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hi everyone it's anton with PocketNow this is our full review of the Nokia Lumia 610 the cheapest Nokia Lumia windows phone running Windows Phone 7.5 tango check out the goods and the bed the box of the Lumia 610 is exactly the same as every other nokia box except it features a picture of the Lumia 610 on the top and on the side it's a blue carton which slides out to reveal the phone placed right on top of the packaging underneath the phone there's the battery and deep inside the box you find the usual instruction manuals a pair of headphones the USB charger and the micro USB cable for syncing and charging the Nokia Lumia 610 is not a powerhouse it has low specifications even compared to first-wave Windows Phones not to mention those on the market today like the Nokia Lumia 900 or the HTC Titan tube at the heart of the Nokia Lumia 610 there's a single core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor clocking at 800 megahertz and there's not too much RAM to help it 256 megabytes the ROM size is also 256 Meg's and the internal storage is half of what should be finding and most windows phones on the market at the moment with only 8 gigabytes for your pictures videos and documents of course there's always SkyDrive to expand it some more since you know there's no microSD expansion slot on the phone which is really not Nakia sold the camera is one of 5 megapixels with an LED flash and the screen is a low-end screen in terms of quality it's a 3.7 inches with a wvg resolution of 480 by 800 pixels the radio on the Lumia 610 makes it compatible with GSM as well as HSDPA networks it can connect to Wi-Fi b/g/n hotspots and has Bluetooth 2.1 a GPS accelerometer an FM radio and everything is powered by a 13 hundred million power battery if you need to describe the Lumia 610 in a single word you'd be probably using the word candy not because it is somewhat of a candy bar design but because of the shiny backing which embraces the lower part of the front Nakia made sure to make the phone available in several colors white magenta black and the cyan which we are reviewing now the overall size of the phone is medium in a world where huge smartphones are more and more popular rocking five point three four point eight and four point seven inch screens it measures 119 millimeters in height 62 millimeters in width and 12 millimeters in thickness with the battery inserted it weighs 132 grams which is not so bad but pretty heavy for a phone such small the HTC One X and the Galaxy s3 with huge screens weigh approximately the same on the top there's a tiny speaker right above the Nokia logo there's a proximity sensor and an ambient light sensor at the far right but you will not find a front-facing camera on this device which could be a deal-breaker for some while others can easily live without it the bottom part of the Lumia 610 front features the compulsory Windows Phone buttons right below the screen they are capacitive and referred to back start and search beneath them there's a small microphone hole right under the dark blue metal strip that embraces the screen all the way to the top and on the sides the 3.7 inch screen is just a little bit larger than the screen of the iPhone which is 3.5 inches and already consider small unfortunately this is not knock yes best screen the ClearBlack AMOLED to be found on the lumia 900 and the lumia 800 filter instead the finished manufacturer went with a lower end screen which doesn't disappoint at all color reproduction is good the contrast levels are normal and the overall color temperature is a little bit warm however there's something we didn't like about the Lumia 610 display and it's the backside bleeding you will get plenty of that on the sides top and bottom we found it to be intrusive and decided to go with Windows Phones white theme instead of the dark one but the bleeding is visible in situations where there's a lot of black displayed the back is where the 5 megapixel camera is tiny LED flash dudes left the bottom part holds the grill with nicely executed holes allowing the metallic sound from the speaker behind to shine through you can definitely listen to music on the Lumia 610 this if you don't mind all the hisses and the absolute lack of low frequencies we didn't expect woofer light performance but we would have liked some low mids every now and then the user interfaces Metro UI and the software powering the Lumia 610 is Windows Phone seven point seven point eighty seven seventy three point ninety eight codename tango because it's a Windows Phone it has all the tiles and hubs and panorama specific to the platform even if this is a low-end phone thanks to tango the entire Windows Phone experience is unaltered under low specifications of the Lumia extent however the about screen will immediately inform you that quote because this phone has 256 Meg's of RAM application selection and features may be limited this is true you won't be able to install applications like Skype for audio and video calling and you will not be able to play games like Angry Birds though developers are probably working on dedicated lower end virgins for their software titles we ran into situations when we had to wait one or two seconds for the phone to do something like open Bing search in the meat aisle or the marketplace which is wearing a special customized Nike icon application load times are also a tad longer than on other windows phones but the Lumia 610 is only lagging behind a couple of seconds which is nothing major if you don't have a stronger Windows Phone nearby to compare them side-by-side once applications are loaded everything is moved since the Lumia 610 is a Nakia phone you will be able to use all the free goodies the finnish manufacturer offers you like Nokia Drive Nakia Maps and Nokia transport which are on the phone out of the box while you can easily download maps for free for your region to use with Nokia Drive and now Kia Maps probably has you covered Nokia transport will probably not be able to help you if you live in an unsupported region there's also an app highlights title installed where you can see a nice representation of recommended applications as well as a contact transfer application to help you move your contacts via bluetooth from your old phone if supported overall the device has performed well given that its internals are low-end the 13 hundred million power battery can help you go for one one and a half days with the usual calls emails and the regular stuff like texting social networking and so on the Lumia 610 makes surprisingly good pictures as long as you're not depending on the tiny built-in flash pocket now and we're checking the video recording capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 610 as well as the sound which is captured while recording video as you can see it's cloudy outside but the conditions are rather good let's step up close see some close-ups let's go up see some right there it's scoping a little bit difficult Lee with the changing conditions but hopefully the rest looks good we've also liked the above-average battery life and the smaller form factor which is a breath of fresh air in today's world of huge devices you can easily operate the Lumia 610 with one hand when those phone runs a tad slower on the Lumia 610 but it runs with the same fluidity like every other Microsoft powered smartphone it might take a second or two longer to load certain applications but once they're loaded there's no problem however the application selection can defer since the Lumia has a low amount of memory applications like Skype and games like Angry Birds are not supported on the phone at the moment of this review so this is something to keep in mind when purchasing a Lumia 610 nakiya's budget Lumia together with Windows Phone tango were designed with a low price point in mind to help gain market share and enter emerging markets it's not available in the u.s. at the time of this review but you can import it from Europe for prices ranging anywhere between 210 and 260 dollars which makes it the cheapest Lumia Windows Phone compared to unsubsidized models we're giving the Lumia 610 a three out of five and we can recommend it to someone not willing to spend a lot of money on a smart phone or to someone who is just entering the smartphone world and for whatever reason doesn't want an Android based device similarly priced make sure to read our full written review over at pocketnow.com for more thoughts experiences and our photo gallery with pictures and video samples this passant I would pocket now and the Lumia 610 if you have enjoyed this video please give us a thumbs up and thank you very much for watching