14 DAY TRIAL // Four months after they were officially announced, Nokia Lumia series has yet to make their debut in several European countries.
Croatia and Romania are among the countries that have yet to receive any of the Lumia series smartphones. However, it appears that Lumia 800 and 710 have already been listed by Croatian carrier T-Mobile as “Coming Soon.”
As for their availability in Romania, we have been invited to a Microsoft/Nokia event which is set to take place on April 3, so we can safely assume that at least two Lumia smartphones will be made available in the country next week.
Although T-Mobile Croatia doesn’t mention any release dates for the Lumia devices, at least customers know what to expect from the carrier when it comes to pricing options.
Croatians will be able to purchase the Nokia Lumia 800 for 798 kuna, that’s about 140 USD (105 EUR) with some kind of plan. The Lumia 710 goes much cheaper as the smartphone can be purchased for only 8 kuna (around 1.5 USD or 1 EUR).
Obviously, both smartphones will be shipped with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango on board. Nokia Lumia 800 and 710 are powered by similar 1.4 GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processors and pack 512 MB of RAM.
However, while the Lumia 800 comes with 16GB of internal memory, the Lumia 710 only embeds 8GB onboard memory. Neither features microSD card slot for memory expansion.
Another major difference between the two smartphones is the rear camera. Nokia Lumia 800 boasts an impressive 8-megapixel photo snapper with Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus and dual-LED flash, whereas the Lumia 710 sports a 5-megapixel camera.
It is also worth mentioning both smartphones feature HSPA+ (14.4Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76Mbps) support, along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.