The Nokia Lumia range will soon be four-strong, but what are the technical differences between the Nokia Lumia 610, Nokia Lumia 710, Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 900? In the first part of a new series we take a look at the difference in processing power between the four.
Nokia Lumia 610, 710, 800 and 900: which is right for you?
Since the release of the Nokia Lumia 800 people have marvelled at how quick and smooth everything feels on a Nokia Lumia phone. A large part of this is down to the highly efficient Windows Phone OS.
In fact, the Windows Phone operating system thrives on single-core processors while its key rivals have made the somewhat unnecessary jump to multi-core. Considering the vast majority of current smartphone tasks and apps simply aren't programmed to take advantage of this, the drain on battery life and high cost of production just doesn't seem worth it.
Especially when the Nokia Lumia range has such capable single-core processor. In actual fact, three of the Lumia range - the Nokia Lumia 710, Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 900 - run on nigh-on identical processor technology. That would be the 1.4GHz Scorpion CPU from Qualcomm.
This processor is the fastest currently running in any Windows Phone device, which means that these three phones offer the optimum Windows Phone OS experience.
In addition, all three of these Nokia Lumia phones feature the Adreno 205 GPU, which is responsible for driving the graphics. This capable and flexible unit is the reason you can get the stunning 3D world of ilomilo as well as the fluid scrolling of the Windows Phone IE9 web browser.
It doesn’t look particularly easy, with some room having to be made to accommodate the copper wire that needs to be installed. Even the user found it difficult, noting that it took around 12 hours of experimenting before finally figuring out how to make the mod work. A minimal amount of metal inside the phone was removed in order to make the charge work, after which the conductive coil was taped inside the phone using electrical tape.
A little bit of soldering later (always a risky proposition when it comes to an expensive smartphone), the end result is a Nokia Lumia 800 that can be charged via the Touchstone. It looks like the receiver takes a couple of seconds to register the phone, but once it does, everything seems to work without issues.
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