The Nokia Lumia 1020 is now available for pre-order in India via online retailer SnapDeal.
Nokia handsets have been very popular in India and the company has launched a range of entry-level to top-end Windows Phone 8 (WP8) smartphones in the country. The Finnish company launched the high-end Lumia 1020 in July this year, which has already reached select destinations and now the handset will be soon available in India.
Indian retailer SnapDeal is accepting pre-orders for the white, yellow and black versions of the Lumia 1020 with an initial deposit of Rs. 2,000 (approximately $32). The actual retail price of the handset remains unknown. The retailer lists an approximate release date for the smartphone as the first week of October.
The Nokia India website currently has a "coming soon" label on the handset.
Nokia has already launched the Lumia 925 in India and the handset has a price tag of Rs. 33,499 (approximately $538). Nokia has not yet announced an exact price for the handset, but it is expected that the Lumia 1020 will be slightly more expensive than the Lumia 925.
Recently, Sony launched the Xperia Z1 (Honami) in India, which is selling at a starting price of Rs. 41,500 (approximately $666) from SnapDeal. The retailer is also offering other top-end and popular handsets such as the HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S4, iPhone 5 and Sony Xperia Z for less than Rs. 40,000 (approximately $642).
The Lumia 1020 packs in high-end hardware specifications such as a 4.5-inch AMOLED PureMotion HD+ display with 1,280 x 768 pixels resolution and 332 (ppi). The handset houses a 1.5-GHz, dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, Adreno 225 GPU and 2GB of RAM. A powerful 2,000mAh battery fuels the handset and the Lumia 1020 is available in 32GB and 64GB on-board storage options.
The smartphone touts a 41-megapixel PureView primary camera, which packs in LED and Xenon flash, as well as Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The smartphone also includes a 1.2-megapixel secondary camera.
The Indian smartphone market is very price-sensitive and Nokia will have to offer Lumia 1020 at a competitive price point to attract more customers.
