The Nokia Lumia 521 won't be able to arrive on Christmas Day to your home, but the Windows Phone 8 smartphone's price is still low on Amazon compared to other websites.

According to Amazon, as of Dec. 24, the Lumia 521 can be purchased for $97.93, which is a savings of $52.06 or 35 percent from the original price. The Lumia 521 was previously listed at $149.99 for its original price.

While the device is in stock, consumers can obtain the smartphone by Dec. 27 if the item is ordered within the next 54 hours.

The price for the Lumia 521 is cheaper than on the online Microsoft Store. The Lumia 521 can also be purchased for no contract via T-Mobile for $99. Similar to Amazon, the online Microsoft Store will ship the device for free. Back on Dec. 1, the online Microsoft Store had priced the Lumia 521 at $79.

The official T-Mobile website is offering the Lumia 521 at $0 up front. With the $0 up-front offer, the T-Mobile customer will have to pay $5.25 for the next 24 months. If the consumer cancels the wireless service, the remaining balance on the Windows Phone 8 device will be due. T-Mobile is also offering a $20 app credit with every purchase of a Nokia Lumia device and a $10 charge for a SIM Starter Kit.

The Lumia 521 sports a 4-inch touchscreen and 5-megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording. When it comes to memory, the smartphone has 8GB of internal storage with 512MB of RAM. A microSD card slot is available for an additional 64GB of storage. The battery capacity for the Windows Phone 8 smartphone is 1,430mAh.

As Latino Post reported, the Lumia 521 was named the most utilized Windows Phone device in the U.S. with a convincing 22.8 percent market share, beating fellow Windows Phone gadgets such as the Lumia 520, Lumia 920, Lumia 1020, and HTC 8X, to name a few. T-Mobile, however, was the third most popular Windows Phone mobile carrier provider in the U.S., after AT&T and Verizon Wireless, respectively.

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