Nokia Corporation (ADR)(NYSE:NOK) will be modifying
its two new Lumia smartphones for each of the carriers that it has tied up
with, according t a report by Business Insider.
The European cell phone company had launched the Lumia
920 and 820 on September 5, in partnership with Microsoft, which is providing
the operating system for the phones.
According to the report, sourced from leaks from
various Twitter accounts, "...each carrier will have a modified version of
the two core models Nokia announced in September."
The Twitter account @evleaks, tweeted a picture of the
Lumia 822, which the modified version that Verizon will be releasing. According
to the report, Lumia 822 is a tweaked version of the low-end Lumia 820.
The owner of @NokiaPureView, who regularly tracks all
developments connected to Nokia and is usually correct with the information
says he has used the Lumia 922, a modified version of the high-end 920. This
will also launch on Verizon’s network.
The No. 2 carrier in the U.S., AT&T had said last
week that it will be launching the Lumia 920 ad 820, while T-Mobile had said
that it will be selling an altered version of the Lumia 820, called the Lumia
810.
So for consumers, who are otherwise going to be
confused with all these Lumias in the market here's everything in brief. The
Lumias that will be on offer with various network are - 810, 820, 822, 920 and
922, all of which are anyway versions of the basic models Lumia 820 and 920.
For those who want to know why Nokia is not selling
phones the way that other companies do, Business Insider says that most likely
it is due to Nokia's lack of bargaining power with U.S. carriers.
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