The Nokia Lumia 710 is due to launch in the UK on February 1st and Vodafone have now confirmed they'll be carrying the smartphone.

Vodafone havn't unveiled the pricing for the smartphone, but it'll be more affordable than the Lumia 800,  which is available free on contracts starting at £30 a month.

The Nokia Lumia 710 is just the second Nokia Windows Phone to launch and it shares a lot of the features present in the Lumia 800, which was the first to hit the market.

The Lumia 710 is powered by the same 1.4 GHz processor as the Lumia 800 and has the same 512MB of RAM, but differs in a couple of ways. To make the smartphone more affordable the 3.7 inch touch-screen is WVGA instead of AMOLED and the camera has been downgraded from 8 mega-pixels to 5.

However, for a lot of people the difference between the two would be unnoticeable and if the price difference is big enough the Lumia 710 could be the better value proposition.

The Nokia Lumia 710 is expected to launch on February 1st in the UK and as soon as 3G gets any news of the price we'll let you know.

You can visit the Vodafone store by clicking here.