The Nokia Lumia 928 is a high-end

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developed by

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that runs

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operating system. It was announced on May 10, 2013, as a

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-exclusive variant of the

Nokia Lumia 920 Nokia Lumia 920 is a smartphone developed by Nokia that runs the Windows Phone 8 operating system. It was announced on September 5, 2012, and was first released on November 2, 2012. It has a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait CPU and a 4.5" IP ...

. It became available on May 16, 2013, on a two-year contract for $99.99 in the United States. It is exclusive to the U.S. and Canadian markets.

Key features

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The main features of the Nokia Lumia include: * 1280 x 768

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334 PPI touchscreen display * 8.7 MP

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camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon Flash *

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HD video and photo recording

Availability

The phone was released for sale exclusively through

in the United States for $99 with a 2-year contract or $500 with no contract. Currently, the phone is available for free with a 2-year contract. In other countries, the aluminum-made

Nokia Lumia 925 Nokia Lumia 925 is a smartphone developed by Nokia that runs Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system. It was announced on 14 May 2013, described as a "new interpretation" of the Nokia Lumia 920, and released in June 2013. A separate 925T ver ...

is offered instead of 928, although the 925 is also available on

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Reception

Armando Rodriguez from

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wrote: "The Nokia Lumia 928 is excellent for capturing images in low-light environments, but the phone falls victim to Windows Phone's various shortcomings." Alex Colon from

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wrote: "For $100, the Nokia Lumia 928 is a lot of phone, both literal and figurative. I do wish it were smaller still, like the just-announced Lumia 925, but you're getting plenty of bang for your buck here. The biggest question is how much you care about apps. The Lumia 928 is competitive in many ways with some of the best smartphones available, but it just can't keep up when it comes to apps."

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