Microsoft Drops Price on Nokia's 41-Megapixel Phone

TechRadar reports today the first major public-facing move that Microsoft has made with its newly acquired Nokia devices business: "The headline-making Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone-cum-camera is now available for $100 less in the United States, potentially a sign that Microsoft is already ringing the changes at Nokia. The Microsoft Store stateside is now selling the 41-megapixel Windows Phone 8 handset for $199 (around £127, AU$216) on a two-year contract, compared with Nokia's lofty $299 (around £191, AU$325) launch price. The price is being matched by the AT&T network, but Microsoft is going one better (for a limited time) and chucking in the camera grip accessory for everyone who picks up the device. Early indications are that the heavily-hyped Lumia 1020 hasn't been flying off the shelves, so perhaps this price cut can offer Microsoft a boost in the early stages of its Nokia stewardship."

Comments

No

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft doesn't own the Nokia devices division yet. How can people post stuff like this - it has to go through some regulatory reviews and will close in several months. Not today.

Re:No

[davydagger]

but CEO Stephen Elop, former microsoft employee has already been offered a position back at microsoft, the concept they are acting independantly at any time is absurd.

It's not the camera. It's Windows

[kurt555gs]

Here is a Nokia phone with the same camera. Only running Symbian Belle:

http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-808-PureView-Factory-Unlocked/dp/B003U8EN7A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378647969&sr=8-1&keywords=n808

Re:It's not the camera. It's Windows

[DuckDodgers]

Nokia 808 Pureview: Symbian OS, 41 Mpx camera, 512 MB of RAM, 1.3 GHz single core processor, 16GB storage, 640x360 4 inch display.

Nokia Lumia 1020: Windows Phone 8, 41 Mpx camera, 2GB of RAM, 1.5 GHz dual core processor, 32GB storage, 1280x768 4.5 inch display.

The price difference isn't Windows Phone 8, the price difference is everything else in the Lumia 1020. But it's GSM not CDMA, so it doesn't work on my network. Thus, I won't be buying one.

Re:After 3 iPhones, I switched to Windows Phone 8

[horza]

Microsoft Windows 8 has mimimum requirements of 4GB of flash, 1GB of RAM, and a dual-core processor. The latest Android requires 340MB of RAM and 0.5MB of flash. Windows Phone is bloated, buggy, and an awful UI that cannot be changed (unlike Android where you can put any launcher, or indeed custom rom, instead).

People are not buying Microsoft Windows phones. The reason is that both the hardware and the software is inferior.

Phillip.

Re:Price Drop? More like Rice Crop.

[iampiti]

Actually the Youtube scare was Microsoft's fault. Google wouldn't build a Youtube app for Windows Phone citing low marketshare so Microsoft built their own but it didn't show ads so it violated the terms of service. That's why Google forced them to remove it.