Nokia Lumia 800 officially announced

UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review

The Nokia Lumia 800 has been officially announced by Stephen Elop at Nokia World 2011.

Featuring a near-identical chassis to the Nokia N9, which sees no UK release, the new phone is packing a large ClearBlack 3.7 inch AMOLED display, 512MB of RAM and weighs 142g.

Running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, this is going to be the flagship phone for Nokia as it transitions from Symbian to Microsoft's new OS.

Processor wise, it's sporting a single-core 1.4GHz processor, and users will be handed 25GB of free SkyDrive storage.

We're seeing Carl Zeiss optics on board, with an optimised flash and an f2.2 aperture for better low light photography.

Easy Rider

Nokia Drive is also on board, which offers free turn by turn navogation with full voice guidance, which also allows you to download install maps before you even set off, should you be worried about data charges.

Also included is Nokia Music, a new service that uses a feature called Mix Radio to offer up mixes the phone thinks you'll like with no login or password needed. In a nod to Spotify, you'll also be able download tracks and listen to them offline too.

Elop cocked a major snook to the likes of Samsung and HTC by dubbing the new Lumia 800 the 'first real Windows Phone, complementing and amplifying the design of Windows Phone."

We've yet to hear anything on the likes of a Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date or UK price, so we'll update as soon as we hear more.

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