Nokia officially launched Lumia 610 today. It is cheapest Windows Phone smartphone available in the market.The Lumia 610 looks a lot like the 710 on the outside, but has less-capable hardware inside.Lumia 610 enhanced the camera experience and arrives with Smart Group Shot which allows you to put the best bits of pictures, all into one! Also panorama shots, self timer and action shot are included in the Lumia 610.
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- Quad-band 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
- 3.7" 65K-color LCD capacitive touchscreen of WVGA resolution
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, VGA video @30fps
- Windows Phone 7.5 OS (Refresh)
- 800MHz ARM Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, 256MB of RAM, Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
- Digital compass
- 8GB on-board storage
- Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
- Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
- Standard 3.5 mm audio jack; FM Radio with RDS
- microUSB port
- Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP and EDR
- Deep and coherent SNS integration throughout the interface
Main disadvantages
- Some apps are incompatible due to low RAM
- No Flash or Silverlight support in browser
- No USB mass storage (Zune-only file management and sync)
- No video calls and no front-facing camera
- No memory card slot
- microSIM card slot
- No native DivX/XviD support, videos have to be Zune-transcoded
- No HD recording or playback, due to hardware limitations
- Will probably be stuck on this Windows Phone version for good
With the Lumia 610, Nokia mix radio makes its entry into the subcontinent for free with 150 stations and works offline too. Also the Lumia 610 comes with DRM free music, up to 45 lakh songs available. And tracks which are available for online streaming can be downloaded. It also arrives with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive and Nokia Traffic, which is a complete mapping solution for smartphone.
The Lumia 610 will arrive in four colour options: Magenta, White, Blue and Black and will available in all over India from tomorrow for a price of Rs. 12,999.