Nokia has finally announced and demonstrated its two first Windows Phone Mango releases: The Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800.
The Nokia Lumia 800
The Lumia 800 appears to be the higher end of the two, sporting a single-score 1.4GHz processor, 3.8 inch AMOLED display with Clear Black support and a convexly curved screen which is supposed to not only add to aesthetic value, but also improve the swiping experience when moving your fingers around the display.
The actual physical design of the Nokia Lumia 800 is almost identical in appearance to the Nokia N9, a MeeGo operating device that Nokia killed basically before it was even released. We’re happy to see this unique design back on a phone that Nokia is actually pushing. The single machined piece of polycarbonate that makes up the handset’s body comes in a variety of colours, ranging from very bright right down to black. It’s not painted, either. The polycarbonate is coloured the same the whole way through, so any accidental scratches shouldn’t stick out as offensively as they otherwise might.
An 8MP camera is in keeping with the current industry-leading devices and Nokia is even making claims as to its superiority, due to the company’s long-standing tradition of providing high performance cameras in comparison to its competition. As far as video capture goes Nokia might have a bit of trouble keeping that line rolling, however, as it’s only capable of filming up to 720p video, as opposed to the now standard 1080p found on other flagship handsets.
The Lumia 800 apparently comes running on Micro SIM only, so anyone transferring from their old SIM will have to find a more modern means of transferring their contacts across, rather than just transferring their SIM. It’s not too hard though, there are a myriad of ways to do it these days. We suggest just googling it and finding whatever sounds easiest to you.
Other than all that there’s a solid 16GB of memory and the Nokia Drive app which is apparently a fantastic navigation system (exclusive to Nokia devices). We’re not too sure about RAM yet, but we expect it to be between 700MB and 1GB.
Of course the whole thing comes running on Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and as such has all the standard WinPho goodness such as a dedicated camera button, power button and required ports.
The Nokia Lumia 710
The Nokia Lumia 710, while looking to be the cheaper of the two new WinPho devices from Nokia, is still looking to be a decent contender in not only the Windows Phone Mango market, but the smartphone market as a whole.
Once again Nokia has found a unique approach to external design. From the front the Lumia 710 appears to be a very standard device with a slate-style 3.7 inch LCD display (once again with Clear Black support) below which can be found 3 hardware buttons. All of this is surrounded by a familiarly sharp-edge design with rounded corners. The phone comes in either a white or black front-panel, however, once you turn the device over it’s a different story.
The back plate of the Lumia 710 comes in a variety of colours and, even more, it’s interchangeable. That means you can grab yourself a few extra colours in case you get bored of whatever one you choose. This is a pretty cool idea and we’re all for it. It allows the customer to choose a more outlandish looking product, without fearing that they will tire of it before their contract ones out. If they do they can simply switch to a more sedate, or simply different colour until they find one that suits them more permanently.
There’s a large speaker grill on the back, which might suggest some focus on speaker volume and quality. But that’s yet to be ascertained.
Hardware-wise we’re looking at another single-core 1.4GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a 5MP camera with single LED flash and 8GB of storage. Some of this info is as-yet unconfirmed, and the rest is subject to change between now and the eventual release.
The WhistleOut Opinion
Although it’s tricky at this point to judge the quality of these two devices, we can say for certain that this is the first time we have been this excited about a Nokia devices in a very, very long time with the possible exception of the Nokia N9. We can’t wait to see what these babies can do in person and we’re eagre to see if Nokia can continue to deliver moving forwards.
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