Nokia India just teased the upcoming Nokia Lumia 510 and the device has now been made official after weeks of rumors and leaks. The Lumia 510 is an affordable budget smartphone which falls between the Nokia Asha series and the Nokia Lumia 610. It features features a generous 4 inch touch display, 4GB of internal storage, a 5 megapixel camera and is powered by an 800 MHz processor with 512MB of RAM.
The Lumia 510 will be available in an array of colors, which has become a trademark of Windows Phones. Users can choose a color to suite their personality and match it with the live tiles on their device.
At launch the Lumia 510 will run Windows Phone 7.5 and will be updated to Windows Phone 7.8 sometime in the future. Windows Phone 7.8 will offer a new start screen similar to the one found on Windows Phone 8.
We are curious to why Nokia continues to offer Windows Phone 7.5 devices when the focus should be focused on Windows Phone 8. Nokia’s choice for Windows Phone was based on Microsoft’s promise to allow their operating system to perform on lower end hardware. One of Android’s biggest flaws is its fragmentation, and we will disappointed if Microsoft chooses the same path with Windows Phones.