Handsets will launch a week later on October 29.
According to The Verge's sources, Windows Phone 8 pre-orders from AT&T will commence on October 21, despite handsets being not expected to launch until October 29.
The carrier will apparently begin taking pre-orders on the HTC 8X, Nokia's Lumia 920, Samsung's Ativ Smart PC and the Asus Vivo Tab RT on the aforementioned date.
AT&T will sell both Nokia's Lumia 920 and 820 Windows Phone devices, while the latter will also be available from other carriers, including T-Mobile. The 920, however, will be an exclusive handset to AT&T.
As for Microsoft's HTC smartphones, AT&T is planning to sell the HTC One X+, One VX and Windows Phone 8X.
Windows 8 is due for a release on October 26, alongside the launch of Microsoft's Surface tablet.
It will however be interesting to see windows 8 in action... the mobile version, i want see if the apps measure up.
HTC smartphones with Windows.
The thing is you don't need data plans for smartphones but the only way to get them at prices we can afford is to get them with a expensive data plan. Say you don't want a data plan, be prepared to pay $500 or more for your phone! Damn carriers!
So you'd rather pay $200 now and $2000 over the next 2 years? If you don't need a dataplan, then you paying that $500-700 comes out (much) cheaper in the long run.