Nokia's Lumia 610 Hits UK (But it Won't Run Skype)

[JMcEntegart]

Nokia's budget Windows Phone finally launches in the United Kingdom.

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[HopelessNoob]

i think i'll stick with my android

 

[DjEaZy]

[citation][nom]HopelessNoob[/nom]i think i'll stick with my android[/citation]
... and i stick to my iOS... and we both are better of...

 

[Guest]

Will it run android?

 

[phamhlam]

[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]it seems like garbage to me, the hardware is waaaay toooo outdated[/citation]

Are you stupid? The phone isn't meant to be some high end smartphone that can compete with the Nexus or S3. It is meant for the masses that can't afford expensive phones but still want something ususable. The Lumia 610 is probably smoother than your phone just because it is a Windows Phone.

 

[scrumworks]

Skype will come later just as AB. MS owns Skype and they make it happen.

 

[scrumworks]

[citation][nom]frozonic[/nom]it seems like garbage to me, the hardware is waaaay toooo outdated[/citation]

You seem like garbage to me. Typical iPhone user i presume. Budget phones are not using highest end components, comprende?

 

[lassik]

I'm an Android user plus I use iOS on my iPad, but I played a Lumia 810 last week and Windows on it is very, very good. If it wasn't for its lacking market place, I would switch in a heartbeat.

Just because it's a Windows Phone, don't write it off before trying it. Plus it flies, and is so fluid, even with a single core CPU.

 

[ojas]

Why can't Angry Birds run on 256MB RAM? Even Quake 2 ran on less than that!

lol. More appropriately, i think it should run because it runs on my ipod touch, which also has 256MB ram (usable amount is lower).

IIRC the reason it can't run those games is because of that native vs managed code stuff. Though seeing that Angry Birds can run on Chrome i don't even see why that's a problem.

 

[southernshark]

Junk in / Junk out

 

[eddieroolz]

Why the artificial limitation I wonder?

 

[chewbie]

My 256 ram android device can run Skype

 

[sipmarton]

My 64 Mb Symbian phone can run Skype effortlesly.

 

[hetneo]

Lack of Skype is more likely due to lack of front facing camera and/or single core CPU. There's several Android phones with same or very similar specs (512MB RAM) that both do and don't support Skype, or support only voice calls.