Once again, Nokia has crafted the finest Windows Phone experience on the market. And once again, its release strategy doesn’t make a lick of sense.
The Lumia Icon is powered by one of the fastest processors available, it has a gorgeous screen, and it even packs in Nokia’s amazing PureView camera technology. And yet it’s only available on Verizon ($200 with a two-year contract), which severely limits the phone’s potential audience — something both Nokia and Microsoft desperately need to grow.
But this isn’t anything new for Nokia: The previously-released, huge, 6-inch Lumia 1520, which packs in pretty much the same hardware as the Icon, is only available on AT&T. Same for the Lumia 1020, the only Windows Phone to include Nokia’s impressive 41-megapixel PureView camera. Time and again, Nokia has delivered solid phones and then allows them to be restricted by the confusing world of carrier exclusivity.
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