Today, the Consumer Electronic Shop will see the unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 900 or one can call it Nokia Ace, which is the first Windows Phone for AT & T. The alliance of Nokia and Microsoft, is an eager step from the duo to regain the market share, which has been lost by them to the likes of Apple and Google. A birdy news noted that AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, will announce plans to begin selling the Nokia Ace in the coming months.
This smartphone will be the first of its kind, as it will be using the next-generation wireless technology known as long term evolution, or LTE.
The AT & T connection will be important for Nokia as well as Microsoft. For Microsoft, underscoring the agreement’s importance for a Nokia Windows handset would be good as AT & T has a reach which is notable. For Nokia, the smartphone manufacturer is working to revive sales after it lost the title of ‘worldwide No. 1 smartphone maker’ to Samsung Electronics Co. in the third quarter, last year. This was as noted by researcher Gartner Inc.
This device will be running the latest version of the Mango OS, but the price is still under covers. The source noted that it may sell for $249 with a two-year contract.
For AT & T, it is success expansion, as John Stankey, head of business solutions at the Dallas-based company, said this week that AT&T is ahead of schedule expanding its LTE network, with service in 26 U.S. cities.
Apart from AT & T, the duo have seen efforts from T-Mobile USA Inc. even, who announced last month that the company would offer the Lumia 710, the first Nokia phone to run Windows Phone software in the U.S. the price noted then was to target first-time smartphone buyers, as the cost was $49.99 after a $50 rebate and with a 24-month contract. This option will be available on Jan. 11.
Talking about the competition in the smartphone market, Google’s Android has eaten up a big chunk, as it boosted its share to more than 50 percent in the third quarter, last year. Surprisingly, the search engine giant’s OS had less than half of the current share a year ago. That shows the strength of Google’s Android and the way they have eaten up shares of Apple and Nokia, majorly.
Interestingly, Nokia Lumia is already being sold since last year in the European and Asian markets, thanks to Espoo, Finland-based Nokia, who has revamped its smartphone business around the Windows Phone operating system. On the same, there was a declined comment from Dawn Beauparlant, a spokeswoman for Redmond, Washington- based Microsoft. That was not all. Doug Dawson, a spokesman for Nokia, and Mark Siegel, a spokesman for AT&T, also declined to comment.