• Nokia Announces Its Windows Phones

    Nokia Announces Its Windows Phones

    Chandrakant 'ck' Isi, Oct 26, 2011 1746 hrs IST

    The Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 are ready to take on the Androids and the iPhones.

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Nokia has announced its Lumia series of handsets based on Microsoft's Windows Phone (WP) platform. The first wave of WP offering from the company includes Lumia 800 and 710. The first one takes the crown as Nokia's flagship device, while latter chooses to entice the budget conscious buyers.

The Lumia 800 is powered by a 1.4 GHz CPU and has 512 MB of RAM. It sports a 3.7" ClearBlack AMOLED display encased in a curved Gorilla Glass, as earlier seen on N9. Onboard is an 8 MP auto-focus camera with dual LED flash. Other specs include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3.5 mm jack, and 1450 mAh battery. While it comes with 16 GB of built-in storage, a microSD slot is missing. However, as a compensation of sorts, you do get a 25 GB of free cloud storage, courtesy Microsoft.


Nokia Announces Its Windows Phones




The Lumia 710 shares the spec sheet with 800, expept for its TFT LCD screen and 5 MP camera. Interestingly, it features interchangeable back covers to match the colours of Live Tiles.


Nokia Announces Its Windows Phones




To make its WP offering distinct, the Finns have included Nokia Drive (sat nav app) and mix radio (somewhat like Nokia Internet Radio) on both the devices. The 800 is expected to cost around 420 euros (approx Rs 29,000) and the 710 will sell for about 270 euros (approx Rs 18,600). The devices are expected to go retail by the end of November in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the UK. Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan will probably have to wait till December.


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(6) Comments
Singh
,Hyderabad, on Oct 28, 2011 03:44 PM
Nokia Lumia 800 is indeed a thing of beauty. I have started saving to gift one to my dad...he deserves the best.
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sri
,hnt, on Oct 26, 2011 09:28 PM
Nokia made yet an another garbage phones after n97 iam damn sure once u buy this u will get more disappointment than a n97 buyer tiny screen ,tiny battery tiny processor ,ram ,memory and the appstore bbullshit for500$ y can buy a galaxy s2 at that price and live peaceful life so never think of Nokia shit
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Ayan
,Mumbai, on Oct 28, 2011 12:37 PM
In terms of harware construction Nokia is far ahead of the current lot. My 4 yr old Nokia has had numerous falls and still is going fine. Regarding the battery life..lets not talk about Androids at all, its an area where Google or any OEMs are putting their efforts at all.Brand new phones have to be charged everyday even with moderate usage. Android needs lots of RAM and processing power because it is an inefficient OS which was made in a hurry by Google.It lack of any option (specially in the low and mid range) in the market which is driving Android sales rather than its quality.Its good to see Nokia push for WP as a consumer i will have more quality options to choose from.
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Prithvi
,Pune, on Oct 28, 2011 12:00 PM
N9 is by far the best looking phone I've ever seen .. just caught a news byte that Lumia 800 will be avialable in India by year end for an est. price tag of Rs.30K. I can imagine iterations in 3.9" - 4.3" of the same releasing in time to come.
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Subinoy Roy
,Noida, on Oct 27, 2011 04:59 PM
If N9 is the most beautiful Phone money can buy; and Lumia 800 is the very close second. iPhone 4 n 4S does look a bit pale in front of them. Mr. Jobs used to say Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication and all the iPhones have been designed under the same philosophy. Nokia has just bettered it with N9 and Lumia 800. I just wish Lumia 800 came with a front camera. It unfortunately is a deal breaker for me... My bill gets into 3k league because of Video calls. I can't buy N9 because of the sole reason that it ain't got any future. But I feel MeeGo is like fresh breeze of air amidst iPhones, Androids and WPs, it's hurts a lot to know MeeGo is no more. Anyway, I'd like to wish Nokia best of luck with their WP venture.
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Peter
,Hyderabad, on Oct 27, 2011 09:32 AM
The Lumia 800 has to be the most beautiful phone I have seen ...ever. Nice job Nokia !
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