Nokia launches its most awaited windows phones during the NOKIA WORLD 2011 event held at London on 26th October 2011.
The two new windows phones from NOKIA announced with the theme “NOKIA LUMIA EASIER, FASTER, FUNNER” were NOKIA LUMIA 800, and NOKIA LUMIA 710. Both of these phones showcases a brilliant design work, LUMIA 800 looks alike N9 with a mono block and curved glass 3.7” 800*480 AMOLED capacitive display. While LUMIA 710 is being branded as “first affordable windows phone” features 3.7” TFT capacitive display.
Most importantly both of the devices are powered by 1.4 Ghz Single Core Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Processors for smooth and quick response.
NOKIA LUMIA 800
LUMIA 800 takes social networking to its next levels by intuitively integrating Facebook, Twitter, E-Mail, Chat, SMS for instant social and image sharing. And it also features Internet Explorer 9 and HTML 5 applications.
LUMIA 800 has “ NOKIA DRIVE “ as like OVI MAPS for voice assisted navigation which is a major advantage as most of the existing nokia customers have been accustomed to OVI MAPS and would be happy to have the same maps with lot more features on windows phones.
When it comes to music, LUMIA 800 features “NOKIA MUSIC” enabling users to access over 14 million tracks divided across various catalogues based on locality. And the users have also have access to nearly 100 radio channels.
Hardware Specifications:
Networks : WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Speed : HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps
Display : 3.7” WVGA (800x480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display with pinch zoom, 2.5D curved glass seamlessly integrated to unibody
OS : Windows Phone Release - Mango
Memory : 16GB internal user memory, 512MB program memory
Camera : 8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps
Size/Weight : 116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 mm (LxWxT) / 76.08 cc / 142 g
Connectivity : WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector, Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, ALS
Processor : 1.4 GHz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA)
Audio : MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m42, m4b, wma, EVRC, QCELP
Battery : 1450 mAh Music playback: up to 55 hours
NOKIA LUMIA 710
The first affordable windows phone LUMIA 710, allows the user to customize outward looks by exchanging back covers available in 5 different colors.
Like LUMIA 800, LUMIA 710 also enables social networking and instant image sharing by integrating Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin. Even LUMIA 710 supports “NOKIA DRIVE” for voice navigation and “NOKIA MUSIC” and radio channels for music and entertainment.
Hardware Specifications:
Networks : WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
Speed : HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps
Display : 3.7” WVGA (800x480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom
OS : Windows Phone 7.5 - Mango
Memory : 512MB RAM, 8GB storage
Camera : 5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps
Size/Weight : 119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g
Connectivity : WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector
Processor : 1.4 GHz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA)
Audio : MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma
Battery : 1300 mAh
What important features NOKIA LUMIA lacks.
NO NFC.
NO HDMI output.
NO MICROSD slot
Pricing and Schedule
LUMIA 710 is priced around 270 Euros and is expected to hit European market by early November and later in India, Hong Kong, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan by the end of 2011.
LUMIA 800 is priced around 420 Euros and will hit the shelves of UK, France, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Germany by early November and US market in the beginning of 2012.
