Nokia Lumia 930 to launch July 17th in the U.K.

The Nokia Lumia 930, pre-installed with Windows Phone 8.1, will be released in the U.K. on July 17th. Starting as low as £33 per month ($56 USD), the phone will be available from Vodafone, EE, Phones 4U, O2, Carphone Warehouse, Tesco and Amazon. Color options include bright orange, bright green and black. Phones 4U will have an exclusive white version of the handset.

A wireless charger comes with the phone as part of the regular retail packaging. Microsoft also has a special offer from July 17th through July 31st. Those purchasing the Nokia Lumia 930 during those dates, will receive an additional charger, an MD-12 speaker, plus a voucher for £20 ($34 USD) of free apps from the Windows Phone Store. The value of this promotion adds up to £130 ($223 USD).

The Nokia Lumia 930 offers a 5 inch OLED screen with resolution of 1080 x 1920. That works out to as pixel density of 441ppi. Driving the phone is a quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 CPU. 2GB of RAM is on board with 32GB of native storage. Buyers receive 7GB of OneDrive cloud storage free. On back is a 20MP PureView camera with OIS. The front-facing camera weighs in at 1.2MP with wide-angle capabilities. A 2420mAh battery keeps the lights on.

Besides the carriers and retailers listed above, starting on July 17th, U.K. consumers should also be able to find the phone at a number of High Street locations.


source: Microsoft