What’s most impressive about the Lumia 710 is how well put together it is. Side by side with the Lumia 800, the differences are obvious. Nokia chooses a collection of sturdy plastic components for the 710 over the more expensive polycarbonate unibody of the 800, but you’d be hard pressed to accuse the cheaper model of looking or feeling cheap. Our review unit is black, but the handset is available in a range of colours, including white and fluoro yellow.
The performance of the web browser is pretty much on par with all other Windows Phone devices that we’ve seen to date, which is to say it’s OK, but far from outstanding.
Nokia doesn’t cut too many corners in delivering the Lumia 710 on a budget, and the result is a full-featured phone for a fraction of what its competitors are charging.