Both BlackBerry and Nokia are vying for a leading spot in the smart phone market against the other rivals such as Samsung, Apple, HTC and Google. It appears the retail partners will be able to help in attracting more consumers for the Nokia Lumia 920 and Blackberry Z10 as they offer the unlocked version at a lower price online.

Now, the unlocked Nokia Lumia 920 smart phone has a lower price online that ranges from $650 to $700 compared to its January 2013 price of $750. The Lumia 920 AT&T variant still has the much lower price but a two-year contract is required. Microsoft currently has the Nokia Lumia 910 AT&T black, red and yellow colors available for free upon signing the agreement with a FedEx shipping the following business day without any charges.

The Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 has a 4.5-inch screen with ClearBlack IPS and PureMotion HD+ display. The smart phone is equipped with a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 32GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM, 4G LTE radio, 4G HSPA+ radio, Wi-Fi, NFC, Bluetooth 3.0, 8MP rear camera in PureView technology and Carl Zeiss optics with dual-LED flash, HD 1080p video capture at 30fps with hardware optical image stabilization, 2000mAh battery and built-in wireless charging support.

For the Blackberry Z10 with BB10, the all-touch smart phone currently has the lower online price of $620 to $650 compared to its initial retail price of $800. The Z10 is BlackBerry's first all-touch screen smart phone since it does not have any physical keys or buttons for navigation.

Blackberry Z10 looks very simple and stylish with straight edges and rounded corners.The screen display with the resolution of 768x1280 gives the BlackBerry Z10 a high pixel density at 355ppi. Blackberry Z10 has a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 2GB of RAM and a 16GB internal storage capacity with a microSD card slot that can expand up to 64GB storage capacity.