Leaked photos of two new Windows Phone 8
devices from Nokia, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, hit the Web on Friday
ahead of the handset maker'sNokia World event next week in New York.
Two
high-resolution photos popped up on the@evleaks Twitter account around
7:30 a.m. ET, showcasing bright, slick phones which Nokia is expected to
debut next Wednesday.
As The
Verge first reported, the leaked photos likely display the "Phi" (Lumia
920) and "Arrow" (Lumia 820) devices (pictured below), both available in
a number of colours.
The Lumia 920
phone will supposedly sport a 4.5-inch display, as well as a PureView
camera, which has a 41-megapixel sensor and is meant to eliminate the
visual noise found on most smartphone cameras. According to VentureBeat,
Lumia 920 plans will be sold exclusively by AT&T.
The
Lumia 820, comes in at least seven colors, has a 4.3-inch display, and
will run on AT&T's and T-Mobile's networks, VentureBeat said.
The
mysterious @evleaks has posted only 10 messages in four days, including
eight photos of an unknown HTC Android tablet, and already has almost
700 followers in less than a week.
Nokia
has a lot riding on its Windows Phone 8 offerings and its tight
relationship with Microsoft. The beleaguered Finnish handset maker, once
a market leader, has struggled to keep up with competitors like Apple
and makers of various Android phones in recent years.
"Nokia
bet everything on Windows, and if this doesn't succeed the next step
might be having to do what's best for shareholders, and that might
include selling off key assets or selling the whole company," Canaccord
Genuity analyst Michael Walkley said in an interview with Reuters.
Windows
Phone 8 isn't expected to drop until Oct. 29, VentureBeat pointed out,
so if they are revealed next week, the Lumia handsets will still have to
sit on the shelf for almost two months before Nokia starts selling
them.
Lumia 920 with PureView
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Lumia 820
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