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Microsoft's Lumia 640 and Lumia 640XL heading to India from MWC 2015

Leaked earlier, thanks to a mess up with Microsoft's news centre, the new budget devices will make their way to India soon.

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Microsoft has just announced two new smartphones at MWC 2015 — The Lumia 640 and the Lumia 640XL. We already knew about the new devices from Microsoft, thanks to a leak on their News Center yesterday.

In a market situation where Android and  iOS form the majority, with 98% share, let’s take a look at what these new Windows Phone devices have to offer. To begin with, both these devices run Windows 8.1 and should be upgradable to Windows 10. Microsoft also seems to have learnt from Xiaomi and Micromax that large screen phones at an affordable price is a hit formula.

Lumia 640 Dual SIM

The Lumia 640 has a 5-inch ClearBlack display with a resolution of 1280x720p and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. As for the internals, the device has a 1.2GHz Quad core Snapdragon 400 Processor with 1GB of RAM. The phone has an 8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and is capable of recording at 1080p (FullHD). The BSI sensor on the 640 should click good images in low lighting conditions. At the front, the phone has a 0.9 megapixel wide-angle camera which can be used for selfies, video calling and video recording at 720p. The phone comes with 8GB of internal storage and is expandable via a MicroSD card slot up to 128GB. Microsoft is also providing a one-year subscription for Office 365, 1TB One Drive Storage and 60 Skype minutes per month, whereas the India site only lists 30GB of free One Drive Cloud storage. It'll be interesting to see if they bring the same plans here.

The Lumia 640 has a removable 2500mAh battery that should provide decent battery backup. The international price of the Lumia 640 is €140(which translates to Rs 9,800). India is expected to get the Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM soon, if we go by the listing on the Microsoft India site.

Lumia 640XL Dual SIM and Lumia 640XL LTE Dual SIM

The second device unveiled at the MWC was the Lumia 640XL; as the name suggests, it is an extra large version of the Lumia 640. The phone sports a bigger 5.7-inch ClearBlack display with the same resolution (720p). The bigger display also has low power mode to ensure longer battery life. With a 1.2 GHz Quad core processor and 1GB of RAM, the device is quite similar to its smaller sibling. The phone has 8GB of internal storage, which is expandable via a MicroSD card slot, and it supports cards up to 128GB. The 30GB free Cloud storage is also available on this model.

The Lumia 640 XL houses a 13 megapixel rear camera with ZEISS optics, a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, both capable of Full HD video recording. The bigger body allows for a bigger 3000mAh removable battery. The Lumia 640XL will also be available in an LTE variant, which comes with an even bigger 3120mAh battery, and supports TD-LTE Band 40, which most operators provide. The international price of the 640XL for the 3G variant is €190 (Rs 13,300) and €220 (Rs 15,300) for the LTE (4G) version. 

 

 

 

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