Microsoft launches Lumia 435 and Lumia 532, the cheapest phones in the Lumia range
Being at a remarkable distance from the other two platforms, Android and iOS, Windows Phone it did not develop as quickly as the American company would have liked Microsoft. The greatest success, in the lower segment of the market, was represented by the production of models such as Lumia 520 and Microsoft seems very determined to recover the newly announced ones Lumia 532 and Lumia 425, after releasing some unimpressive updates in 2014.
The new Lumia 532 device takes the colorful case with interchangeable covers of the previous models, but has a shape with more prominent corners and flat side edges. What impresses is the reappearance capacitive buttons hardware. In fact, the new phone is a more compact version of the terminal Lumia 535, which was announced in November and was the first model fully developed by Microsoft.
As for technical specifications, the Lumia 532 offers a display with a diagonal of 4″, resolution of 800×480 pixels and compatibility with the Glance notification system. The hardware platform has a support as well procesor quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) and also offers 1 GB of RAM memory, 8 GB of expandable internal memory and a battery with a capacity of 1560 mAh. Also, Lumia 532 has two cameras with 5 and 0.3 MP sensors on the equipment list, 3G modem, also offered in implemented Dual SIM, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and sensors for brightness and proximity. The device has a weight of 136 grams and dimensions of 118.9×11.6 mm.
The second model, the Lumia 435 is the smallest member of the series smartphone-uri Microsoft. It has the technical specifications of the Lumia 532 model, the only differences being the Snapdragon 200 dual-core processor (MSM8210) instead of the quad-core version, the loss of Glance support and the 2 MP sensor of the main camera. The new terminal will be available in a Dual SIM version with 3G connectivity. Microsoft Lumia 435 has a weight of 134 grams and dimensions of 118.1×64.7×11.7 mm.
The two phones use the platform Windows Phone 8.1 and updating Lumia Denim. Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 will arrive on the European market in February.
