Nokia Lumia 710 Also Official

In addition to the Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia also unveiled the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone running under Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. 

The new device will arrive on shelves in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers, and should include features similar with those packed inside Lumia 800.

It will include the same 1.4GHz application processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, so as to offer great performance capabilities at an affordable price tag. 

The new device is expected to arrive on shelves with replaceable back covers that will range from all Windows Phone theme colors. 

“The purposely built, no-nonsense Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and thousands of apps to bring the Lumia experience to more people around the world,” Nokia notes. 

“The Nokia Lumia 710 is designed for instant social & image sharing, and the best browsing experience with IE9.” 

The same as the Nokia Lumia 800, the new device will include Nokia Drive, a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation, and with Nokia Music, the new services that Nokia announced today.

It will also include MixRadio, a free, global, mobile music-streaming application, along with Gigfinder, so that users can easily find live local music. 

The new device will arrive on shelves before the end of the ongoing year in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan, and should be pushed to more markets in early 2012. 

Ultimately, the new handset should be pushed to 31 operators and retailers in 6 countries, Nokia announced. Nokia Lumia 710 is expected to sport a price tag of around 270 EUR ($375) when made available for purchase.

“In addition to the existing products, which include coverage for WCDMA and HSPA, Nokia also plans LTE and CDMA products to address specific local market requirements,” Nokia announced. 

The company also said that it plans on launching portfolio of products into the US in early 2012, and should also bringing it to mainland China in the first half of 2012.

Full Specs of Nokia Lumia 710 Available


Nokia Lumia 710 is the second Windows Phone device that Finnish handset vendor Nokia unveiled to the world today, and some more info on what it packs inside has just emerged, courtesy of Nokia's official websites. 

The same as the Nokia Lumia 800, the new device arrives on the market with a 3.7-inch touchscreen display, and with a fast 1.4GHz application processor for increased performance capabilities.

The new device also sports 512MB of RAM, along with 8 GB of internal memory, expandable with micro-SD card to up to 24 GB (it supports memory cards of max 16 GB).

Considering the fact that Nokia Lumia 800 does not offer the possibility to expand the available internal memory, it sounds great that Lumia 710 will provide users with this ability.

The specs list of this device also includes a 5-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with auto-focus, LED flash and video recording capabilities.

Nokia Lumia 710 was also packed with WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR connectivity, as well as with 3.5mm AHJ Connector and USB 2.0 High-Speed port.

The new device also packs USB Mass Storage capabilities, along with support for WCDMA, EDGE Class B, GPRS Class B, HSDPA Cat10 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA Cat6 5.76 Mbps.

The handset is powered by a 1300mAh battery that can deliver up to 6.9 hours of talk time, or up to 400 hours of standby time.

The new device also offers appealing capabilities powered by the Windows Phone operating system, including Notes, Calendar, To-do list, detailed contact information, or the HTML5-enabled Internet Explorer 9 mobile browser and Bing.

In the People's Hub, users will find various means to stay connected at all times with their friends and family, including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, Chat, and SMS.

The new device is expected to become available in a number of 6 markets in the near future, and should hit the shelves at over 30 carriers and retailers. It will feature a price tag of 270 EUR ($375) before taxes.

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