Nokia Windows Phone launch
Nokia Windows Phone launch - as it happened
Live coverage from Nokia World as CEO Stephen Elop unveils new handsets running on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
The Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone is launched by Stephen Elop. Photograph: Paul Hackett/Reuters
11.27am: So, to sum up, Nokia chief executive Stephen Elop has launched what he hopes will be Nokia's "new dawn" with two smartphones, the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710.
These are the first smartphones to use Microsoft's Windows Phone interface, with the 800 aimed at higher end customers and the 710 targeting the mass market.
With an eye on Nokia's massive user base in the developing world, he also launched a range of hybrid phones under the name Asha. Some models can hold two SIMs, a feature clearly targeted at countries such as India and China where many users like to swap between networks to take advantage of varying signals or tarriffs.
Named after the Hindi word for "hope", the Asha phones run on Nokia's S40 operating system.
"Eight months ago, we shared our new strategy and today we are demonstrating clear progress of this strategy in action. We're driving innovation throughout our entire portfolio, from new smartphone experiences to ever smarter mobile phones," said Elop.
"From the Nokia Lumia 800 to the Nokia Asha 201, we are bringing compelling new products to the market faster than ever before. I'm incredibly proud of these new devices – and the people of Nokia who have made this happen."
Nokia Lumia 800
The stunningly social Lumia 800 features head-turning design, vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and the best social and internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9. It features a 3.7-inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. The Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music. The estimated retail price for the Nokia Lumia 800 will be approximately €420, excluding taxes and subsidies.
Nokia Lumia 710
The purposely built, no-nonsense Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalised with exchangeable back covers and thousands of apps to bring the Lumia experience to more people around the world. The Nokia Lumia 710 is designed for instant social and image sharing, and the best browsing experience with IE9. It is available in black and white, and offers black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers. With the same 1.4GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Lumia 800, the Lumia 710 delivers high performance at an affordable price. The estimated retail price for the Nokia Lumia 710 will be approximately €270, excluding taxes and subsidies.
