Nokia Lumia 920: AT&T may have exclusive rights for 6 months

18.10.2012
If you are set to buy a Windows 8-powered soon after its launch, you may have to switch to AT&T. A number of training videos for sales representatives have leaked and indicate that the Lumia 920 will be exclusive to the mobile carrier for the first six months after the phone's launch.

Nokia is yet to announce availability and pricing for the Lumia 920, as well as unveil some more of its unknown specs. If these genuinely looking training videos are any indication, then the wait shouldn't be too long, as Windows 8 is set to .

The features a 4.5-inch display with 1280 by 728 pixel resolution, and runs on a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor. The phone incorporates an 8-megapixel PureView camera on the back that features image stabilization. 4G LTE support is also on board, along with NFC and wireless charging.

The videos were purportedly leaked to the by an anonymous AT&T source. One of the videos highlighting the main features of the phone says that the Lumia 920 will be exclusive to AT&T for six months, so you'd be able to get it with Verizon, T-Mobile or Sprint next year.

The other two videos demonstrate the phone's wireless capabilities for charging and playing music, as well as demonstrate the Nokia City Lens augmented reality directory app.

To maximize sales, Apple and Samsung among others have launched their latest devices on multiple carriers at the same time, but Nokia does not have the same weight with U.S. carriers. The from the company released on Thursday show that Nokia sold 2.9 million Lumia smartphones in the quarter, down from four million in the second quarter.