14 DAY TRIAL // It looks like Rogers’ exclusivity over the Nokia Lumia 710 will end soon as WIND Mobile is reportedly planning to release the Windows Phone smartphone within the next few weeks.
The folks over at MobileSyrup have just been tipped on the next devices that are expected to make their way into WIND Mobile’s portfolio.
Starting late March, the carrier will start introducing the Nokia Lumia 710, Samsung Gravity Touch 2 and Huawei Astro. Not necessarily in this order, the smartphones will be launched in the following weeks.
While Samsung Gravity Touch 2 and Huawei Astro are mid-range Android smartphone, Nokia Lumia 710 is an entry-level Windows Phone device, at least until Lumia 610 hits shelves.
However, the Gravity Touch 2 may be shipped with Android 2.2 Froyo on board, while the Huawei Astro is expected to arrive with Android 2.3 Gingerbread out of the box.
If that’s the case, Samsung Gravity Touch 2 will probably be offered as a messaging device, given its full slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
In addition, the smartphone comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera, a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports 320 x 480 pixels resolution.
It is also worth mentioning that the smartphone is equipped with an 800 MHz single-core processor, 150 MB of internal memory, 270 MB of RAM and micro SD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB, 2GB memory card included).
Nokia Lumia 710 comes with a much better 1.4 MHz single-core processor, 8GB of internal memory and 512 MB of RAM.
The smartphone sports a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The display is based on Nokia’s ClearBlack technology and features Corning Gorilla Glass coating.
On the back, Lumia 710 packs a 5-megapixel camera with autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) video recording. There’s also HSDPA+ (14.4Mbps) support, along with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.
