Nokia has been in all the headlines at this year's Mobile World Congress for its 41MP cameraphone, but the Nokia Lumia 610 is equally exciting in our eyes.
The phone is the first to be running the new tweaked version of Windows Phone, codenamed Tango, but in reality is very similar to the older version of Windows Phone 7.5 but with lower minimum specs.
To that end, the Nokia Lumia 610 only have 256MB of RAM and clocks in at 800MHz CPU speed – below the original minimum specs outlined by Microsoft two years ago.
However, this amazingly isn't to the detriment of the phone, with the 610 seemingly performing as well as its much more powerful and expensive counterparts.
You can easily see where the sacrifices have been made, as the phone is clearly the poorer relation of the Lumia 800 and even the Lumia 710 when it comes to design.
The chassis is made of plastic and is pretty lightweight – not in the 'how did Nokia manage to make it so light?' kind of way, but more in a toy-like manner.
The feel of the chrome bezel is pretty cheap too, and the thickness of the phone (12mm, if you're asking) feels chunky in the hand. Not massively so, but there's clearly been a lot less in terms of design optimisation here.
There are some Microsoft design staples that have translated across though, with the likes of the camera button still present and correct to make it easy to jump into photography mode whenever you want. Firing up the camera took a few seconds though – it's not going to be the point and shoot replacement some will be looking for.
But at 5MP, combined with Microsoft's photography optimisation, there's every reason to believe you won't be unimpressed with the snaps from the Nokia Lumia 610.
Beyond the chassis, there's not a huge amount of differentiation from Nokia here to make you feel like you're looking at anything other than another Windows Phone – texting is still well handled, the internet browser speeds through websites with ease and the Zune software is still pre-bundled.
Nokia has added in a few of its own apps tough, and some of them do indeed seem pretty nifty: there's an app that will allow you to consume e-books, audio books and newspapers on your device, and Nokia Pulse is designed to make it easier to stay in contact with the people you really care about, with smaller social networks on the go.
That's in addition to the likes of Nokia Mix Radio and the all new Nokia Transport app – all of which add some decent functionality to the Lumia 610.
Early verdict
The Nokia Lumia 610 is one of the first low-cost Windows Phones, and really lives up to that billing – but that's not to say it's a terrible thing in today's austere world.
Sure, the screen technology isn't quite up there with Nokia's ClearBlack OLED display, and the chassis is chunky and plastic.
But for under £100 (which is the price point we've heard the phone may be landing at in the UK) we're very much a fan of the new budgets Windows Phones, as they offer a new experience to a much wider range of people.