Nokia Lumia 710 on Smart vs. Nokia Lumia 800 on Globe

Two of Nokia’s most anticipated smartphones to run Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, the Nokia Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, is now coming to the Philippinesâ€™ top telcos under exclusive deals.

The Nokia Lumia 710 will be offered through Smart. Smart’s website is already showcasing the coming of the handset which is slated on March 28, 2012 but details of the plans and pricing are still yet to be announced.

Meanwhile, the Nokia Lumia 800 will be launching exclusively to Globe Telecom for only P1,499 a month with My Super Plan UnliSurf Combo 999. People may start pre-ordering this flagship starting today, March 26.

Here’s a quick comparison of the two Nokia Windows Phones.

Obviously, the Nokia Lumia 710 is a bit toned-down compared to the Lumia 800, but that means it will come with a lower price. We can expect to see these units in the second quarter of this year. The question Iâ€™d be asking myself now would be, â€œWhich phone to choose under what telco?â€

30 Comments

Ren says:

13 years ago

Lumia 800 Globe
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JKisaragi says:

13 years ago

Sir Abe, para lang sa BPI credit card holders yung P1,499/month, tama ba? :(
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nabie says:

13 years ago

Lumia 710 SMART
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booboo says:

13 years ago

Teka, yung sa Globe, 1499+999 yung plan?
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booboo says:

13 years ago

For Globe’s Unli Surf Combo Plan 999, cash-out is 12,000. For BPI, this cash-out can be made for installment for 24 mos (or 500 a month). I’m not sure why they market it as “0% interest for 24-month installment with BPI credit card + monthly service fee for Unli Surf Combo Plan 999”. Did they compute it as (500+999)+999? Double monthly service fee? Weird. I think this is an error. It should say 1499 inclusive of 999 MSF, if applied with BPI Credit Card.
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JKisaragi says:

13 years ago

I think it’s clear enough (with the plan matrix provided and all). But they could have made it clearer, like “read once and get it” clearer.

Sad that Globe still refuses to go the Smart route, that is, spreading the phone cost into 24 easy payments to be included in your phone bill, eliminating the need for CCs. *sigh*
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Chris Ammerlaan says:

13 years ago

Just had a look at Smart’s webpage, seems that the
Nokia Lumia 900 and 601 are both “coming soon”, but still no price for the 701
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leemar says:

13 years ago

pre order mine with globe,lumia 800 – plan 999 + 12,000 cash out, but if your going to use bpi card 999+500(x24 months) = 1499 a month. they also told me hsbc and citibank for 12months only so its going to be plan price(999) + 1000(x12months) = 1,999 for the first 12months and 999 for the 2nd year. april 16 ang release ng globe. its just pre order.

ill check smart this weekend because they have the lumia 900
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Carl Bytes says:

13 years ago

Good thing, local telcos supporting Windows Phones. Maybe flagship phones such as Lumia 900 and HTC Titan II are coming also.
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dj0502 says:

13 years ago

I don’t think we need titan 2.. But titan would be great..

Now, where is sun cellular, ayaw ko mag switch ng carrier, but with 999 mobile internet of globe, that’s hard to pass.. And 12,000 cash price is even sweeter.
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Sean says:

13 years ago

Globe Lumia 800
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epol says:

13 years ago

nahh…i rather wait for iphone 5 hahahahah
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SpiderWak says:

13 years ago

I’ll just wait for the Lumia 900.
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Kapwa si Juan says:

13 years ago

I’ll go for lumia 800 but the issue here is the price. It’s plan is more expensive than iphone 4s.
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kunejo says:

13 years ago

@Kapwa si Juan
– paanong mas mahal? sa plan 999 ng globe, sa iphone 4s ang cashout mo is 23,976.00

while sa plan 999, pag lumia 800 ang kukunin mo cashout mo is 12k, so paanong magiging issue yun, halos kalahati ang binaba pag lumia 800?
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ila says:

13 years ago

@kunejo
kung iupgrade kaya natin yung plan 999 to plan 1799, ibang usapan na diba?
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JC dela Cruz says:

13 years ago

12K? medyo masakit sa bulsa pero I like Lumia 800 specs. and design. I’m currently exchanging emails from a Globe representative asking if they can consider my proposal of having the 12K spread across 24 equal monthly installment on top of my existing plan with them. Still hoping for their favorable response.
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Chris Ammerlaan says:

13 years ago

From Smart press release http://smart.com.ph/preorder/?pid=2 preorder for “data plan 1000” + 450 Piso per Month. No date for release as of yet
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baby james says:

13 years ago

will the white lumia 800 be available in pinas?
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Kier David says:

13 years ago

good article you have there.. for more features of the handset.. visit here.. http://www.kierdavid.com/2012/04/05/nokia-lumia-800-to-solve-electricity-crisis-in-mindanao-by-smoking-smartphones/
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paolylo says:

13 years ago

i’m running my Windows Phone 7.5 on an HTC Radar (Php18K from SM) using a Sun Cellular postpaid plan (Php350/mo) bundled with Sun Broadband (Php649/mo)… just a warning to those excited with either Nokia Lumia’s from Globe or Smart.

Windows Phone 7.5 might look and feel better than iOS or Android, but it’s still a Microsoft product and it’s prone to all the things that Microsoft is vulnerable to on PC’s.

sure… i integrated my Facebook, Twitter, Xbox Live, and Zune to my phone, but if you’re not an avid Windows Live user and don’t have the patience to tweak your phone and account settings, you’ll regret buying a Windows Phone.

first the contacts, it can’t add contacts to the SIM card. by default, adding a number creates a contact to the device and automatically syncs it to Windows Live and Windows Live (along with your contacts in Zune, Xbox Live, Hotmail, Windows Messenger) syncs all the contacts to your phone… and you have to delete them one by one.

then there’s the messaging. facebook chat on your phone is nice, but when your phone sends spam messages to your facebook contacts online… it feels as if you’re being hacked. but it’s just the phone being synced to Windows Live doing it. worse, it could also send spam messages to your SMS contacts.

if you really, really want a Windows Phone… wait for the Tango update and find out how it performs first.
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Lumianized says:

13 years ago

Excited to see all the Lumias coming to local telcos.
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ocularjutsu says:

13 years ago

gaya ng sabi steve jobs sa galaxy note, â€œdead-on-arrivalâ€œ. no front camera. wait na lang kau lumia 900 or 41MP shooter nokia pureview.
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Ahrenz says:

12 years ago

Can Anyone update me plss kung kelan magiging available ang Xbox Live sa Lumia 800 dito sa phil…Isa kasi un sa reasons kung bakit ako bumili ng 800 instead of an android powered phone. Thank you
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VAL says:

12 years ago

pwede magtanung? pwede bang kumuha nang lumia 710, at ang babayaran mo lng yang per month, at hndi ung plan?
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