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Nokia Lumia 710 dummy devices start to flow into Rogers locations

By on January 23, 2012 at 11:17am in Mobile News, Rogers Wireless News


It’s already known that Rogers will be adding the Nokia Lumia 710 to their lineup in February – this could be the first Windows Phone device to arrive in Canada since late 2010 (TELUS is launching the Lumia 800). The dummy device has started to arrive at Rogers locations and apparently the launch parties are scheduled across Canada during the week of February 6th, so we’d probably see the actual release between 1-2 weeks later. Rogers revealed this will be part of their “Smartphone Lite” category for $49.99 on a 3-year plan, but no word on the outright price.

More soon!
(Thanks tipster!)

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13 comments for “Nokia Lumia 710 dummy devices start to flow into Rogers locations”

  1. Lol, did they throw it on the floor and take a pic? Still waiting on the 900 though, LTE goodness :)

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    Posted by Tharan | January 23, 2012, 11:54 am
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  2. Awesome, cant wait till the lumia 800 is launched!

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    Posted by whocares | January 23, 2012, 11:54 am
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  3. Curious to see the outright price since this phone should have AWS.

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    Posted by Mark | January 23, 2012, 12:09 pm
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  4. I’m thinking if getting the Nokia 800 from Telus and then unlocking it so I can use it on Rogers. However someone mentioned it uses a ‘micro’ SIM. So looks like I just won’t be able to slip in my current SIM I’m using on my Android…does Rogers carry these micro SIMs?….If they do, would they ‘program’ on for me at my request to use with my Rogers account?

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    Posted by DonSod | January 23, 2012, 12:31 pm
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    • Yeah it should be easy. I think Rogers charges $10 for a micro sim.

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      Posted by Mark | January 23, 2012, 12:40 pm

    • Yea rogers does have micro sims.
      you shouldn’t get penalized for using a telus device with your rogers sim card, but you might need to purchase and activate a new micro sim if you don’t have one.

      keep in mind that some of the newer full size sim cards can be cut into a micro sim size. do some research to see if your sim can do that

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      Posted by Daniel | January 23, 2012, 12:41 pm

  5. The actual contacts on a microSIM are smaller than the ones on a regular SIM card, they may not make the proper connections if you just cut it down, though in some phones they work.

    I’m actually psyched for new WP7 phones, and branding of the 710 means you don’t need a data plan to get this phone, and the outright price will be < $300 (just going off current pricing of the phones in that list).

    I'm really hoping WP7 will get some great app support, it's a platform that has promise.

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    Posted by Dylan K | January 23, 2012, 1:19 pm
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  6. Is there any chance that Fido gets this phone too? It seems like it fits their market.

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    Posted by Some Guy | January 23, 2012, 2:17 pm
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    • Just ask for it.
      If nobody asks for Windows Phone at Fido, you can be sure you won’t have any.

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      Posted by TheCyberKnight | January 23, 2012, 6:26 pm

  7. Usually the QMD or Smartphone lite phones are Shared between Rogers and Fido, and Fido doesn’t have a Windows option right now seems likely that it will.

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    Posted by Techie | January 23, 2012, 3:55 pm
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  8. Is any store going to get an actual working device so I can try it out for myself? Ever since Windows Phone was released in late 2010, I have yet to see an actual working Windows Phone device on display in any store I have gone to. If MS really wants to impress me, let me play with a working model at a store.

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    Posted by Stuntman | January 23, 2012, 6:37 pm
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    • This has nothing to do with Microsoft (at least not much).

      Carriers in Canada are snobbing Windows Phone and most in-stores clerks, who are still confusing Windows Mobile and Windows Phone, don’t do much to educate themselves.

      You better go find one by yourself.

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      Posted by Excalibur | January 23, 2012, 10:12 pm

    • Good point. They are hard to find.

      I offered some collegues to use one of our development phones for a week. They just had to slip their SIM cards in and give it a spin.

      Of the three people who did the test, one ordered a phone right away and the two others plan to change theirs as soon as they can. It seems that they really liked what they saw.

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      Posted by TheCyberKnight | January 23, 2012, 10:17 pm

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