14 DAY TRIAL // About a week ago, the Nokia Lumia 635 emerged online on Microsoft Store as available for pre-order for T-Mobile’s customers in the United States, only to be removed several hours later, but it seems that the phone has made it to the website once again.
The Redmond-based software giant is providing users with the possibility to reserve the smartphone via its online portal only one day after the wireless carrier officially confirmed plans to add it to its lineup.
Nokia Lumia 635 is set to become available for purchase at Magenta as soon as the next week, yet those interested in securing a unit before that happens can now pre-order it at $129, without the signing of a contract agreement.
The wireless carrier has also announced that the Nokia Lumia 635 will see early availability over the weekend on the Home Shopping Network cable TV outlet, as WPCentral notes.
Those who won’t get the chance to grab one before next week will have to wait for July 9 to arrive to purchase it, as it will become available online at T-Mobile starting that day. Moreover, the operator plans on bringing the handset to retail stores on July 16.
For those who missed the official announcement on the phone’s arrival in the US, we should note that MetroPCS is also planning on adding the phone to its offering, starting July 18.
Nokia Lumia 635 was made official back in April as the cheapest 4G LTE-enabled handset running under the Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, and has already landed on shelves in several regions out there, with more of them set to receive it soon.
The mobile phone arrives on the market with a 4.5-inch touchscreen display capable of delivering an FWVGA (854 x 480 pixels) resolution, while being powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor.
Moreover, the handset sports 512MB of RAM, along with 8GB of internal memory, and a microSD memory card slot with support for up to 128GB of additional storage space.
On the back, the new device packs a 5-megapixel camera with auto-focus and 720p video recording, but features no front camera for video calling.
However, it does arrive on shelves with the entire set of usual connectivity capabilities, which include 4G LTE, HSDPA - 42.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in GPS receiver.
The Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone will also provide users in the US with the possibility to enjoy all of the features and capabilities that Cortana was announced with, as well as the other enhancements that the new OS version features.