Nokia Lumia 920 pricing revealed in SA

The Nokia Lumia 920 is now on sale in South Africa, the Finnish phone manufacturer has announced

November 16, 2012

Nokia announced that its flagship Windows Phone 8 device, the Nokia Lumia 920, launched at retail in South Africa today (16 November 2012).

The company will be hosting a launch event for the device in Sandton later today.

According to the spec sheet of the Lumia 920, it has a 4.5-inch WXGA (768×1280) display, 32GB storage, and a 8.7 megapixel “PureView” camera.

Nokia said that this camera also uses advanced floating lens technology, which lets Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) take in five times more light than competing smartphones. It also compensates for hand movement while the photo is being taken, Nokia said.

With pentaband LTE support, the Nokia Lumia 920 also supports the frequencies most of SA’s network operators are using for their Long Term Evolution networks.

Nokia’s Lumia 920 is also the fattest and heaviest of the three high-end Windows Phone devices set to launch in SA, weighing in at 185g and measuring 130.2 x 70.8 x 10.7mm.

Competing with the Lumia 920 is HTC’s Windows Phone 8X, which has already become available locally, and the Samsung Ativ S which is set to launch later this month.

The table below shows the various contract options available for the Nokia Lumia 920 as obtained from the operators:

Nokia Lumia 920 contract deals	Price	Airtime	SMSes	Data
MTN contracts
AnyTime 200	R399	R200	25	150MB
AnyTime 350	R499	R350	50	150MB
AnyTime 500	R659	R500	50	250MB
Vodacom Smart Plans
Smart Light	R429	75 off-peak	100.0	100MB
Smart Standard 229	R459	75 anytime, 20 More weekend	150	150MB
Smart Standard	R589	130 anytime, 60 More weekend	300	300MB
Vodacom voice contracts
Everyday Off-peak 120	R439	120 off-peak	0	0
Talk 75s	R489	75 anytime; 20 More weekend	0	0
Talk 120s	R529	120 anytime; 20 More weekend	0	0
Talk 130	R539	130 anytime; 20 More weekend	0	0
Talk 200s	R689	200 anytime; 60 More weekend	0	0
Talk 240	R629	240 anytime; 60 More weekend	0	0
Talk 350s	R779	350 anytime; 60 More weekend	0	0
Vodacom Top-up contracts
Top Up 99 Vodacom 4 Less	R499	R99	0	0
Top Up 135s	R369	R135	0	0
TopUp 275s	R539	R275	0	0
TopUp 315	R549	R315	0	0
TopUp 315s	R579	R315	0	0
TopUp 400s	R599	R400	0	0
TopUp 500s	R679	R500	0	0
TopUp 1000	R1089	R1000	0	0