Looking back at how things went in the smartphone market, 2012 was a very big year for both Microsoft and Nokia. This was the year the software giant released Windows Phone 8, the latest iteration of its mobile operating system. Nokia also shared the stage with Microsoft when it unveiled the Nokia Lumia 920, its current flagship device for the Windows Phone ecosystem. With this development, the two companies move forward with the strategic alliance they have forged a couple of years back to put Windows Phone on the map and for Nokia to reclaim its lost glory in the smartphone competition.
The Nokia Lumia 920 is available at a reduced sale price now starting at $19.99.
Since getting released back in November, the Nokia Lumia 920 has become one of the more popular handsets in the Windows Phone platform especially to those who want a high-end device. After all, there are only 2 flagship devices as of the moment in the ecosystem with the Nokia Lumia 920 as one and the HTC Windows Phone 8X as the other. Well, you can actually count three high-end devices if you include the Samsung ATIV S but the Samsung flagship device for the platform is still as elusive as ever.
However, the popularity of the Nokia Lumia 920 is unprecedented for a Nokia handset in the Windows Phone ecosystem. The sold out status for the handset was there for the longest time and reports of the lack of stocks of the handset had more than its fair share of digital ink last year. There was also an unexpected level of interest from prospective buyers of the handset but until now, we still can’t ascertain if the shortage of the handset was due to the sheer demand for the Nokia Lumia 920 or if Nokia is unable to keep with the production of the handset.
However, not only consumers have high demand for the handset. Even the media has the hots for the handset as shown by the 12 different awards the handset received in 2012 from various media outfits. These are as follows:
- V3.co.uk – Top Smartphone
- Gizmodo Australia – Best Mobile Phone of 2012, Readers Choice Award
- International Forum Design, Germany – iF Award for Outstanding Design
- Mobile Magazine, Denmark – Mobil Award for Best Smartphone Design
- The Next Web – Best Smartphones of 2012
- Mobil, Sweden – Top Score Award
- CNET – The Best High End Smartphones
- Arstechnic – Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best Mapping Phone
- Mashable – Top 25 Tech of 2012
- Mybroadband, South Africa – Top Smartphone of the Year
- BGR – Best AT&T Smartphone
With this in mind, it is no longer surprising as to why a lot of Windows fanboys are going ga-ga over the Nokia Lumia 920. With the handset’s attractive polycarbonate design combined with the impressive components it has under the hood, it is no wonder the Nokia Lumia 920 has become everybody’s darling for the longest time now.
You can purchase the Lumia 920 for a discounted price tag now starting at $19.99.
