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Nokia Lumia 610 low cost Windows Phone announced

Nokia Lumia 610 low cost Windows Phone announced

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The first truly low-cost Windows Phone 7 (Tango) handset has just been announced by Nokia today in the form of the Lumia 610. This new handset is the first Windows Phone device to be powered by a Qualcomm MSM7X30 SoC clocked at 800Mhz (with an Adreno 205 GPU) and only 256MB ram. The specification are in line with the Chassis specification announced last year at MIX11 and what we came to expect after hearing about the Tango leaks. The specs are the following:

– Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
– Speed: HSDPA cat 7: 7.2Mbps,
– Display: 3.7” WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch LCD display with pinch zoom
– Memory: 256MB RAM, 8GB storage
– Camera: 5 megapixels, auto-focus, LED flash.
– Size/Weight: 119.24mm x 62.18mm x 11.95mm / 131.5g
– Processor: 800 Mhz Single Core/Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
– Battery: 1300 mAh
– Talk time: GSM : 10.5 h, WCDMA : 9.5h. Standby time: GSM : 670 h, WCDMA :720 h

The Nokia Lumia 610 will launch in Q2 2012 with the price of 189€

Source: Nokia

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