We take a look at two slightly cheaper Windows Phone devices with HTC’s Radar competing against Nokia’s brand new Lumia 710.
Display
HTC’s Radar houses a 3.8-inch S-LCD capacitive touchscreen manufactured by Sony.
It’s made from toughened Gorilla Glass and supports multi-touch input, Sony’s S-LCD screens offer the same benefits of Samsung’s Amoled technology, which means a more battery-friendly yet brighter display and much punchier colours than regular LCDs.
The screen resolution is a fairly standard 480x800 pixels, giving a pixel density of 246 pixels-per-inch (ppi) and the phone is equipped with the usual accelerometer and gyro sensors.
Nokia’s Lumia 710 may not have the curvy Amoled display of its larger Lumia 800 sibling, instead sporting a regular TFT capacitive touchscreen, but it does share the same Nokia ClearBlack technology.
The 710’s display measures 3.7-inches, so it’s slightly smaller than its rival, but features the same resolution giving a higher pixel density of 252ppi.
Multi-touch input, accelerometer and gyro sensors are all standard features here, too.
This is a tough call because on the one hand you have the enhanced visuals of the HTC’s S-LCD screen, plus the toughened glass is a welcome feature.
The Lumia 710 lacks these but it does have a higher pixel density.
Storage
Both phones are setup with the same onboard storage with 8GB of built-in space and 512MB of RAM.
They do differ on external storage, though. While the Radar is typical of all other Windows Phones so far in that it doesn’t have a card slot, the Nokia 710 is the first Windows device to boast microSD support up to 16GB for a possible total of 24GB, if you include its internal quota.
The Nokia wins here thanks to its additional microSD support.
Processor
Both phones pack Qualcomm Scorpion processors on the MSM8255 chipset, which incorporates an Adreno 205 graphics processing unit (GPU).
However, they differ on clock speeds with the Radar coming in at 1GHz and the Lumia 710 being quicker at 1.4GHz.
Operating System
With both phones running Windows Phone Mango there’s nothing to compare the two here. We do like Windows Phone Mango, though, so it’s a positive point for both handsets.
Camera
These handsets have similar camera setups, each sporting a 5-megapixel primary at 2592х1944 pixels featuring an LED flash and capable of 720p video capture.
Both also have geo-tagging, autofocus and digital zoom.
Nokia’s device also has continuous autofocus for video recording, touch focus, face detection, video stablisation and white balance.
Both phones have some distinct setbacks but that’s to be expected of budget phones.
It’s important to remember that when we say budget here we mean it in relative terms - they’re not that cheap, but as Windows Phones go they are about as low-priced as they come. So far anyway.
HTC’s Radar houses a 3.8-inch S-LCD capacitive touchscreen manufactured by Sony.
It’s made from toughened Gorilla Glass and supports multi-touch input, Sony’s S-LCD screens offer the same benefits of Samsung’s Amoled technology, which means a more battery-friendly yet brighter display and much punchier colours than regular LCDs.
The screen resolution is a fairly standard 480x800 pixels, giving a pixel density of 246 pixels-per-inch (ppi) and the phone is equipped with the usual accelerometer and gyro sensors.
Nokia’s Lumia 710 may not have the curvy Amoled display of its larger Lumia 800 sibling, instead sporting a regular TFT capacitive touchscreen, but it does share the same Nokia ClearBlack technology.
The 710’s display measures 3.7-inches, so it’s slightly smaller than its rival, but features the same resolution giving a higher pixel density of 252ppi.
Multi-touch input, accelerometer and gyro sensors are all standard features here, too.
This is a tough call because on the one hand you have the enhanced visuals of the HTC’s S-LCD screen, plus the toughened glass is a welcome feature.
The Lumia 710 lacks these but it does have a higher pixel density.
Storage
Both phones are setup with the same onboard storage with 8GB of built-in space and 512MB of RAM.
They do differ on external storage, though. While the Radar is typical of all other Windows Phones so far in that it doesn’t have a card slot, the Nokia 710 is the first Windows device to boast microSD support up to 16GB for a possible total of 24GB, if you include its internal quota.
The Nokia wins here thanks to its additional microSD support.
Processor
Both phones pack Qualcomm Scorpion processors on the MSM8255 chipset, which incorporates an Adreno 205 graphics processing unit (GPU).
However, they differ on clock speeds with the Radar coming in at 1GHz and the Lumia 710 being quicker at 1.4GHz.
Operating System
With both phones running Windows Phone Mango there’s nothing to compare the two here. We do like Windows Phone Mango, though, so it’s a positive point for both handsets.
Camera
These handsets have similar camera setups, each sporting a 5-megapixel primary at 2592х1944 pixels featuring an LED flash and capable of 720p video capture.
Both also have geo-tagging, autofocus and digital zoom.
Nokia’s device also has continuous autofocus for video recording, touch focus, face detection, video stablisation and white balance.
Both phones have some distinct setbacks but that’s to be expected of budget phones.
It’s important to remember that when we say budget here we mean it in relative terms - they’re not that cheap, but as Windows Phones go they are about as low-priced as they come. So far anyway.
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