Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet: Available in UK 1st Week of December 2013, £550 SIM-free

A Windows Nokia Phone is seen on display at Microsoft's annual shareholder meeting in Bellevue, Washington November 19, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Redmond

The Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet will reportedly be available in UK by the 1^st week of December 2013 and it will cost £550 as well as be sold SIM-free.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet is a 6-inch phone and tablet hybrid that was made in collaboration with Microsoft and Windows. The £550 price was quoted by Unlocked-Mobiles.com, an online retailer of mobile phones that are not locked to a specific mobile service provider. Interested customers can now preorder it. (Click HERE).The Internet company is said to be a pioneer of the Nokia Lumia 1520 unlocked mobile deals in UK. But, by the 1^st week of December, other retailers like Carphone Warehouse might follow suit and offer cheaper deals for the Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet.

In fact, Carphone Warehouse has also started giving its customers the option to preorder the Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet from its Web site since Nov. 18, 2013 onwards. But, the Nokia Lumia 1520 deals offered by the said online retailer are locked to Vodafone.

The Carphone Warehouse Monthly Tariffs are as follows:

£38 - 2 GB UK Data, FREE Phone Cost (Preorder Product Code: 18940726)
£47 - 4 GB UK Data, FREE Phone Cost (Preorder Product Code: 18940728)
£48 - 12 GB UK Data, £19.99 Phone Cost (Preorder Product Code: 18940734)

All 3 deals from Carphone Warehouse offer unlimited UK minutes to any network and unlimited UK texts. They all have a 24 months Vodafone contract length.

The Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet has a 3,400mAh battery which can last up to 696 hours on standby mode, or up to 22 hours when being used to make phone calls. It is equipped with the new Windows Phone 8 operating system and has a 2.2GHz quad core Snapdragon 800 processor. It has 16 gigabytes (GB)of internal memory and is expandable by up to 64GB with a microSD card, which is sold separately.

Plus, its 6" screen has a full high definition (HD) resolution that gives it a pixel density of 367 pixels per inch. And, it can be seen clearly even under the scorching sun. The screen can also be used by those with longer fingernails or those who are wearing gloves. It has a 20 megapixel (MP) PureView camera to enable users to take lots of beautiful pictures.

With all the technical specs of the Nokia Lumia 1520 Windows Phablet, as well as good deals from UK online retailers such as Unlocked-Mobiles and Carphone Warehouse, the demand for it could increase over the next few days, as well as sales.