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Nokia has officially announced the Lumia 928, its Windows Phone 8 smartphone for Verizon, and the device it has been steadily teasing over the past week. Packing a 4.5-inch OLED display and an 8.7-megapixel PureView camera, along with Verizon LTE 4G support, the Lumia 928 also has three high-audio-amplitude-capture microphones for better audio recording. It’ll also arrive with an impressively competitive price.

There’s wireless charging, as you’d expect from a device based on the Lumia 920, and NFC. That means the phone can be easily paired with wireless speakers and such, using Bluetooth 3.0 to squirt music across. Other connectivity includes WiFi a/b/g/n (2.4/5GHz) and microUSB.

Verizon Nokia Lumia 928 demo:

Nokia throws in HERE Maps, HERE Drive+, and HERE City Lens for easier navigation, along with the camera enhancements such as panoramic photos and animated GIFs. Optical image stabilization is included, just as Nokia demonstrated recently by strapping the phone to a remote-control helicopter, as well as a Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss optics. As for video recording, that’s supported at up to 1080p resolution.

The display, meanwhile, uses Nokia’s ClearBlack technology, and runs at 1280 x 768 resolution. It has a high-brightness outdoors mode, running at 500nits, and the super-sensitive touchscreen which can be used by gloves. The battery is a 2,000 mAh pack, and there’s 1GB of RAM paired with the 1.5GHz dualcore MSM8960 processor, and 32GB of user-storage.

Connectivity is impressive, with the Lumia 928 coming “Global Ready”: that means quadband GSM and UMTS HSPA for when you’re abroad, and EVDO/Rev.A and LTE for when you’re in the US on Verizon’s 4G network. It’s unclear whether Verizon will supply the phone SIM unlocked, however, for international use.

The Nokia Lumia 928 will hit Verizon on May 16, the company says, priced at $99.99 after a $50 mail-in-rebate, and assuming a new two-year agreement.

Interestingly, the Lumia 928 had been expected to debut at Nokia’s London event next Tuesday. Exactly what will be the star of that show remains to be seen, though SlashGear will be there to bring you all the details as they’re announced.

Verizon Nokia Lumia 928 gets official: 4G 4.5-inch OLED Windows Phone is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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During an investor conference earlier today, Verizon CEO Dan Mead said that there’s an important opportunity in their industry for both BlackBerry and Windows Phone. Both of these ailing platforms are widely considered as natural contenders for the third spot in the market that is largely dominated by Apple and Samsung. Windows Phone has struggled quite a lot in the start, whereas it has only been four months since BlackBerry 10 was launched. Dan also said that three or four operating systems are good for the industry and “good for us.”

These remarks come at a time with it has nearly been confirmed that Verizon will be announcing Nokia Lumia 928 soon, which will be exclusive to this network. Its also a time when analysts believe BlackBerry Q10 will outsell the Z10, having only been released late last month, the QWERTY BlackBerry 10 smartphone has been doing quite well in the market. Regarding the smartphone, Dan said “We’re hopeful it will meet the needs for our customers who have been loyal BlackBerry customers.” While the carrier has officially not announced carrying either smartphone, this could be taken as a hint, given how there’s substantial evidence for the Lumia 928 and the fact that Verizon already carries the BlackBerry Z10.

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There’s comprehensive evidence mounting against the fact that Nokia Lumia 928 does exist and that it will be releasing soon. We’ve seen leaked images of this upcoming device, billboards going up before they were apparently supposed to and now the Lumia 928 webpage has gone live. This, despite the fact that both Nokia and its exclusive carrier partner for this device are yet to officially announce this smartphone. The Nokia Lumia 928 is believed to be Verizon exclusive.

Nokia’s USA website is now touting a full blown webpage for the Lumia 928 smartphone, though it does not list the specifications or any relevant details of the smartphone. A magazine ad about this smartphone was published recently in which it was mentioned that Lumia 928 camera touts Nokia’s PureView technology with a Carl Zeiss lens. Rumored specifications of Nokia Lumia 928 include a 4.5 inch PureMotion HD display, a dualcore processor and a Xenon flash on the back. It goes without saying that this device will run on Windows Phone 8. Verizon Wireless is yet to officially announce it, and it is not known yet whether the device will be coming over to other carriers as well.

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So, print is the new digital. At least when it comes to Verizon’s imminent — and now surely fully acknowledged — Lumia 928. The billboard spotted over the weekend enthused about the camera, but told us little else. This magazine spread spotted in Vanity Fair, however has a few more details. As hinted at, we can expect PureView goodness (though we’re guessing a-la 920, rather than the 808), plus a Carl Zeiss lens and Nokia’s proprietary OIS. As for the rest of the phone, well, that’s still largely under wraps, we’ll just have to wait until the next print run — or not.

Update: The Nokia link in the advert is now live, at least enough to show an official image.

[Thanks Eric]

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The iPhone 5 has been out on the market for roughly seven months, but the phone has never seen a big discount on any of the carriers. However, that could change very soon, as it’s rumored that Verizon will be discounting the iPhone 5 by $100 starting at mid-month. This could possibly hint that a new iPhone model is incoming, as Verizon looks to possibly clear some inventory to make room for new stuff.

The rumor comes from EVLeaks, which we have relied on in the past for many smartphone rumors, and they’ve generally been accurate with their many rumors and leaks. If this discount is to be true, prospective buyers would be able to grab an entry-level 16GB iPhone 5 for just $99, but only after signing a new two-year contract of course.

Sadly, no more details were provided, but if true, the deal will go live sometime in the next week or two, allowing users to grab an iPhone 5 for up to half-off. It’s not said if the promotion will be permanent, or if it’s just a temporary sale that will happen. However, our guess is that it won’t be a permanent discount — at least not until the next iPhone releases.

As for this hinting that the next iPhone is incoming soon, it’s hard to say. Verizon could just be doing this for giggles, without even knowing about a new iPhone coming, but it’s also possible that Big Red needs to quickly clear some of its inventory to make way for something new.

Verizon iPhone 5 discount rumor suggests new model incoming is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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