Nokia to have press conference on January 10, Lumia 920 launch expected

It’s official. There is a big Nokia event planned for January 10, 2013 and invites are already out. The event is all set to be held in New Delhi with a simulcast press event in Mumbai.

The press invites for the simulcast to be held in Mumbai bears the headline ‘Are you ready to switch?’ fuelling suspicions that the event indeed is to officially launch the much awaited Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets in India.

It looks like Indian consumers will get a taste of the global superstar Windows 8 handsets as Nokia will make the Lumia 920 and younger sibling 820 available to the markets by the second or third week of this month.

It's official!

Reportedly coming at a price tag of anywhere between Rs 38,000 and 40,000, the Nokia Lumia 920 will cater to the higher price bracket while the 820 will cost somewhere between 25,000 and 28,000. There still has not been an official word about the final prices and availability of the handsets to Indian consumers though it was earlier rumoured that the Windows 8 running Lumias will be launched on January 15, 2013.

In Singapore, the Lumia 920 costs SGD 899, which is Rs 40,750 approximately and the Lumia 820 is priced at SGD 699, which is approximately Rs 31,700. These prices, of course, are just yardsticks when it comes to speculating about what these phones will finally cost in India, since additional taxes could make the prices a wee bit steeper.

Sporting a polycarbonate body with a Snapdragon S4 processor, as well as a PureView sensor, the Lumia 920 was officially unveiled at the Nokia World 2012 event in New York City.  It also comes with the Blink app, which is the smartphone's Burst mode. The Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone will feature an LCD display, which is alittle better than the HD displays that are in the market now.

The Windows 8 running device comes with the latest Nokia PureView Camera that Nokia claims can capture five times more light than rival smartphones. The Camera produces brighter pictures without flash, even indoors and at night. The phone also features built-in wireless charging, making it easy to keep the battery topped up throughout the day.

The cheaper Nokia Lumia 820 features stylish, exchangeable back covers that are available in a range of colours. The handsets also come with the full suite of Nokia navigation applications, including Nokia City Lens and Nokia Music, which streams unlimited music directly to the phone. Both the Lumia handsets have a sensitive touchscreen and Nokia ClearBlack display technology.

The Indian variant of Nokia Lumia 920 is set to support nine 4G bands, giving it quite an edge over its closest rival iPhone 5, which supports only five LTE bands. Compared to the iPhone 5 being a quadband, Lumia 920 is a pentaband WCDMA which only adds to its appeal. Nokia is already going all out with ad and marketing campaigns to support the impending Lumia release.

We at Tech2 did a hands-on of the Lumia 920 and a Camera Shootout of the Lumia 920 with the iPhone 5. Check them out!