Our favourite Finns recently parachuted a new Nokia phone into British stores, as a follow-up to last year's fab Lumia 800. Cheaper and chubbier than its big brother, the Lumia 710 is nevertheless a charming phone, as Natasha Lomas discovers in our video review above.
Nokia has been championing Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, so it's no surprise it can be found beaming out from the Lumia 710. The interface sports the distinctive sleek swivelly tiles we've grown to love, and navigating the menus is easy as pie, and just as pleasurable.
The simplicity of the software does mean, however, that Windows Phone is nowhere near as customisable as Android, so while you can fiddle around with the phone's background colours, opportunities for tinkering are severely limited.
Windows Marketplace is not yet brimming with the same abundance of apps as the Apple Store or the Android Market, which is currently a significant drawback of all Windows Phones, the 710 included -- although we reckon its fortunes could experience a boost with the launch of Windows 8.
The Lumia 710 comes in plain ol' black and white, but a selection of brightly coloured backplates based on the jaunty CMYK shades used in colour printing give the phone a playful edge. It's bit of a chubster compared to its big brother the Lumia 800, and the plasticky casing has little of the 800's sophistication, but it does feel solid to hold.
If you're more meerkat than cheetah, you'll be glad to hear the 710 caters well for social animals, with excellent social networking integration, particularly Facebook.
If you'd like to see the phone in closer detail, hit play on the video above for the full review.
What do you make of the Lumia 710? Are you a fan of Windows Phone, or are you waiting for Windows 8 to reserve judgement? Let me know in the comments below or swivel your way over to CNET UK's Facebook page.
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garyc2011 14 February, 2012 17:04
Good Grief !!!, what a horrid phone :/
Just when you thought Windows Phones couldn't get any more embarrasing :O
anonymous 14 February, 2012 19:22
The Lumia 710 will not be such good phone for the Younger generation,as the Lumia 710 will not let you send an recieve things using Bluetooth an also not being able to extend the phones memory with a Micro sd Memory card,an will they like having to use Zune everytime the connect there phone to a pc or Laptop,a Android phone would be alot better choice because all the things you can"t do with the Lumia 710 you are able to Do,thats Why Nokia as made the Wrong choice choosing Windows as its to Restricted,Mr Elop as just Downgraded Nokia choosing Windows just to help is old is employees out an recieve money from them Microsoft
anonymous 16 February, 2012 21:33
Yes windows is restricted and thank god it is. Adults are sick to death with nasty childish os like android with its open outlook bringing with it horrible glitchy os. You forget children, there are adults using smart phones, for smart purposes.