Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones Announces
Nokia today have introduce two heavyweight Nokia that will be running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 platform, the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710. Both phone are the first handsets running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 platform.
Up first is the Lumia 800 which is design with a smooth, single-body and of course entertainment friendly. Measures 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm, it weights 142 grams, the Lumia 800 uses a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 chip with 512MB of RAM. This will allow smooth and fast navigation from its a 3.7-inch (800 x 480) AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen. The device is pack with 16GB of internal storage and equipped with 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with Carl Zeiss optics (enabling 720p vide recording). As for connectivity purposes, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and a micro USB connector. Other spec include aGPS, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor and a 1,450 mAh battery. The Nokia Lumia 800 comes in black, cyan and magenta. Currently the Nokia Lumia 800 €420 (~ $585)
The Lumia 710 comes with a 1.4 GHz single-core Qualcomm processor with 512MB of RAM that will allow its a 3.7-inch (800 x 480) TFT ClearBlack touchscreen to navgiate without lagging. The device comes pack with 8GB of built-in storage and a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash. The device also support 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a micro USB connector and A-GPS. Comes with a 1,300 mAh battery and a price €270 (~ $376) and color versions include black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow.
The goodies for the Lumia models, is that they comes pre-loaded with some exclusive goodies like Nokia Drive, for free, turn-by-turn navigation, the MixRadio app providing hundreds of channels of locally-relevant music (the mixes available can be downloaded on the phone for offline playback), and the ESPN Sports Hub.
The Lumia 800 is expected to debut next month November in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. As for the Lumia 710 it is expected to start ship around the end of the year to Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan. The US will have to wait until Q1 2012 to get some Lumia love
