Nokia Lumia 710: Top 10 things you need to know

Nokia Lumia 710 Windows PhoneWhile the Nokia Lumia 800 has been holding the spotlight since it was unveiled at Nokia World 2011, the smart and stylish Nokia Lumia 710 offers many of the same great features at a lower price. With its customisable design, gorgeous screen and great multimedia usability, we’ve been taking a look at the top ten features that make the Lumia 710 such a fantastic Windows Phone.

Nokia Lumia 710 Windows Phone announced at Nokia World 2011

Customisable style
Available with a choice of black or white fascias, the Nokia Lumia 710 also features a selection of exchangeable back covers, which can be customised to your taste with your choice of colours. Colours include fuchsia, yellow and cyan and are designed to match the colours of the Windows Phone tiles.

Striking screen
With its gorgeous 3.7-inch display, photos and videos leap from the Lumia 710’s screen, making it perfect for staying entertained on the move. Thanks to the sharp WVGA resolution, images are rendered with stunning sharpness and the ClearBlack coating ensures reflections are always kept to a minimum.

Easy social networking
With Window’s Phone’s great social networking features, the Nokia Lumia 710 is perfect for keeping up to date with your friends on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Integrating social networking connectivity throughout the interface, you can easily post and read new updates, with just a few taps of the screen.

Gorgeous photos
Capturing high-quality photos is easy, thanks to the Lumia 710’s sharp 5-Megapixel rear-facing camera. Letting you take pictures up to a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, the 28mm wide-angle lens, 4x digital zoom and LED flash ensure you can always get the best picture, no matter where you find yourself.

HD video
And when a photo isn’t enough, the Lumia 710 even lets you even capture high-definition 720p video just as easily. Recording high-quality HD video at a frame rate of 30fps, you can capture every moment in stunning high-definition and enjoy them time and time again on the Lumia’s stunning 3.7-inch screen.

Great for music
Thanks to Windows Phone’s fantastic Bing Music tools, the Nokia Lumia 710 is perfect for enjoying your songs wherever you go. As well as displaying your music in an eye-catching interface, you can use the great Mix Radio tool to bring you hours of new music from artists you’ve never heard before.

Smoother browsing
With the great Internet Explorer Mobile 9 browser, the Lumia 800 is also ideal for browsing your favourite websites in the palm of your hand. The clean, fast interface is a pleasure to use, while the responsive 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen lets you navigate pages with an easy tap or swipe of your finger.

Plenty of storage
With all this multimedia power you’ll need plenty of storage and the Lumia 710 has got you covered. Packing 8GB of internal storage, you also get 25GB of online storage, to upload your files to the cloud. Ideal for accessing files wherever you go, your data is also kept safe should you ever lose your phone.

Office in your pocket
When it’s time to get back down to work, the Lumia 710 even features full Microsoft Office functionality built-in as standard. Letting you view, create or edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, the Office Hub lets you keep working and then share files online with your colleagues in a matter of seconds.

Long life battery
And with the Lumia 710’s great all-day mobility, you won’t need to worry about running out of power when you least expect it. With up to 7.5 hours of talk time, 400 hours of standby time and 38 hours of music playback, the Lumia 710 won’t let you down and will keep you connected for the whole day.

With its perfect mix of style, power and features, the Nokia Lumia 710 is a great alternative to the flagship Nokia Lumia 800. While a final release date has yet to be confirmed, we’ll be keeping a close eye on developments and will let you know as soon as we have more official information.

So what do you think of the Nokia Lumia 710? Do you like it just as much, if not more, than the Lumia 800, or have you already placed your pre-order for the flagship Nokia Windows Phone? Why not let us know in the Comments below.