According to the screens, the Lumia 800 (previously known as Sea Ray) has 512MB RAM, no uSD card slot, and 116.5mm x 61.2mm x 12.1mm. The Lumia 710 (Sabre) which only just surfaced last week, also has 512MB RAM, 8GB onboard storage, and is 119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm.
There’s a lot riding on these handsets for Microsoft, Nokia, and Windows Phone fans alike. Given how closely the Lumia 800 seems to resemble the certified gorgeous Nokia N9, they might be enough to solidify the nascent platform as a viable third option in the smartphone wars. They don’t look perfect, though: No uSD card slot (for either model, from the looks of the blurry screens) kind of stinks for a non-iPhone, and those dimensions are kind of clunkish, even for a damn pretty phone like the 800.
We’ll find out for sure later today. [WinRumors]
den
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 9:16 AMWhat’s a uSD?
James
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 9:50 AMToo lazy to use charmap µSD = Micro SD
Sicarius123
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 12:02 PMAh damn, the 710 is the concept design I really liked, shame it’s the lower end device. 8GB of memory is pathetic though for a device without expandable SD.
Steve
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 4:29 PMKinda disappointed with the Lumia 800 (has Nokia not learnt that people don’t care for their insane numbering categories?).
I thought the WP7/Nokia thing would produce some great new hardware to make WP7 more attractive. While the N9 is a nice phone, they could have tried harder to do something different.