Mango was a huge update to Windows Phone 7, and brings Microsoft closer and closer to characteristic equivalence with its rivalry. But sales don't come close to identical that of Google's or Apple's offerings. Nokia's partnership with Microsoft lastly bore fruit in October with the introduction of the Lumia 800 and 710 models. The 800 was an N9 double sporting Mango in lieu of Meego, total with its gorgeous well-crafted body and AMOLED screen. The 710 was a good deal device, sporting similar internals to its more expensive stablemate, but with a plastic body and LCD screen. And until now, neither has been obtainable in the US.
Today, however, T-Mobile and Nokia announced that the 710 will be avaialble for $49.99 on-contract on January 11th. Presentation among Windows Phone devices is normally similar, with the top spec unnatural to a single-core 1.4 GHz Qualcomm SoC, and the 710 is no different. The LCD screen comes in at WVGA (800x480); the rest of the specs are typical low-end Mango, 512 MB of RAM and 8 GB of NAND. There's no microSD expandability, and imaging comes from a 5 MP sensor. Nokia's primary adding up to Mango is their Nokia Drive direction-finding software, and pre-installed software is abundant, but with any luck easy to uninstall. We can't say we're not disappointed that the stunning Lumia 800 isn't being revealed, but at $50 and with matching performance, this should still make a good container for itself.
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