby headphone support one the phone adds more kick to the sound experience.

Custom Facebook personalization works well with the Lumia 920. You can use the phone to pick a random picture to display everyday from the number of albums you have on Facebook. Additionally, the Lumia 920 can create a room for for sharing calendars, photos and notes for selected contacts. On top of this, you can also have a private group chat with your selected contacts.


To complement the large storage capacity of the phone, cloud storage is integrated via SkyDrive. This online service provides ample storage for all your multimedia storage needs. Photos and videos will never be lost with this offsite backup feature.
Using a Bluetooth headset is convenient - especially while on the road. While connected to a car audio system, voice commands can be used via the headset to read or ignore SMS messages.

The Nokia Lumia 920 is available in red, yellow, white, and black. The smartphone is currently exclusive to SMART subscribers who want to get the network’s high-end plans. It is currently tagged with a suggested retail price of P26,990 and will be available in Nokia stores and SMART Business Centers nationwide.

1 comments:

do you have information on when it is going to be available? I've been waiting for long lumia wp8 phones to be available on smart. Lumia 620 and HTC 8S is now available at Globe, but smart offer just the HTC 8X.

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