AT&T to sell off-contract Nokia Lumia 920 for $450, 820 for $400

Yesterday, AT&T announced the on-contract pricing of three of its incoming Windows Phone 8 handsets, including the Nokia Lumia 920 (they have exclusivity on this one in the US) and the Lumia 820.

Today they put those two up for pre-order and revealed the off-contract prices of these phones. The Lumia 920 will set you back $450 (or $100 with a 2-year contract), while the Nokia Lumia 820 is a bit cheaper at $400 ($50 with a 2-year contract).

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is not available for pre-order for now, so we don't know its off-contract pricing just yet.

Here's a quick comparison table of other AT&T prices:

Phone	with 2-year contract	Off contract
Google Nexus 4 (16GB)	-	$350
Nokia Lumia 900 (16GB)	$1	$400
Nokia Lumia 820 (8GB, microSD)	$50	$400
Nokia Lumia 920 (32GB)	$100	$450
Sony Xperia TL (16GB, microSD)	$100	$450
HTC One X (32GB)	$100	$500
HTC WP 8X (16GB)	$200	TBA
LG Optimus G (32GB)	$200	$550
Samsung Galaxy S III (16GB, microSD)	$200	$550
Apple iPhone 5 (16GB)	$200	$650

If you pre-order now, the Nokia Lumia duo can be at your doorstep in two days' time.

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US pricing of unlocked iPhone 5 shows up on Apple's website

Pricing of the factory unlocked Apple iPhone 5 in the US has surfaced on the company's website.

While not officially announced, AppleInsider has discovered that entering the search query "iPhone 5 factory unlocked" reveals the pricing of the device. Contract-free the 16 GB iPhone 5 will set you back $649, while the 32 GB and 64 GB will retail for $749 and $849, respectively.

Prices haven't changed at all compared to the way Apple priced the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S in the US.

In Europe, however, it's a different story. In the UK in particular, a factory unlocked 16 GB iPhone 5 retails for £529, whereas the 16GB version of the iPhone 4S started at £499. Prices for the 32 GB and 64 GB variants remain the same as last year.

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Samsung Galaxy Camera goes on sale in the UK in two days

The Samsung Galaxy Camera drew a lot of attention when it was announced though launch date and pricing details were a bit slim. Samsung put out a press release today, saying the camera will be in the UK stores in a couple of days.

The Samsung Brand Store will get in on November 7, while other stores will get it the next day. The other stores are Carphone Warehouse, Phones4U and Jessops. Both brick-and-mortar and online stores will be selling the camera.

Jessops already have the Galaxy Camera on pre-order (in black and white) and are asking £400 for it ($640, €500) with a free 8GB SanDisk microSD to complement the 8GB of built-in storage.

Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U still haven’t put up the Camera up on their sites and Jessops only offers it through their online site (no in-store pickups yet).

By the way, a Samsung NX1000 EVIL camera with 20-50mm lens goes for £380 in the same store, so you should consider how important it is for you to have an Android powered camera.

Just so we're clear, it's an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-powered camera with the internals of the Galaxy S III (including the quad-core CPU at 1.4GHz and 4.8" Super Clear LCD with 720p resolution) packed inside a point-and-shoot camera body (1/2.3 sensor" 16MP BSI sensor, 23mm wide-angle lens and 21x optical zoom).

By the way, the Samsung Galaxy Camera has 3G and 4G LTE connectivity, though that's for data only.

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AT&T announces pricing and availability of Sony Xperia TL

AT&T announced pricing and availability of the Sony Xperia TL. The LTE smartphone will be available for purchase next week, on November 2 for $99.99 with a two-year contract.

As its name mildly suggests, the Sony Xperia TL is almost identical to the globally available Xperia T, which we recently reviewed. The only major difference between both devices is the presence of LTE connectivity.

Traditionally, the availability announcement of the Sony Xperia TL is accompanied by a promo video from AT&T. See it below.

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Microsoft reveals Surface tablet will start at $500

Microsoft has revealed that the pricing for its Windows RT Surface tablet starts at $500, with an added $100 if you want to shell out for a keyboard cover.

The pricing and specifications of the new Surface tablets were briefly revealed at Microsoft’s online store today on a page that was quickly pulled. The 32GB version of the ARM-based Surface tablet running Windows RT (a version of Windows 8) will set you back $500. If you want the TouchCover keyboard case in black then you can add another $100. The 64GB version with the black TouchCover keyboard case will set you back $700.

You’ll be able to pick up additional TouchCovers in a range of colors for $100 a pop and the TypeCover keyboard will go on sale at $130.

Microsoft is gearing up for a major advertising push into the holiday season and The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company has placed orders to produce 3 to 5 million of these devices in the fourth quarter. That’s reportedly on a par with the numbers Amazon and Google ordered of the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 respectively, but way below the 10 million iPad minis that Apple has supposedly ordered.

We expect the tablets to go on sale on October 26 in Microsoft stores immediately following the Microsoft Windows 8 event on October 25.

The 32GB Surface RT is hitting the same price point as the iPad 16GB at $500. The tablet war is well and truly on. The speculation about the pricing for the Surface tablets has been rife; at one stage we were hearing a possible price of just $200. With the long-rumored iPad mini widely expected to be announced on October 23, Microsoft could have a hard act to follow. Can the Surface make a splash at this price point? We’ll find out very soon.

In the meantime, check out the first Surface TV ad which ran on U.S. television on Monday night.

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Pricing and availability of the ASUS Padfone 2 detailed

Now that the ASUS Padfone 2 is finally official, it's time to get a detailed idea of the device's pricing and availability. As we already told you, the smartphone is initially going to be available in 32GB and 64GB variations, with a 16GB coming out later (we assume by Christmas).

ASUS will launch the Padfone 2 and its tablet station first in Europe (Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Sweden) and Asia (Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and U.A.E). The smartphone/tablet should be available there in the beginning of December.

The US hasn't been mentioned in the official press release, but we got a word from an ASUS manager at the event, saying the Padfone 2 will debut in the US by the end of the year as well.

As for pricing, the 32GB Padfone 2 (including a the 10.1" tablet station) will retail in Europe for €799, while the 64GB model will be €899. We guess once the 16GB version comes arounds, it'll cost around the €699 mark.

In Asia, the Padfone 2 tablet station will be sold separately for NT$8,990 ($310). There, the unsubsidized Padfone 2 smartphone will retail for NT$17,990 ($620) and NT$21,901 ($750) for the 16GB and 32GB models, respectively. However, should customers purchase the Padfone 2 together with the tablet station, the latter will be sold at NT$6,000 (around $210).

Information on subsizided US versions isn't yet available, and we are yet to see which US carriers will pick the device up. We are also yet to see how the Padfone 2 will compete with the upcoming LG Optimus G in Europe too.

The Padfone 2 is powered by a beefy 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) chipset with Adreno 320 GPU and 2GB of RAM. This awe-inspiring chip helps the Padfone 2 run Ice Cream Sandwich with absolute ease. Naturally, an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is planned, too.

For more information and first impressions, check out our full ASUS Padfone 2 hands-on.

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LG Optimus G will land on AT&T's shelves on November 2

AT&T Wireless announced pricing and exact availability of the LG Optimus G. The LTE smartphone will be available on November 2 for $199.99 with a two-year commitment to the carrier.

The quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro packing smartphone will be available for pre-order beginning tomorrow over here. You can check out our initial impressions of the AT&T branded LG Optimus G in this blog post.

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HTC One X+ goes on pre-order in the UK, to arrive in late October

The HTC One X+ went official a couple of days ago and the first pricing and launch info for the UK is in - Clove announced it is taking pre-orders for the flagship smartphone and that they expect to have it in stock near the end of October.

Their pre-order price is set at £474 ($764, €600) for the 64GB version (no info on the 32GB version yet). This is pretty much what the leaked O2 UK brochure showed, though the HTC One X+ is not available on O2 website yet.

Expansys UK is the only other etailer that's offering the One X+ at the moment - the price there is a bit higher at £490 and there's no estimated availability date.

In case you missed it, the HTC One X+ brings a faster quad-core processor - Cortex-A9 at 1.7GHz instead of 1.5GHz - with its updated Tegra 3 chipset, a version with 64GB of storage (in addition to the standard 32GB option) and a bigger 2100mAh battery (up from 1800mAh). It also got red accents a la Sensation XE.

The One X+ will be travelling across the pond too, with AT&T already talking it up.

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Samsung ATIV S is up for pre-order, can be yours for $710

After the pricing of HTC's Windows Phone 8 smartphones, the 8X and 8S, and Nokia's Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 were revealed, now it's time to see how much Samsung is going to ask for its ATIV S.

A Belgian retailer has priced the ATIV S, SIM free at €549 ($710). This puts the smartphone right in the middle of the Windows Phone 8 spectrum, as the HTC's WP8 flagship, the 8X will cost €499 and the Nokia Lumia 920 is going to retail for € 599.

Mind you, the pricing hasn't been officially confirmed yet, nor by Samsung, so take this with a grain of salt. Still, it gives you a general idea how the current line-up of Windows Phone 8-running devices stands against the competition price-wise.

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Motorola Razr i price: networks announce tariffs

Are you eyeing up an i?

The Motorola Razr i was announced last week and several networks have now released pricing details for the phone.

From launch the Razr i will be available on T-Mobile, Orange and Virgin Media from October, with Motorola still in talks with the likes of O2, Three and Vodafone about the possibility of ranging the handset. A Moto spokesperson told us, "Further partners will be announced in due course".

Both T-Mobile and Orange are offering the Motorola Razr i for free on two year contracts starting at £31 per month, while Virgin contracts start at £23 per month – but you'll probably need to pay some money up front for the handset.

More to come

High-street retailer Phones4U has an info page on its website for customers to register their interest for the Razr i, however pricing is yet to be announced, while Tesco is also a confirmed reseller but is yet to release any details.

The Motorola Razr i is the first smartphone to pack a single-core 2GHz processor, and its maker Intel reckons it matches and even surpasses other dual-core phones.

As well as that nippy chip, you also get a 4.3-inch, 540 x 960 edge-to-edge display, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (with a Jelly Bean update coming in the near future), 8MP rear camera with LED flash and HD video recording, plus a beefy 2,000mAh battery.

Check out our hands on Motorola Razr i review to find out what we think of the phone, and keep an eye out for our full review, coming soon.

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Sony Xperia T SIM-free price announced in UK

Are you tempted by the Sony Xperia T?

The first hints at pricing for the flagship Sony Xperia T have appeared online, pricing the handset just above the £400 mark.

Both Clove and Unlocked Mobiles have the Xperia T available for pre-order and both quote very similar, but not identical prices.

Clove is currently asking for £414 is return for the black, 16GB Xperia T, however it does note that the official price, along with the Sony Xperia T release date, is yet to be confirmed.

Expected October?

Unlocked Mobiles on the other hand goes further with its stock estimation, claiming it expects the handset to arrive in early October, and is asking for a whole 98p more for the Xperia T, that's £414.98 for those of you who are numerically impaired.

Carphone Warehouse has also listed a range of tariffs on its website, showing that you'll be able to pick up the Sony Xperia T for free on a reasonable £26 per month, two year contract with Orange (or from £29 per month with O2).

We contacted Sony to find out if these prices and release date speculation is correct, and we'll update this article once we hear back.

Update: TechRadar has spoken to Sony, who confirmed: "We are still on track to deliver the Sony Xperia T before the end of the month."

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