 Hey, this is Ross with The Verge, and we are looking at the Nokia Lumia 710. The first thing you'll notice is it's just a pretty standard black design. It's got a solid button on the bottom, unlike most of the Windows phones that have come out which have been capacitive buttons. If you look around the device, you've got standard camera buttons, you've got the volume rocker, and if you look at the top, you've got the micro USB port, which is a little odd. You've got the 3.5mm headphone jack, and you've got the power button. Now the interesting thing about the micro USB is that you're usually seeing those more on the side and on the bottom. On the back, you've got the 5 megapixel camera, you've got the single LED flash, and the pictures you take with it are pretty standard. We kind of sized it up with the Samsung Focus flash, the HTC radar 4G, and they're all pretty much the same kind of picture quality more or less. Maybe a little bit of a saturation difference, but you're not going to notice unless you really look carefully. There is no front camera, so if you're really big on video chatting, you're just kind of out of luck here. The display is a 3.7 inch, what Nokia calls a clear black LCD. It's basically an LCD with some better colors than what we've seen before. The big problem with it, and although it does look very nice in front, the biggest difference if you look at the Focus flash side by side, you'll see the viewing angles are a little off. The device runs Windows Phone, which as with every other device, it's more or less the same experience you're getting across all the phones. You've got basically, on a fundamental level, a form over function design. It looks very pretty. You've got this kind of Metro UI tile design, but all in all, you've got this kind of weird design choices. You've got the search button. The search button actually takes you back to Bing, Universal, every single time. Apps like Twitter, they'll constantly reload when you open it. It actually makes it for a much slower experience, and it does get on your nerves after a while. In addition to 7.5 Mango updates, if you hold the back button here, you've actually got this kind of multitask where you kind of go back from the Windows. It's an improvement. It looks really good, but if you're used to iPhone or Android functionality, you're just not getting the same experience. So one thing that Microsoft's been very adamant about has been lack of customization. So basically, you're getting the same look. Nokia's actually added a few apps of its own, though. On a small scale, you've got a new theme, which is Nokia Blue. It's actually a more navy blue compared to the bright one we have. Now, this phone actually has three GPS apps when you load it up. You've got regular Bing Maps, of course. You've got the T-Mobile-centric TeleNav, and you've also got Nokia Drive. The maps are actually powered by Navtec, which Nokia now owns. The other app that Nokia has is the Nokia We Care app. If you click on it, it literally is just an app that says how much Nokia cares about you. It respects your privacy. It doesn't collect your data. And if you want to click on the privacy policy, you get a ton of bright blue obnoxious links. The other carrier-centric app is T-Mobile TV, which as the name suggests, is just a streaming service. You get a 30-day trial, or at least we got a 30-day trial with our review unit. After that, it actually has a monthly subscription fee. At $49.99 on contract, the Lumia 710 is actually a pretty decent Windows phone device. It certainly stacks up to the likes of the Focus Flash and AT&T and even the radar. However, if you are patient enough, CES is just around the corner in mid-January, and Nokia is sure to have some Windows phone announcements at that time.
 Hey, this is Ross with The Verge, and we are looking at the Nokia Lumia 710.
 The first thing you'll notice is it's just a pretty standard black design.
 It's got a solid button on the bottom, unlike most of the Windows phones that have come
 out which have been capacitive buttons.
 If you look around the device, you've got standard camera buttons, you've got the volume
 rocker, and if you look at the top, you've got the micro USB port, which is a little
 odd.
 You've got the 3.5mm headphone jack, and you've got the power button.
 Now the interesting thing about the micro USB is that you're usually seeing those more
 on the side and on the bottom.
 On the back, you've got the 5 megapixel camera, you've got the single LED flash, and the pictures
 you take with it are pretty standard.
 We kind of sized it up with the Samsung Focus flash, the HTC radar 4G, and they're all pretty
 much the same kind of picture quality more or less.
 Maybe a little bit of a saturation difference, but you're not going to notice unless you
 really look carefully.
 There is no front camera, so if you're really big on video chatting, you're just kind of
 out of luck here.
 The display is a 3.7 inch, what Nokia calls a clear black LCD.
 It's basically an LCD with some better colors than what we've seen before.
 The big problem with it, and although it does look very nice in front, the biggest difference
 if you look at the Focus flash side by side, you'll see the viewing angles are a little
 off.
 The device runs Windows Phone, which as with every other device, it's more or less the
 same experience you're getting across all the phones.
 You've got basically, on a fundamental level, a form over function design.
 It looks very pretty.
 You've got this kind of Metro UI tile design, but all in all, you've got this kind of weird
 design choices.
 You've got the search button.
 The search button actually takes you back to Bing, Universal, every single time.
 Apps like Twitter, they'll constantly reload when you open it.
 It actually makes it for a much slower experience, and it does get on your nerves after a while.
 In addition to 7.5 Mango updates, if you hold the back button here, you've actually got
 this kind of multitask where you kind of go back from the Windows.
 It's an improvement.
 It looks really good, but if you're used to iPhone or Android functionality, you're just
 not getting the same experience.
 So one thing that Microsoft's been very adamant about has been lack of customization.
 So basically, you're getting the same look.
 Nokia's actually added a few apps of its own, though.
 On a small scale, you've got a new theme, which is Nokia Blue.
 It's actually a more navy blue compared to the bright one we have.
 Now, this phone actually has three GPS apps when you load it up.
 You've got regular Bing Maps, of course.
 You've got the T-Mobile-centric TeleNav, and you've also got Nokia Drive.
 The maps are actually powered by Navtec, which Nokia now owns.
 The other app that Nokia has is the Nokia We Care app.
 If you click on it, it literally is just an app that says how much Nokia cares about you.
 It respects your privacy.
 It doesn't collect your data.
 And if you want to click on the privacy policy, you get a ton of bright blue obnoxious links.
 The other carrier-centric app is T-Mobile TV, which as the name suggests, is just a
 streaming service.
 You get a 30-day trial, or at least we got a 30-day trial with our review unit.
 After that, it actually has a monthly subscription fee.
 At $49.99 on contract, the Lumia 710 is actually a pretty decent Windows phone device.
 It certainly stacks up to the likes of the Focus Flash and AT&T and even the radar.
 However, if you are patient enough, CES is just around the corner in mid-January, and
 Nokia is sure to have some Windows phone announcements at that time.