Introduction to Nokia Lumia 800 and 710
Finally, Nokia introduced its long-awaited devices based on mobile operating system, Windows Phone. After the event Nokia World 2011 journalists to familiarize themselves with these decisions. Are they just another WP-devices or Nokia was able to bring something unique to the platform?
To begin with staff familiar with Engadget’s flagship smartphone Lumia 800, which can offer users a 3.7-inch screen ClearBlack AMOLED, made of polycarbonate. Well, the feelings of journalists, the apparatus generally felt in the hands of both N9, which is not surprising.
Nokia calls the device “the first true Windows Phone» – with this statement is unlikely to agree to other manufacturers – but it is certainly one of the best WP-smartphones. As in the case of N9, polycarbonate housing fits the hand and, more importantly, not so much show scratches, as the case of painted metal or plastic. If the blue color of the case, it is that the entire depth of the material.
On top there is a lid, which hides under the micro-USB connector for charging and a slot for a SIM-card. 3.5-mm headphone jack is also located at the top. In fact, it’s all available ports. The right side controls the phone are the volume and power button, the left completely naked – a sleek curved polycarbonate. The speaker is located at the bottom of the unit.
The front part is almost entirely occupied by a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen with 800 × 480. It is a somewhat curved protective glass Gorilla Glass. Journalists say that the screen is as good as that of the N9, that is fine. It has the same 8-megapixel camera, which at N9, having aperture of f / 2,2 and supports 720p video recording with continuous autofocus. In general, Lumia 800, as the journalists, looks very attractive and can offer good hardware specifications. But whether this flagship device from Nokia to ensure market share growth platform Windows Phone? You can get eaasy loan at credloans.com.
Along with Lumia 800 Finnish company introduced a few more fat and less expensive model – Lumia 710. For € 270 ($ 375) excluding taxes this device may be quite popular in the markets of Western countries, and, perhaps, and in emerging markets. But is it is unique because, unlike the older brother, this smartphone does not offer anything really special in comparison to other WP-devices from companies such as Samsung or HTC?
Nokia knows how to lower the cost of the device, which at first glance it’s hard to notice, especially when detailed specifications are not reported at the announcement. The body is made of a thin and flexible plastic, but there is a neat and solid smartphone. In general, it does not look budget. Below the screen are hardware buttons “back”, “House” and “search.” After working with pleasant touch buttons Lumia 800, according to journalists, rather awkwardly managed with strict hardware buttons.
Smartphone, unlike his older brother, can offer only an ordinary LCD screen, which of course gives AMOLED, but does its job well. A company representative said that the display also features technology to support ClearBlack, but it probably confused the characteristics of the 800, since no signs of a deep black color of this unit no.
3.7-inch screen with 480 × 800 displays a fine block interface of the operating system Windows Phone, and thanks to the 1.4-GHz processor Qualcomm everything works quite smoothly. Of course, there is a cloud services and its own Nokia, designed to distinguish between machines of the Finnish manufacturer of the total mass of other solutions based on Windows Phone Mango.
Memory to 710 Lumia half, with 8 GB, and there is no card slot and microSDHC. Nokia hopes that this disadvantage can be offset by service SkyDrive, which provides 25 GB of cloud storage. Of course, do not forget about streaming music service Nokia Mix Radio.
The camera is 5 megapixels and is equipped with LED-flash. F-number is not reported, but one can assume that in this respect, the camera also gives Lumia 800. By cons noticed the camera include poor performance in low light. For below average photos are so noisy that the increase of their kills. Movies, of course, also distinguished by the abundance of noise in this mode. On the other hand, as the journalists, with good lighting detail shots is not bad. There is also a positive side of the camera include its speed (except for a relatively long boot after pressing the camera) and Windows Phone software for photography. In general, such a camera is difficult to find high-end smartphones, but with the cost of Lumia 710 it is quite bad. Unfortunately, the front camera for video conferencing is not, despite the support capabilities of the operating system, which is a big blunder.