Nokia Lumia 1020 Among Most Popular Pre-Order Devices In Europe

The eagerly anticipated Nokia Lumia 1020 was finally unveiled last week by the Finnish manufacturer at a press event in New York. The phone is the latest high-end offering in the company's Windows Phone powered Lumia series, which has seen some of Nokia's most successful handsets in recent years, like the Lumia 920 and Lumia 520.

With such devices seeing a welcome return to form for Nokia, following a period of losing much of its market share to rival manufacturers, it comes as no surprise that the new Lumia 1020 has also generated a huge amount of interest. Among the key features of the device are a market leading 41 megapixel PureView camera with Carl Zeiss optics, 4.5 inch ClearBlack AMOLED display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor and Windows Phone 8 operating system. Find out more about the Nokia Lumia 1020 on our website, where we also compare the best Nokia Lumia 925 prices.

While phones like the Nokia Lumia 920, Lumia 520 and the recently released Lumia 925 continue to clock up some impressive sales figures, it looks like the Lumia 1020 is also set for success. NokiaPowerUser has recently reported that a prominent European mobile phone price comparison website has listed the Lumia 1020 in three positions on its list of top 10 most popular smartphones. The head turning yellow version of the phone has taken the number two position on the list, followed by the black and white options, at number six and number nine on the list respectively.

The website in question currently only compares prices for SIM free smartphones. Of course, the high-end spec list of the Lumia 1020 means that it as a SIM free price tag to match, meaning that pay monthly contracts are likely to be most popular method of buying the phone. With so much early interest in the SIM free model, it looks like the Lumia 1020 is set for success, and will become one of Nokia's latest best selling models.

The Lumia 1020 is expected to hit the UK at some point in September, and when phone is released you can visit our website to compare contract deals for the Nokia Lumia 1020 and special offers from UK networks.