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Koodo confirms the Nokia Lumia 610 will be available Friday, July 6th

By on July 2, 2012 at 2:25pm in Koodo Mobile News, Mobile News


Koodo confirmed the Nokia Lumia 610 will be the next device to hit its lineup, making this entry level their first Windows Phone 7 powered handset. It’ll be available this coming Friday (July 6th), but they are keeping quiet about the price. However, an internal doc we posted suggested that Koodo will price this at $175 outright. Here’s the official statement that Koodo made on Facebook:

“FACEBOOK EXCLUSIVE: We’re launching the Nokia Lumia 610 this Friday! It’s sleek, it’s fast and it offers one touch access to all of your social networks.”

Look for this in a few days. TELUS should be launching this as well.
Source: Facebook

(Thanks Kyle!)

  • Informer

    Garbage. For a few $ more get a 710.

    • Spikedlemon

      They should offer the 610 and 710 side-by-side.

      Add a note on the 610, before people buy it, that it won’t run Angry Birds so they don’t go screaming back to Koodo to use their “free returns” policy and get an Android.

  • Chris

    As a WP7 developer with several apps on the market, I’m disappointed that Nokia continues to design low end phones that look like cheap plastic (this and Nokia 710) – especially on the heels of their higher end models, the Nokia 900 and 800, which were so elegant. While this phone is certainly a budget phone, there’s no reason that Nokia cannot design something that looks a little more high end.

    • Keith

      Low-spec phones like the 610 is something Nokia insisted on before they would enter into an agreement with Microsoft because cheap phones was Nokia’s bread and butter. However the mistake is carriers bringing them to developed countries–the 610 should be left for emerging markets only and I’m surprised Nokia would do this and why Microsoft even allows it because it reflects poorly on the brand. For a few dollars more the 710 is fantastic entry level device.

    • EvanK

      Exactly, and if they do design phones like this, they should be priced WAY lower (I mean $100-125).

  • Theywillbepissed

    Horrible device choice for Koodo. Horrible hardware (compared to lumia 710) and obsolete software. To make it worse, the Htc One V destroys this piece of crap at the same price point.

  • Matthew

    Looks like a decent phone. Specs match the price for the most part. I may pick it up when it comes out. And to all the people saying get the HTC One V it’s getting a bit annoying. Sure the specs for it are better and it’s the same price. But the MAIN differences are one is ANDROID and the other is Windows Phone 7 and one is made by HTC and the other is Nokia … Not every one wants an android phone…and some people like to have build quality(Nokia) over quantity(HTC)

    • Mr. Bill

      Honestly, you rate the quality of this over the HTC V?
      One is made of cheap plastic, the other is not.

      Squeeze both phones, any guesses which creaks an groans more then the other?

      NOKIA is quality on high end phones, no doubt, but on low end is just another POS.

  • astudent

    Full feature basic use smartphone for $175 with a fluid UI. I’ll bite. I wonder if this model has NFC?

  • snardos

    They will most likley have this phone on sale when it comes out. I’m guessing you will be able to pick it up for 125 or 150. For 125 I would probably pick it up just to try out windows phone 7.

  • on the front line

    Why Koodo? Why? We need another Samsung in the lineup..not trash like this

  • John

    “Honestly, you rate the quality of this over the HTC V?
    One is made of cheap plastic, the other is not.”

    Just go and try Lumia 610 in your hands, build quality is superb!

    • Keith

      I’m sure you’re right about the build quality–every Nokia device would be better than anything HTC makes but it only has 256 MB–that is a deal-breaker. Many devs are re-working their apps to make them work in 256 MB but not all can be made to work. Koodo is clueless for not going for the 710 instead.

  • Mike

    Sure, this sounds like a great deal. Why wait until later this year when WP8 is ready and WP7 becomes the WebOS of Microsoft?