Two popular smartphones from Nokia are the Nokia Lumia 710 and the Lumia 720. For readers who are considering buying one of the devices, here is a specs comparison and price in Australia.

Display and Design:

The Nokia Lumia 710 comes with a 3.7 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Lumia 720 comes with a 4.3 inch IPS LCD capacitive touch screen, rendering 480 x 800 pixels resolution.

The Nokia Lumia 710 comes with 119 x 62.4 x 12.5 mm dimensions and weighs 125.5 grams. The Lumia 720 comes with 127.9 x 67.5 x 9 mm dimensions and weighs 128 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Nokia Lumia 710 is equipped with a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor and Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 8GB of internal memory and no Micro SD slot for additional memory.

The Lumia 720 is equipped with a 1 GHz dual core processor and Qualcomm MSM8227 chipset. It comes with 8GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 64GB using a Micro SD card.

The Nokia Lumia 710 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5 Mango operating system. The Lumia 720 runs on the Microsoft Windows Phone 8, which can be upgraded to WP8 Amber. Both devices have 512MB of RAM.

Camera:

The Nokia Lumia 710 sports a 5MP camera with features like auto focus and LED flash and does not have a secondary camera. The Nokia Lumia 720 sports a 6.1MP camera with similar features and the secondary camera on the device is 1.3MP.

Battery:

The Nokia Lumia 710 comes with a Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery, which allows a talk time of about 7 hours and 40 minutes on 3G or music play of about 38 hours. The Lumia 720 comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2000 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 13 hours and 20 minutes on 3G or music play of about 79 hours.

Readers who are considering the iPhone 4S or the Samsung Galaxy S3, click here to read a comparison of the specs and price between the two popular devices.

Price in Australia:

The Nokia Lumia 710 is priced at around AU $199.95 and the NextG compatible variant of the phone is priced at around AU $259.95. The Lumia 720 is priced at around AU $289.95 in Australia.