Nokia Lumia 1020 Launched in India

After much speculation over its price, the Nokia Lumia 1020 has finally been launched in the Indian market and will be available from October 11 onwards.

Nokia launched their latest smartphone - the Nokia Lumia 1020 in India. There is no official announcement yet on the price of the device, however, Nokia says they will reveal the price one day before it will be available in the market for sale i.e, October 11.

They are not talking about the price because of the fluctuation on Indian Rupee. But it is said that, the Nokia Lumia 1020 will be available in around 48000. The Lumia 1020 combines the much talked about 41-megapixel 1/1.5 inch sensor along with a fast f/2.2 aperture and an optical image stabilization system that has proven to be quite amazing. The phone was globally unveiled on July 11.

The Specs: 

The phone retains its uni-body polycarbonate construction and the phone is available in yellow, white and black. The Lumia 1020 houses a large 1/1.5” sensor, which is comparatively just a touch smaller than the 1/1.2” silicon chip found in the PureView 808. That does mean that it has relatively smaller pixels (1.1 microns on the Lumia 1080 vs. 1.4 microns on the PureView 808), but what Nokia’s done to better this new sensor is employ the BSI design. Since Nokia has established itself as the pinnacle in low-light performance, it was only a matter of time before they went the BSI sensor route. The large sensor combined with the BackSide-Illuminated design will definitely help the Lumia 1020 push the boundaries of low light performance.

The Lumia 1020 may have a mind-boggling camera of 41 megapixel, but the actual hardware on the phone is very standard. It has a dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor with the Adreno 225 GPU. That’s the same processor and GPU in the Lumia 920, and we’re not saying it’s low-end, but what we had hoped for was a beefier spec sheet for a phone that has such an impressive (and process hungry) camera. The Lumia 1020 does come with an increased amount of RAM (2GB), but what we feel a little apprehensive about is the 32GB of on-board storage with no possibility to increase it using a memory card. The 41 megapixel images are bound to be gargantuan in size (for a cellphone camera image), so it would have been nice to have a slot for increasing storage space.


Limia 1020 comes with Nokia Music, Nokia Mix radio, the Here Maps suite, Nokia Smart camera and Nokia Rich Recording. It runs on the Windows Phone 8 Amber update, which enables Bluetooth 4.0, double tap to unlock and a clock on the lock screen.

Lumia 1020 has an option where users can go for a camera grip accessory which runs on a separate 1020 mAh battery, a tripod mount and a two stage camera button. The camera grip will be available for Rs. 7,500, the wireless charging shell for Rs. 3,200 and the charging pad will be available for Rs. 4,000.

Users can buy apps as Nokia is also offering a voucher worth Rs. 1,000. Vodafone subscribers will receive 2GB of 3G data per month for 2 months. Nokia in association with New India Assurance is also offering year long insurance for the device.

The phone will be available from October 11 onwards in the Indian market.