Nokia Lumia 1020 officially launched today by the AT&T carrier

Nokia Lumia 1020 has been among the most discussed anticipated devices since its official announcing at the beginning of July. Nokia achieved its goal to provide a new smashing camera-phone that has all the advantages of the older device by the manufacturer Nokia 808 PureView. The new model camera-phone has one main advantage – it works with the modern OS Windows Phone 8.

The long anticipated high-end device arrives to compete against the most modern smartphones in the tech world today. The innovative handset was available for pre-orders soon after it was unveiled. Those of you who wanted to be the first to get Lumia 1020 probably took advantage of the possibility available since 16^th of July. Perhaps the early birds of you who have ordered the phone already have it in their hands.

The first mobile operator in the US that will get the camera-phone is AT&T. After the official launching of the device that happens today, the carrier will offer Lumia 1020 for the price of $299 with a contract which makes the new smartphone the most expensive device (for now) in the country that runs on Windows Phone platform. In fact, Lumia 1020 is almost a leader in the list with most expensive new model phones in AT&T right after the 64GB version of iPhone that can be purchased for $399.

What does Lumia 1020 offer for this price?

The highlight of the handset is its 41 MP PureView camera with an exceptional optical stabilization, Carl Zeiss lens, Xenon flash and a lot more. The phone puts the highest standards in the camera-phones by bringing close to perfect quality of pictures and video. The rest of the specs of Lumia 1020 provide a pretty decent package of features and capabilities that assure the great performance of the phone and abundance of connectivity options. Many comment that the possibilities of the new device remind to Lumia 925.

Those of you who are in US right now can buy Lumia 1020 from AT&T right away. The rest of the world will have this chance a bit later. The phone is offered in its main color versions – yellow, black and white. There are rumors that the red model will join the palette of color versions real soon.

Source: Unwiredview