Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 LTE confirmed for SA

The LTE model of the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 Windows Phone 8 smartphones will be coming to South Africa in 2012

Staff Writer

October 23, 2012

The Nokia Lumia 920 is scheduled to hit South African shores in November, the Finnish cellphone maker announced in a press release today (23 October 2012), with local mobile networks MTN and Vodacom ranging the flagship Windows Phone 8 device.

The Lumia 920 will be joined by the Nokia Lumia 820 before the end of the year, Nokia said.

Both phones will run on Windows Phone 8 and be available in pentaband LTE with pricing, contract details and available colours being announced closer to sales start.

The Nokia Lumia 920 has a 4.5-inch 768×1280 IPS display and features a 8.7 megapixel (MP) ”PureView” camera.

Nokia bills the Lumia 820 as a “mid-range smartphone that delivers high-end performance”. It has a 4.3-inch display and boasts an exchangeable shell design.