Nokia Lumia 920 pre-orders top Apple iPhone 5 sales in France

posted by Alan F. / Oct 16, 2012, 4:58 PM

Nokia Lumia 920 pre-orders top Apple iPhone 5 sales in France

Pre-orders of the Nokia Lumia 920 lead the French sales charts

Earlier on Tuesday, we told you how pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 920 have been so strong in Italy that the units held aside for pre-order have been sold out. The momentum for the flagship Windows Phone 8 model remains so strong that in France, pre-orders for the phone place it on top of the PhoneHouse top 50 sales list. Right behind the Nokia Lumia 920 is the 16GB Apple iPhone 5. The PhoneHouse list measures sales from October 8th through the 14th.

In France, the Nokia Lumia 920 can be reserved for 100 EUR ($130.43 USD) and will sell for 649.90 EUR ($850.90 USD). It is available in black only for pre-orders. Ironically, limiting the color choice probably helped concentrate all of the pre-orders for the phone into the one black device. It also is possible that some potential purchasers of the handset are holding off, waiting for the other color variants to be available. The Nokia Lumia 920 is expected to be released at the end of this month or early next month. In the U.S., it is an exclusive at AT&T.

Following the Nokia Lumia 920 and the 16 GB Apple iPhone 5, the third top seller on the PhoneHouse list is the entry-level LG Optimus L3 in black. That model is followed by the Sony Xperia U in black, the LG Optimus L5 in black and the Samsung Galaxy Ace Hugo Boss model.

source: PhoneHouse, NokiaPowerUser via WMPoweruser

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106 Comments

1. pookiewood

Posts: 631; Member since: Mar 05, 2012

Lets open it up in America!! Can't wait to be the "first" to get a Lumia 920. ;)

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 4:59 PM 32

3. ZayZay

Posts: 571; Member since: Feb 26, 2011

America ordering something besides iPhone? At least other countries aren't AS brainwashed to realized there are better phones out there.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 5:04 PM 34

10. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

The reign of iPhone is slowly washing out... 4S was it's peak...iP5 is no longer gorgeous and beautiful. Here comes the Lumias...the new innovation!

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 5:29 PM 29

18. Pings

Posts: 304; Member since: Dec 19, 2008

A UI based of AOL's website from 1996 is not innovation.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 5:47 PM 3

20. darkkjedii

Posts: 31761; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

Thank u. That dude needs to hush. Ip5 isn't beautiful? Dude that's your opinion, millions of sales indicate different.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 5:57 PM 5

26. TROLL

Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012

The different is, it's the trend and fashion,....

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 6:15 PM 1

31. HouTexan

Posts: 462; Member since: Jan 08, 2012

Not true. Most (not all) buy it because it has a damn Apple logo on the back and because they think it's "what's hot" . Sales don't tell the story.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 6:29 PM 16

42. darkkjedii

Posts: 31761; Member since: Feb 05, 2011

Again that's your opinion. Tell me this, have u asked the millions of iOS users if they bought it cuz of the logo on the back? If not, then u can't say it's not true, and if u haven't asked them then its your opinion. Sales tell a major story also.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 7:10 PM 3

63. chaoticrazor

Posts: 2347; Member since: Aug 28, 2012

always going back to sales, its all you apple trolls have. you hold it up like its your victory, ''look i follow the crowd '' is what your saying and dont reply from your other comments anything you say will be stupid and irrelevant

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 4:37 AM 7

85. asseek

Posts: 164; Member since: Sep 12, 2012

i agree with HouTexan, here in Lebanon, most (not all) bought the iPhone 5 for it's Apple logo on the back, not because its innovative or worth the money u pay for, because some people consider that if they have the iPhone 5, they are rich...

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 8:42 AM 5

99. Cheers2

Posts: 1; Member since: Oct 17, 2012

Asseek i am Lebanese and you are completely right. Unfortunately, Windows Phone is rarely known in this country and Nokia should advertise the lumia 820/920 ASAP

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 11:44 AM 4

104. asseek

Posts: 164; Member since: Sep 12, 2012

yea i totally agree with u bro, man I go to cellphone stores and i ask 'em about Nokia Lumia, they never heard of!! :S Nokia should concentrate on the Lebanese market again, since almost all Lebanese had Nokia phones. my total respact for u bro

posted on Oct 18, 2012, 11:51 AM 0

106. mikosoft

Posts: 2; Member since: Oct 30, 2012

I am currently holding a Titan and can't wati to get my hands on a 920!!! Yeyyy finally someone else has a brain in this country!!!

posted on Oct 30, 2012, 9:07 AM 1

105. mikosoft

Posts: 2; Member since: Oct 30, 2012

Indeed, Asseek, I am lebanese and this is 100% True...all iPhone users here are like sh**p, they just follow the trend and most of them don't know how to use it!!!

posted on Oct 30, 2012, 9:05 AM 1

66. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Hahaha...Darkkjedii, you're funny man! You have to get into iP5's sales estimations to see if iP5 is beautiful? Yes, in my personal opinion, iPhone 5 is nowhere near beautiful... And according to you, no wait, according to millions of sales of the phone, you conclude the phone is beautiful. This is what votes do to people...the depend too much on estimations!!

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 5:12 AM 7

27. TROLL

Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012

True, and the way the layout and settings are allover the place. Puzzling and looks weird.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 6:18 PM 2

44. XPERIA-KNIGHT unregistered

the home screen looks "cluttered" and the app draw is a long scroll down to find what u may be looking for also there wont be nearly as many apps as there are on android..........but thats where progress steps in right? Is it better than android? not in my opinion simply because android has come A LONG WAY from a humble beginning and we my friend are going to dominate for a long time to come....

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 7:20 PM 3

45. TROLL

Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012

Already have....+1

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 7:23 PM 1

88. -box-

Posts: 3991; Member since: Jan 04, 2012

@xperia-knight: no need to scroll that much, just press the letter that the app's name starts with, it jumps right to that section. Also, pinning frequently used apps to the home screen makes it even faster, especially with the coming resizeable tiles.

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 8:58 AM 4

59. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Oi, homeboy...who's talking about UI here?? Do you think the tiles are all that i know about the 920?? Do you even know what Pureview is? Or what OIS stands for? And Darkjedi, my opinion?? Tell me something...do you think people stick to iP5 after 4S because it's beautiful and simple? Or because most don't know how to go Android since it's way complicated for them?? Cause last i checked, even 4S lovers complained about the boring looks of iP5. Yeah, it's beautiful...but it's a beautiful disaster!

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 1:23 AM 9

73. TROLL

Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012

The ip5 can run anygames, unlike lagging and limited games.

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 6:23 AM 0

81. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Troll, i couldn't have chosen a better name for you myself. And with that profile picture, it suits you very well!!! Tell me something other than games...like the hard ware? Processor? Camera? Anything you find innovative...of course in your savior, iP5.

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 7:47 AM 4

82. StreetNerd

Posts: 870; Member since: Dec 08, 2010

do u play League of Legends? Troll's profile picture looks like Taric :') so gay

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 8:00 AM 2

61. gothicheart

Posts: 83; Member since: Oct 17, 2012

and i gues you're one of the few who calls the ip5 an innovation right? how smart...

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 2:58 AM 1

84. asseek

Posts: 164; Member since: Sep 12, 2012

he said "Here comes the Lumias...the new innovation" he meant the new Lumia is the innovation, not the OS on it, or the UI of wp8 so if u wanna argue, read well, and its either u argue about the subject or shut up..

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 8:07 AM 2

93. Nathan_ingx

Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012

Thank You Asseek, for the clarification. Some people need to read well and understand what is being written before commenting on their own will.

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 10:32 AM 1

98. asseek

Posts: 164; Member since: Sep 12, 2012

no worries bro, they understand the comments the way they want, and then comment without even thinking (just to show their love for android) arguing you on something u didn't even mention

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 11:30 AM 0

54. cretinick

Posts: 148; Member since: Jan 25, 2011

I only can think that the Lumia 920 has a hardware so freaking fantastic, that Nokia could put any operating system on it and it would sell like water in the desert anyway! WP7/7.5 has many flaws. Most of users that are pre-ordering the L920 never used the WP OS, or never used for more than a couple of minutes, scrolling the screen up and down. I really hope that the WP8 come way better than the WP7.5... Or the L920 will be the bigger fail of the year. Great Hardware with a very limited OS.

posted on Oct 16, 2012, 10:27 PM 3

89. -box-

Posts: 3991; Member since: Jan 04, 2012

What flaws does it have? It has some gaps in terms of features, but nothing I would call flaws that haven't been fixed that I've encountered. Lumia 900 owner here.

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 8:59 AM 0

95. cretinick

Posts: 148; Member since: Jan 25, 2011

You can't move the contacts to the SIM card to use in another phone (in case your battery goes off and you have to call someone using a friend phone). You can't see the duration time of a call. (only can see the time it was made). Notifications are awful. And for those who are familiarized to Android (and Symbian),the absence of widgets makes alot of diference. Some simple tasks, like turn on and off Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G and Plane mode are not as easy like in others OS (Not a big trouble! But it is not as simple as on other OSs).

posted on Oct 17, 2012, 10:43 AM 0

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