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We all know the Nokia Lumia 800 is the Finnish firm's first handset that runs Microsoft's Windows Phone. It is powered by version 7.5 of the platform, codenamed Mango. However, when it comes to hardware, what's under the hood? Let's take a closer look.

Like most smartphone running Microsoft's mobile operating system, this phone sports a touch screen interface. It comes with a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screen sporting a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Sure, this touch screen is not as large as the 4.7 inch display on phones like the Android Ice Cream Sandwich-powered HTC One X. However, it still sports a larger display compared to the iPhone 4S and its 3.5 inch retina display.

When it comes to high-speed internet, this smartphone will not disappoint. It can download at speeds of up to 14.4 mbps and upload at speeds of up to 5.76 mbps. This means that the phone will allow you to enjoy more from browsing, downloading apps, checking on emails, and streaming videos. The handset will also allow you to connect to the internet via Wi-Fi. You can connect via public hotspots or private wireless networks.

Like many of today's handsets the Lumia 800 sports an 8 megapixel camera. Nokia is known for outfitting its mobile phones with the best cameras technology has to offer. This means that this phone only offers the best sensor. It sports Carl Zeiss optics, dual-LED flash, autofocus, and geo-tagging. Furthermore, this 8 megapixel camera can record videos in 720p (high-definition) at 30 frames per second.

The handset comes packed with a 1.4 GHz Scorpion Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon single-core processor under the hood. True, the competition offers phones sporting dual-core and even quad-core processors. However, Microsoft's strict hardware requirements require Windows Phone manufacturers to outfit phones running the platform with single-core processors. Compared to the majority of other WP handsets sporting 1 GHz single-core processors, the 1.4 GHz chip offers more processing power and performance.

The competition offers phones with dual-core and quad-core processors. True, this is a significant bump up when it comes to performance. However, all this power also has a tendency to drain the batteries much faster. This will not be the case with the Nokia Lumia 800. The phone sports a standard Li-Ion 1450mAh (BV-5JW) battery. It offers a stand-by time of up to 335 hours on a 3G network. It offers as much as 9 hours and 30 minutes of talk time on a 3G network. Lastly, it offers as much as 55 hours of music playback. This phone was built to keep on going.

As you can see, the phone's specs make it a dependable handset. Now that you know what's under the hood of the Nokia Lumia 800, you can better decide if the smartphone is for you.