Nokia Lumia 1020 Priced at P35,650 in the Philippines

Nokia’s photo-centric smartphone is finally in the Philippines.  The Nokia Lumia 1020 was recently launched in the country and the price was of course announced at the launch.  The P35,650 price tag is too expensive for a smartphone but the Lumia 1020 is a powerful Windows Phone 8 device with a very powerful camera.

The Lumia 1020 carries the distinction of being the smartphone with a camera sensor that has the highest megapixel count.  The Lumia 1020 bests other cameras with its 41-megapixel sensor.  If you are a photography enthusiasts and you want to carry a powerful camera all the time, getting the Nokia Lumia 1020 is certainly an option.  The next best camera, in terms of sensor size at least, is the Sony Xperia Z1 which packs a 20.7MP rear camera.

Here are the main specs of the Nokia Lumia 1020.

Nokia Lumia 1020 Specs and Price

• 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack AMOLED display (1280×768 pixels, 332ppi)
• Reinforced with Gorilla Glass 3
• 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon Krait processor
• Adreno 225 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 32GB internal storage
• 3G, HSPA+, 4G LTE
• WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0
• 41MP PureView rear camera, Zeiss optics, Xenon flash, 1080p video
• 1.3MP wide-angle front-facing camera, 720p video
• GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
• Li-ion 2,000mAh battery
• Dimension: 130.4 x 71.4 x 10.4 mm
• Weight: 158g
• Windows Phone 8 OS

For the price of Php35,650, Nokia will throw in a Nokia Camera Grip worth Php4,000.  The Nokia Lumia 1020 will be available in yellow, white and black colors.  If you want to know when you can get one, Nokia announced that the handset will be available for purchase starting October 11, 2013.