Struggling cell phone maker Nokia unveiled a new low-cost Windows smartphone that operators could give away free to customers, and another aimed at snap-happy consumers demanding better photo quality. Chief executive Stephen Elop said that the new phones — a low-price €189 ($254) smartphone that runs on Windows software and a handset with a high-resolution 41 megapixel camera — demonstrate “the actions necessary to improve the fortunes of Nokia.” Nokia launched its first Windows Phone in October, eight months after Elop announced a partnership with Microsoft Corp., in a major strategy shift for the firm. Nokia said it would gradually replace its old Symbian software in its smartphones with the Windows operating system. An analyst said the introduction of the budget Lumia 610 budget smartphone meant Nokia was closer to having entry-level smartphones equipped with Windows Phone 7 mobile software and that the company would “finally open innovation and differentiation in a market that was otherwise dominated by Android.”
