Nokia Lumia range marks Nokia's return to the NZ smartphone market. First Nokia with Windows Phones to be available through Telecom and Vodafone.
The first Nokia with Windows Phones will be sold in New Zealand from March. The Nokia Lumia 800 will be available through Telecom, Vodafone and major retailers. The Nokia Lumia 710 will be sold exclusively through Telecom and major retailers.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is elegant, intuitive and easy-to-use, delivering a great all-round smartphone experience. It combines Nokia’s strength in design, navigation and camera quality with the latest Windows Phone experiences – including out-of-the-box integrated social networking, access to Marketplace apps and Xbox gaming.
The Nokia Lumia 710, an entry-level smartphone, has an impressive stack of features with excellent social networking integration, a 5 MP camera and access to Nokia Drive – a fully featured sat nav with voice guided turn-by-turn navigation.
Nokia New Zealand’s managing director, Chris Carr, said, “Nokia Lumia will change the way people think about Nokia. It signifies a new beginning for the company bringing together the very best of Nokia’s handset design and services with the latest Windows Phone software.”
Telecom’s chief marketing officer, Jason Paris, said Telecom is pleased to be bringing the Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 devices to its smartphone range.
“The Windows Phone OS 7.5 operating system, backed up by the smartphone-spec’d XT network, gives customers a fantastic social networking and mobile data experience.”
“For business users, the devices are fully integrated with the Microsoft platform, creating a seamless experience across desktop and mobile applications,” Mr Paris said.
Vodafone’s director of sales, Grant Hopkins, said, “The Nokia Lumia 800 feels great straight out-of-the-box and is simple to use. You’ll have all your Microsoft Exchange contacts, Twitter feeds and Facebook friends up-and-running within minutes.”
Nokia Lumia 800/710: intuitive user interface
– The Nokia Lumia home screen is a grid of live, animated and personalised tiles that provide up-to-the-minute updates such as social network status updates, news and weather feeds, email notifications and calendar alerts. – People Hub combines all your contacts and feeds from Facebook, Linked-in and Twitter into one thread.Nokia Lumia 800: beautiful design
– The sleek, curved casing of the Nokia Lumia 800, together with the 3.7” ClearBlack AMOLED display and precision finishing, heighten the Windows Phone experience. – The Nokia Lumia 800 has an 8 MP camera with 28mm Carl Zeiss wide-angle lens and HD video. As well as instant photo share capabilities, the phone features touch-to-focus – a function that is unique to Nokia. – 16GB of internal user memory plus access to SkyDrive that lets you store and share thousands of docs or photos.Nokia Lumia 710: designed to be affordable
– The Nokia Lumia 710 has excellent social networking integration and a slick internet browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9. – The Nokia Lumia 710 has a 5 MP camera with auto focus & LED flash – 8GB of internal user memory plus access to SkyDrive that lets you store and share thousands of docs or photos.Nokia Lumia 800/710: additional smart feature
– Exclusive to Nokia, Nokia Drive – available in 95 countries – turns your handset into a fully featured sat nav with voice guided turn-by-turn navigation, info on traffic, speed limits and cameras.Nokia Lumia 800/710: best in class business experience
– The Nokia Lumia range puts a 30+ year Windows software heritage – plus apps such as Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and OneNote – in the palm of your hand. – The phone gives you access to Bing, Internet Explorer 9, HTML5 and Wi-Fi.
Nokia Lumia 710 Black
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