The Nokia Lumia 800 will launch on contract as planned, on November 16th, but it will not release until January 2012 in UK SIM free. This is a real disappointment because this Windows Phone has attracted a lot of interest.

The January release dismay is not what customers wished for, the Nokia and Windows combination SIM free version would have attracted many customers who do not wish for long contract plans, contract versions will still be released this month.

Could it be that Nokia can only supply enough of these smartphones, so they decided to launch contract versions first, this seems like the only feasible answer in our minds.

Soon there will be thousands of Nokia Lumia’s rolling around, it will not be hard to get your hands on one, unless you want contract you will have to wait until January. Please do let us know what you think about the Nokia Lumia 800 delay.

If you fancy getting you hands on this smartphone please read our previous article, we mentioned about Vodafone offering £60 worth of vouchers for the first 10,000 orders. We have also asked is the Lumia 800 better than the N9, have a read here.

Source – Clove