MANILA, Philippines – Nokia announced an upcoming Philippine launch event for its Nokia X Android smartphone.

The company set a March 11 date to introduce something new to the Philippine market, asking recipients of an event invitation, “Have you eXperienced life in the fast lane?” The invitation also mentions that this would be the “official Philippine launch of Nokia’s newest device.”

Announced at the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last Februrary, the Nokia X actually refers to a series of 3 smartphones with increasing specifications following a slight rise in price point.

The Nokia X, Nokia X+, and the Nokia XL are priced at €89 (P5460), €99 (P6074), and €109 (P6688) respectively. Of these three offerings, only the Nokia X is immediately available, while the X+ and XL models are set for release in the second quarter of 2014.

The Nokia X sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core processor, 512MB of Memory, and 4GB of internal storage that is expandable to 32GB with a MicroSD card. It uses a 4-inch LCD at 800 x 480 resolution and comes with a 3 megapixel fixed focus camera.

The phones are reportedly unable to download apps directly from the Google Play store. Instead, specialized apps are made for it using the Nokia X software platform, and apps are available on the Nokia Store, third part app stores, of via side-loading apps onto the device.

Facebook, Twitter, Vine, LINE, Skype, Viber, WeChat, Plants vs. Zombies 2, Fruit Ninja, and Bejeweled 2, are all reported to be preloaded on Nokia X devices. – Rappler.com