By No more Nokia Lumia 800 rumors. Now the phone’s release date and specs are official. Nokia Lumia 800 was unveiled today at Nokia World 2011 in London. Also known as Searay, Nokia Lumia 800 resembles Nokia N9 in matters of design. So, those who have been into Nokia N9 can now get a new phone that comes with greater features but that keeps the same classy design. In case you missed today’s live streaming, just check the picture below and you’ll see what we’re talking about.
As we were expecting, Nokia’s CEO presented Nokia Lumia 800 as part of the Finnish company’s next Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handsets this morning. Nokia fans have found out many things related not only to the features of the phone but also to its price and availability. So, here it goes.
Since Nokia gave up Nokia n9 in order to focus their attention on the development of the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango handsets, it comes almost natural that Nokia Lumia 800 has a similar design as Nokia n9. The difference consists in its specs. But it would have been a pity for the phone not to borrow something from Nokia n9. The phone will be available in three colors, that is: blue, magenta and cyan.
Besides its classy appearance, Nokia Lumia 800 is the flagship of the Lumia (Lumia meaning “light” ) lineup of devices and it ushers a new era of Nokia phones. Running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, Nokia 800 was meant to bring a greater social networking experience as well as a better performance in matters of internet browsing since it features Internet Explorer 9.
Among other things you’ll get if you go for Nokia Lumia 800, there’s fast access to social networks, integrated communication threads as well as the possibility to group and manage contacts very easily. The device features a 3.7-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display, a Carl Zeiss lenses 8MP camera that is capable of HD video recording. The handset sports a single core 1.4GHz processor as well as a graphics processing unit.
For 420 EUR (price that doesn’t include the taxes), you’ll not get only the features mentioned above but also 16GB of internal storage and 25GB of free SkyDive storage that you can use for videos, songs and documents. The release date has been confirmed for November 11th and the countries that will benefit from this release will then be Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Italy and Spain. By the end of the year, other countries are expected to see Nokia 800 coming.
The phone is available for pre-order and if you want to see more of it, check the video and the gallery below.
