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11/22/2024 03:06:55 am

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Microsoft Launches Budget Smartphone, Lumia 530, in India

Nokia 530

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Microsoft's Nokia Lumia 530 is now listed on its official India store.

It sells US$121 or Rs 7,349. The handset is now in stock and the company vows to deliver the handset within four working days.

Lumia 530 is available in orange, white, green, and dark grey. The dual-SIM 3G handset has been launched in India this August.

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The low-cost smartphone from Microsoft features a 4-inch FWVGA LCD Display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. It has a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200.

RAM is 512 MB and a 4 GB file storage space can be expandable up to 128 GB using a microSD card.

The battery life runs up to 22 days standby. The talking time consumes 13 hours. The battery capacity is 1430 mAh.

Lumia 530 can connect via Wi-Fi (b/g/n), HSPA+ 21 Mbps/5.76 Mbps, Bluetooth 4.0 and micro-USB.

It has 5-megapixels rear snapper and there's no front camera.

One thing that looks like a disadvantage is the puny 512MB RAM which is a little too small for users, especially when competitors are launching smartphones with 1GB RAM. Motorola E, for an instance, has a 1GB RAM for under US$115 or Rs 7000.

The handset runs the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1.

It features one-swipe notification button from Action Center and Word Flow keyboard.

Indian users can also get an additional 15 GB of free cloud storage on the Microsoft OneDrive.

Microsoft partnered with Airtel in offering free 2G and 3G data plan for new and existing Airtel Subscribers.

Airtel is the leading provider of mobile and broadband and Digital TV services in India.

Airtel and Microsoft's offer is valid up to October 31.

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