Officially announced: Nokia Lumia 510, our most affordable Lumia yet – Available in November
We were waiting on the official announcement after CJ tweeted that pic, and here it is. Nokia Lumia 510, Nokia’s most affordable Lumia yet. Well, brand new anyway.
http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/10/23/nokia-lumia-510-our-most-affordable-lumia-yet/
System Specs
- Display: 4-inch WVGA 800×480, TFT, capacitive touch screen
- Memory: 256MB RAM (4GB internal storage)
- Camera: 5-megapixel auto-focus; video recording in VGA resolution @30fps
- Size: 120.7 x 64.9 x 11.5mm
- Weight: 129g
- Connectivity: GPRS/EDGE, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, GPS/A-GPS, micro-USB, 3.5mm audio connector (AHJ + WP Controls), Dual Transfer Mode
- Processor: Snapdragon S1
- Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 8.4 h/ 6.2 h; Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) Up to 653 h/ 738 h
The Nokia Lumia 510 will be available to buy starting in November in India, China, South America and Asia. It will cost approximately USD199, before any local taxes and operator subsidies
Good going. Launch now, available in a few weeks (just days until November).
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looks better than leaked pics and strikingly similar to 603.
But no mention about 3G and wp7.8 update.
The specs page does mention 3G.
All legacy WP devices will get 7.5, it’s not Hardware limited so it’s safe to assume that this will too (it might even launch with it).
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Compared to Lumia 610:
+ Bigger screen (4″ vs. 3.7″)
+ 4 GB of mass memory
+ Cheaper
- No LED flash
- Generic cheap scratch-free glass (instead of Gorilla glass)
That 4 GB of mass memory should’ve been on the cons.
You can’t have everything at that price.
a microsd maybe?? ah! sorry! wp7.5 is not readay for microSD…
Mango
Engadget says it will be upgradable to WP7.8.
Thinking it will be released next month in India it must be released with 7.5 as 7.8 is coming early next year.
Is that stated somewhere that WP7.8 comes next year?
Wp 7.8 will be coming later this year,i have confirmed news from my source:-)
That would be excellent news! Hope your sources got it right.
any news on the 800,710s?
if its anything like nokia the newer devices gets it first. =.=
As they should. The ones still selling in the stores should absolutely be the priority for 7.8. Revenue and profit first, us (too?) early adopters can come later.
the iphones dont do that right? =/ everybody gets iOS 6 at the same time?
True, but IF a staggered roll out is needed or selected, then those still selling best should have priority.
All the other WP7 Lumias are still selling in the stores as of today. However, the prices of 800 and 710 are nearly identical, so I would expect either one of them to be discontinued soon. The 610 will probably continue in Europe for a while longer, since the 510 is going to go to the emerging economies first.
True, I should have said “more” or “longer” or some such qualifier. Anyway, I am sure you got my point.
710 isn’t that popular here at least. Carrier stores have usually 800s on shelves, but 710s they have to order.
The connectivity part has been updated in the conversations.nokia.com blog, it now says also “HSDPA/WCDMA”, so it has 3G.
4GB internal storage means about 2GB available to the user right?
And no MicroSD Card support. No bluetooth files transfer (yet)… it has to be really cheap, even cheaper than it is now in order to have a chance.
WoW! nice 603 spy. This most be the junk I’ve been waiting for since
200 USD is expensive for a non Win8 phone with that specs imo.
Nice look, big screen, good camera, acceptable processor and RAM.
Why on the earth it has only 4 GB of non-expandable memory ? and how much memory is available to user ?
May be it’s Nokia’s way to make phones with at least one disadvantage..
Well, we got a short time between announcement and release to market this time
waste of time
Wait, Nokia releases a new device with a de-facto obsolete OS with no future upgradeability plan? No matter the price, this is not smart. And before you cry `hypocrite!`, I think the same of the 808PV and my beloved N9 – in the long run they create more negative than positive effects as people who shelled out money for them realize they’ve purchased a one-time offer. Most of the people out there are neither tech savy nor follow tech news closely and those are in for a big disappointment which eventually backslashes at Nokia.
I can at least understand such moves if you have some new tech to push and want to do it before the competition (creates positive marketing which counteracts later user disappointments) or when there is pent-up demand (keeping your loyal customers happy, again marketing benefits) but neither is the case with this device.
It’s a pure grab money (no matter how small) and run release, and I strongly condemn any company that pulls such shenanigans.
I dunno, I think it becomes a different category when the phone comes close to the “disposable” category. 200 bucks might be the psychological threshold, I dunno…
Aren’t the android products that compete at this range android 2.3 Gingerbread devices with no upgradability path to ICS or JB?
At the very least these devices will get an upgrade to WP7.8.
Yeah, and that’s precisely what gave Android the reputation of slow, stuck in the past, unmitigated, unsupported junk (despite having the likes of SGSIII, HTC OneX, etc.) – a poor man’s iPhone if you wish – and turned many Android-would-be supporters to the competition.
Disclaimer: Android is all that, but still it is far better than how general public perceives it based on their experiences with low-cost devices. It’s a simple math – the lower the cost, the more buyers there will be. The more the buyers – the more mouths to shout when they are left in the cold. That’s what started Symbian’s downfall and will eventually doom Android as well if they stop playing such games. WP hasn’t even established itself yet, the last thing they need is to have a public outcry of suckers who bought into the system, no matter if their ticket was low-cost.
at 0:20 and 1:46 look how the light bleeds at the top of the screen.damn. they should have made it 3,7 inch screen to save money and put in 8gb storage instead
They have, it’s called the Lumia 610.
yeah but the 610 follow up will come in january or february with better specs
Plus it would not have saved them much money to make the display .3″ smaller. If fact if it had saved them money, they would have used a smaller display AND only 4 GB of memory to make the device less expensive. As it is I am pretty certain they used the cheapest WVGA display in the 3.7-4.0″ range they could find.
Shit phone.
Should have been 1 GHz and 1 GB RAM!
Far too expensive. Needs to be half to two thirds that price.
not with that screen size and camera. the androids in the price range have similar processors but 3,4 inch screen or 3,5 and 3,2 mp camera,similar storage capacity. the 510 is better for viewing content and browsing
Not to mention typically with HVGA (320 x 480 pixel) resolution, which is more important than the size of the display. I think only ZTE Blade (don’t known about Micromax and other local brands) and derivatives have a WVGA screen in that price range. Samsung, LG etc. have HVGA.
Of course Androids do get a significant practical benefit from usually having a MicroSD slot and BT file transfer out of the box. Let’s just hope Nokia will be able to address at least the latter issue soon. (It’s still pretty clear that MS never designed WP7 for emerging markets.)
Yes, it should be as cheap as the 308/9 and 311 – and come wrapped in $100 notes too!
only? no diamond dust sprinkled on top? Im taking my business elsewhere.
Far far expensive… Carbon has launched phone with 5inch screen, dual core 1 GHz 512 MB RAM, 5 MPx camera, etc for just 9.8K what is Nokia smoking!!!
Another fail launch by Nokia!!!
Karbonn isn’t exactly known for top notch user experience, is it?
this 510 is going to give a top notch UX..!!!
Another idiotic product from Nokia – instead of concentrating on selling what they have they undercut it.
510
610
710
800
820
900
920
Same old Nokia – same old problems.
What the F about that weight, You can’t get a lumia below 100gm ?
it strange how all Nokias are heavier than the competition.
it’s the build quality that drives weight. A cheap plastic will weigh less but again it won’t have the durability that has been a signature of Nokia.
show me a competing product below 100 grams. and nokia needs to maintain the reputation of quality durable built phones.it’s one of the only things that still keeps consumers interested in nokia
Not bad, it is quite amazing to think that we now get these big screens in such low price points (about 25% lower than even the 610 was)…
Crappy screens quality-wise, unfortunately. As I have wrote earlier, I would much rather have a decent quality screen at a lower resolution (like the Nokia 500) than a big high resolution screen with the kind of TFT quality you usually get in less than $80 feature phones. But I suppose screen size is so trendy selling point right now that everything else about the screen is secondary.
Mmmm… I am pretty sure that if the Lumia 510 arrives to my country (Ecuador) as it is supposed, the operators are going to sell it as if it was a ‘premium’ phone, the same way they do with all those basic android 2.2 phones… :S
That’s just… plain evil. In all possible ways. :S
Well, you can buy them outright if you don’t like what the operators are offering.
only 4GB n wil b gettin around 3GB space :/
anyway i’ll sell my beloved E52 and buy 510 once 7.8 updates r released
USD $199 is still more expensive than the Lumia 710.