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Includes WiFi tethering and ‘flip-to-silence' with latest sleek Windows Phone experience
London, 30 May 2012 - Nokia today announced the most affordable Lumia smartphone to date with the stylish new Nokia Lumia 610 available in the UK in white, cyan, magenta and black.
The fast and social smartphone offers a number of new features including WiFi tethering and flip-to-silence, and is priced from £15.00 per month on contract from O2, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Carphone Warehouse and Phones 4u.
The distinctive Nokia Lumia 610 brings amazing social networking and puts all contacts from mobile, email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn into one place with the People Hub. Plus there's gaming from Xbox Live, and signature Nokia apps including Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport and Nokia Music bringing free offline music without subscription.
"The 610 brings the fast and sleek Nokia Lumia experience to lower priced areas of the market," said Conor Pierce, vice president Western Europe, Nokia. "Pre-loaded with Nokia Mix Radio, our free music streaming service and Nokia Drive, our global turn-by-turn navigation app, makes the Nokia Lumia 610 ideal for those looking for their first smartphone."
Pre-loaded with the Microsoft Office app, users can access Word, PowerPoint and Excel on the go and use OneNote mobile to capture notes, ideas, pictures and voice memos, making it ideal for busy students. The addition of Skydrive, Microsoft's cloud storage service, files and notes can be synchronised, opened and edited from any PC or directly from their phone.
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Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products have become an integral part of the lives of people around the world. Every day, more than 1.3 billion people use their Nokia to capture and share experiences, access information, find their way or simply to speak to one another. Nokia's technological and design innovations have made its brand one of the most recognized in the world. For more information, visit http://www.nokia.com/about-nokia.
