Nokia will start selling its new flagship smartphone in November, sources at European telecoms operators said.
The Lumia 920, which uses Microsoft's Windows 8 software, is Nokia's bid to catch up with Apple's iPhone and a string of popular phones using Google's Android software.
The new phone, which with its rounded edges and colourful covers looks similar to its predecessors, was unveiled on Wednesday and drew a thumbs down from many analysts, who felt it lacked the "wow" factor to make big inroads against rivals.
They were also unsettled by Nokia's refusal to say when the phone, and the smaller Lumia 820 model, would go on sale, or to give details on the price and operator partners.
Once the world's biggest mobile phone maker, Nokia fell behind rivals in the fast-growing smartphone market and has struggled to catch up, racking up more than €3 billion ($A3.7bn) in operating losses in the last 18 months and forcing it to cut 10,000 jobs, as well as sell assets.
By going on sale in November, the Lumia 920 will hit stores in time for the key holiday sales season. It will be priced similar to Samsung's flagship Galaxy S III, operators in several countries said. The Galaxy S III sells for $899 outright in Australia.
The phone will likely land more than a month after Apple's new iPhone and will face stiff competition from Samsung, which last week unveiled the world's first smartphone with the Windows Phone 8 software that the Lumia 920 will use, as well as new models from HTC and Google's Motorola.
Industry sources said on Thursday that Nokia had cut the prices of its older smartphones in a bid to boost demand until its new phones reach the market.
A Nokia spokesman declined to comment.
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