When I went to buy an 820 in Pune last week the common answer I got from various sources was "production of 820 has been stopped."
I tried Nokia priority dealers. retail mobile shops, branded mobile shops (e.g. reliance, the mobile store etc) without any success.
Nokia priority dealers told me "due to the launch of 625 in the same price bracket supply of 820 has been stopped since last 15 days".
Till 2-3 days back Flipkart did show 820 'In stock" but it was not available in my region. Whenever I entered my pincode it said 'not available'. Now even flipkart shows 820 'Out of stock'.
I am shell shocked by the decision taken by Nokia. Moreover I am sad to see the earlier-than-expected demise of a phone that I love.
P.S. I own an 820 since the day it was launched. I wanted to buy one for my brother but now I'm being forced to settle down for 720. :unhappy:
So funny lol.
In 2012 , I bought iPad 3rd gen and production was after 7 months.
This year , I got Lumia 820 around January ending and now production stopped after 8 months (I sold if off anyway like weeks before)
I "almost" purchased HTC One until last minute (which was also discontinued btw , only dual sim available which has less tech support from xda) but I finally went for GS4.
These are all decent products which got killed to give boost to other products.
But consumer will be in bad position.
If 820 gets into trouble , they won't replace it because its no longer in production for India.It will be taken and manually repaired (same for HTC One as well however apple offers immediate replacement within 2 weeks).If that's not possible , you must wait for another 820 to arrive from another country.
My advice is not to go for 820 especially without checking for defects.
Don't go for any other source which you don't trust.
Better get another model.