Goodbye Nokia, Hello Microsoft - Microsoft Lumia 535 Launched

Finally it’s the time to say goodbye to Nokia as today Microsoft unveiled the first Lumia device with Microsoft branding aka Microsoft Lumia 535. 

Microsoft’s Lumia 535 isn’t all that different from the Nokia devices that have come before it, but it’s the first to drop the Nokia branding in favour of Microsoft text at the rear and front, and a company logo on the colourful removable shell. All future Lumia devices will launch with Microsoft branding, and existing Lumia’s with the Nokia moniker will continue to be known as Nokia handsets. 

Microsoft Lumia 535 has been designed as an alternative of Nokia Lumia 530. It comes with a 5-inch qHD display (960 x 540), a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, and 1GB of RAM. While the screen is something you’d normally see back in 2011, viewing angles aren’t as bad as you’d expect even if the pixels are clearly visible. 

Lumia 535 comes in two flavours: 3G Single SIM, or 3G Smart Dual SIM, both loaded with Windows Phone 8.1 and the Lumia Denim Update right out of the box. That means you’ll get a hugely personal experience with features including one-swipe Action Centre, Word Flow, Live Folders and Cortana (where available). 

Lumia 535 is inherently coloured and available in cyan, bright green, bright orange, white, dark grey, and black. It will be available from November at an estimated RRP of 110 EUR before taxes and subsidies with sales starting in China, Hong Kong and Bangladesh, with other countries to follow. There's no information on the India pricing and release of the phone. 

Source: Microsoft

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Nokia Lumia 530 Launches in India

Microsoft has launched its most affordable Nokia Lumia 530 at a price of 7349 today. It was earlier launched on July 23 and now its dual-sim version is launched in India. It is available through company's official online store.  

First, a look at its specifications. 

• CPU: 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 300 quad-core 
• RAM: 512MB 
• Screen: 4-inch FWVGA(480x854) display 
• Camera: 5MP fixed focus camera 
• Storage: 4GB (expandable via microSD) 
• OS: Windows Phone 8.1 
• Connectivity: GPRS/EDGE, 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi 
• Battery: 1430mAh 

Apart from these customers are getting a whole lot of added benefits as 15GB OneDrive storage. Phone is also available from Snapdeal's Windows Phone app with a discount of 3000. They also stand a chance to win 6 movie tickets from BookMyShow and Airtel prepaid subscribers get 500MB free 3G data for 3 months. 

The new Lumia handset runs Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Cyan update and supports firmware over-the-air (FOTA) updates. The Lumia 530 Dual SIM will be available in Bright Orange, Bright Green, Dark Grey, and White color variants. Its set to compete with Moto E and Unite 2 and probably with Xiaomi Redmi which will be launching probably this Diwali. It's worth noting that these 2 smartphones provide much higher specifications at this price, so it would be quite difficult for Microsoft to get along with this price tag and such competitors. 

Source: Nokia

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Microsoft to launch 2 windows Phone Devices

Get ready for 2 new Windows phones from Microsoft. Reports are that Microsoft is going to launch 2 new smartphones shortly. Verge reported that the sources familiar with company's plan told that the Microsoft Devices chief Stephen Elop revealed both handsets in an internal company meeting. He referenced one of the smartphones as a "selfie phone". This is in accordance of the earlier reports of a device codenamed Superman with a 5-megapixel front camera with a 4.7-inch screen. 

The other device in talks was also seen in earlier reports codenamed Tesla. The images showed it having a Pureview camera. It shows company's effort to provide a Pureview camera at lower prices as well. By the looks it resembles Lumia 930 but is thinner than the latter. 

The recent meeting and Elop displaying the smartphones shows that Microsoft is ready to launch these smartphone and we could hear the official announcement from the company very soon. Apart from Microsoft, there are reports of a Windows Phone version of HTC One M8 whose photos were spotted on Verizon servers. It looks like we will be getting 3 new Windows devices in all the price segments. 

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