Nokia Lumia 710 Review - T-Mobile's Nokia WP7
by Brian Klug on January 5, 2012 12:01 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Nokia
- Mobile
- WP7
- Lumia 710
Display
The 710 uses a 3.7” WVGA LCD display with Nokia’s ClearBlack circular polarizer arrangement and a Gorilla Glass front plate. After looking at the Lumia 800 with SAMOLED and its RGBG PenTile for so long, I actually find the 710’s LCD is a welcome break.
| Lumia 710 Display Metrics | |||
| Brightness Level | Black Brightness (nits) | White Brightness (nits) | White Point (K) |
| High | 0.589 | 526.3 | 6084 |
| Medium | 0.389 | 342.3 | 6038 |
| Low | 0.195 | 175.1 | 5938 |
I put the display through the ringer and measured brightness and white point at the three Windows Phone presets using the Xrite i1D2 as well. White point is a bit on the warmer side, which does subjectively line up with what I perceived just looking at some test images, though it isn’t bad at all. At maximum brightness the 710 is really bright, which is awesome.
Contrast is also very good on the Lumia 710’s LCD. It’s clear to me that Nokia understands the value of having an excellent display even if it isn’t Super AMOLED, and the 710 shows it. Viewing angles are good, although the 710 does show a bit of color shift if viewed at the most extreme vertical angles. In the horizontal the Lumia 710 doesn’t shift nearly as much, which is good to see.
Outdoors the biggest problem with the 710 is how much it shows fingerprints. I ascribed this earlier on to the device not having an oleophobic coating of some kind. As a result, outside it’s really the fingerprints that occlude clear viewing of the display more than internal reflections which Nokia minimizes with their ClearBlack circular polarizer. I did notice a tiny bit of backlight bleeding at the top in some circumstances as well.
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deputc26 - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
nexusBrian Klug - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
Anand and I are both working on it, and will have it done end of this week :)It shall be epic!
-Brian
bplewis24 - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
Thanks, looking forward to it.deputc26 - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
Awesome, I don't buy phones 'til I see the AT review. It's amazing to me that no other mobile sites are trying to catch up with the quality of AT reviews.a5cent - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
So true. What others call a review rarely goes beyond a verbose version of the spec sheet (particularly when it involves andriod devices). I also appreciate that Brian takes battery life and display quality seriously... the two most important aspects of any smartphone, provided your purchase isn't just about getting a shiny new status symbol.tipoo - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
Same. AT seems to catch little bugs more often than any other site too.niva - Friday, January 6, 2012 - link
I'm real glad of this Lumia 710 review, if my original Samsung Galaxy dies this will probably be the phone I get. Ideally I want to wait for the 2nd generation Nokia phones. The 710 seems better rounded and with less compromises than the 800 to me though. The only real benefit to the 800 is the external design from what I can tell, better screen?jjj - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
That's so... last year!I want Krait.
TareX - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
Thank you. I came here just to remind you about the Galaxy Nexus review. I went ahead and bought one last week anyway. I love it. Insane display. The only things that upset me are:1) The low, low, low volume (both speakers, and voice)
2) The phone lags with most live wallpapers (except for Photo Beam)...
Vepsa - Thursday, January 5, 2012 - link
I want to see you guys give away a nice big pile of Galaxy Nexuses (Nexii?), preferably with one going to me :)