Nokia Lumia 920 to be exclusive to AT&T for only 6 months

Training videos meant for AT&T staff show us that the exclusivity rights to the Nokia's latest and greats - the Lumia 920 - will only go on for 6 months.

Exclusivity to certain hot smartphones can be a big thing for carriers, potentially driving sales through the roof. However, you won't see any of this year's flagships messing with carrier exclusivity, simply because no carrier can afford that.

Well, obviously Nokia wasn't expecting hot sales on the US market even for its Lumia 920, since they succumbed to another exclusive deal with US carrier AT&T.

Of course, we're merely guessing here. It might as well be that Nokia just didn't want to bother with making a CDMA version to fit Sprint's or Verizon's networks (though it already has a TD-SCDMA version for China).

Whatever the reason, Nokia has again bet on the same single US carrier to carry them on their second serious attempt at conquering the US market. If you remember, the Lumia 900 was an AT&T exclusive too. Unfortunately, reports show it didn't do too good, despite the major advertising campaign.

And back to today's news, this time around Nokia went for only a 6-month exclusivity period. This sounds like a nice step forward, but when we think about it... In 6 month's time, the Lumia 920 won't be anywhere as hot as today. These phones go out of fashion really quickly, with the product cycle being around a year now. So even if Nokia comes up with a CDMA version in six months, this would still leave the other carriers only with scrapes. So we doubt any of those would pick up the phone at all.

Essentially, in this case even a 6-month exclusivity deal means Americans are not much likely to enjoy the 920 on another carrier.

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Sony Xperia T James Bond edition exclusive to O2

The name's T... Xperia T - dah na, naaa, dah na, naaa

O2 has confirmed that it will be getting exclusive rights to the 007 branded Sony Xperia T, which is set to feature in the upcoming Bond film Skyfall.

The special Xperia T will come pre-loaded with lots of extra content including the famous Bond tune as its ringtone, themes, screensavers and images from the movie.

From the looks of it the handset itself won't undergo any cosmetic changes, unlike the Batman edition of the Nokia Lumia 900 which sported the Batman logo on its rear, which is a bit of a shame really.

No laser beams in sight

But before you get too excited, it doesn't look like Sony has drafted in Q for its consumer handsets, so don't expect to be firing laser beams, delivering 10,000 volts to your nemesis or controlling a flash sports car from your Xperia T.

The Sony Xperia T offers up a decent 4.6-inch HD display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 13MP camera with 1080p video recording, NFC technology and runs Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

An exact Sony Xperia T release date is yet to be confirmed, but Sony says it's "one track to deliver by the end of the month", and according to Expansys it will land between September 27 and 29.

Source : http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/sony-xperia-t-james-bond-edition-exclusive-to-o2-1097340

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