Following September's launch, the Lumia 830 has now been given an on-sale date. The new phone will be available from October 3 from EE, Vodafone, Tesco, Amazon and Carphone Warehouse on contracts from £25 per month.
The 5in Lumia 830 is tagged Nokia's "first affordable flagship" and is kitted out with a quad-core Qualcomm SoC and the Lumia Denim update, which includes Cortana, Microsoft's much-heralded rival to iOS's Siri.
Nokia Lumia 830 review: design
The Lumia 830 sits just below the 930 in the Lumia range, and we were immediately struck by the physical resemblance of the two units.
It shares the 930's exposed aluminium edges and colourful matte-plastic back-panel. However, while the 930's back panel curved towards sheer edges, the 830 has a much softer design, with the edges curving all the way around to the 5in, 720 x 1,280 screen. This gives the 830 a less severe look than its stablemate and makes it a little more comfortable to hold in one hand.
There are also shades of the Nokia Lumia 1020's design. Like the 1020, the 830's 10-megapixel rear camera is surrounded by a black circular lens housing, which breaks up the back panel's expanse of colourful plastic. Whereas the 1020's lens housing popped out from the back panel, the 830's lies flat and doesn't add to the phone's overall bulk.
Overall we're pleased with how the 830 looks and feels, and actually prefer it to the 930, despite the fact that it's lower in the range.
