Retailer reveals Nokia Lumia 710 UK debut date
Not before Chrimbo
Nokia's second Windows Phone handset, the Lumia 710, will be available over here on 6 January 2012, one online retailer reckons.
The Digital Phone Company - who we've never heard of - has posted that date on its website.
Other suppliers listing the 710, such as Expansys and Clove, are not yet stating release dates, and neither has Nokia, so we have to ask how DPC knows and they don't. If indeed it does know.
The follow-up to the Lumia 800, the 710 will pack 8GB of on-board storage and sport a 3.7in, 480 x 800 capacitive touchscreen. There's a 1.4GHz CPU and a 5Mp camera in there too. ®
COMMENTS
Role of Windows 8 in Lumia 800
Will the Nokia Lumia 800 will be upgradable or not to Windows 8?
Or will it stay with Windows 7.5 for it's lifespan? I run a blog at http://www.needmobile.com and how Windows 8 fits into Microsoft's phone and tablet strategy is still fuzzy.
Would be nice to know.
You may have a point
I like the colours, but, plasticky brand identities have lately been associated with very low cost phones for 12 year olds, which cost £20 and are no great loss if they get run over by a bus. The phones I mean, not the 12 year olds. Nokia are trying to move away from that price segment. Tricky one.
Who's designing for Nokia these days? Fisher-Price? "Baby's First Smartphone"
Maybe someone should tell Nokia that the blue and white of the original iMac went out of fashion about 15 years ago.
Price
If the 710 sells for Nokia's recommended price it will be about £277 SIM free (including tax). The equivalent price for the 800 is £431. The phones are nearly identical apart from the display (the 710 has a TFT, the 800 OLED), a slightly downgraded camera and a less sexy (but probably more practical case).
So of course Nokia don't want to put the 710 on the market before Christmas!
Where is the Elop icon?
