AT&T has announced the addition of another Nokia Windows Phone 8 smartphone, and it will be part of the carrier's prepaid service.
The Nokia Lumia 520 will join AT&T's GoPhone prepaid service with a starting price of $99.99, which AT&T noted is $50 cheaper than T-Mobile's Lumia 521 offering.
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"We are excited to launch the first 4G Windows Phone 8 smartphone in our GoPhone portfolio," said AT&T's Senior Vice President for Devices Jeff Bradley. "A diverse device ecosystem benefits everyone, and the addition of an affordable Windows device gives our customers yet another choice that fits their needs."
With the GoPhone plan, AT&T customers can purchase the Lumia 520 while not signing a two-year contract but obtain the same 4G network.
The Lumia 520 will go on sale starting July 26.
The Lumia 520 made its debut at the 2013 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with the Lumia 720. As Latinos Post reported, the Lumia 520 has since become the most utilized Windows Phone device worldwide, topping the Lumia 920, according to July statistics from AdDuplex.
The Lumia 520 packs a dual-core 1.0GHz processor while having a 4-inch screen display with IPS display technology. The pixel resolution for the Lumia 520 is 800x480. The rear-facing camera has 5 megapixels while no secondary camera is present and the Windows Phone 8 smartphone has 8GB for internal storge with 512MB of RAM. The smartphone uses a 1,430mAh battery.