High global prices for the Windows Phone 8 Nokia Lumia 920 are causing a stir …

Apple ditched Google Maps over voice-guided turn-by-turn driving directions, according to reports. The two companies faced stalemate over the maps app as Apple refused to allow Google branding, while Google refused to give up spoken directions. AllThingsD reports Apple wanted verbal directions added to the Google Maps app on the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch — after all, they’re included …

Last week it was priced at £400 — now it seems the HTC 8X costs £530. HTC’s first Windows Phone 8 device arrives later in the year, and we’ve seen wildly differing prices for it. The new price comes courtesy of Amazon, which is offering the phone for £530, with free delivery, at the time of writing. The bad news …