The cheapest Lumia till date aka Nokia Lumia 530 featuring a Quad-core chipset and Dual SIM capability is now available for purchase from one of the top online retailers ‘Flipkart’ in India.
The price is the perfect Rs. 7199 which converts to USD 188 or 88 Euros and is fighting with yet another running success from Motorola, Moto E. The launch price of Rs. 7199 means, you will soon see the retail prices of Lumia 530 come down to Rs. 6000 – 6500.
Here are some differences between Lumia 530 and Moto E
- Lumia 530 has a Snapdragon 1.2 GHz Quad core chipset against Snapdragon 1.2GHz Dual core in Moto E
- Moto E display is sized at 4.3″ inch against 4.0″ inch of Lumia 530
- The rear camera on 530 is superior to that on Moto E anyday (both are Fixed focus 5MP cams)
- Moto E has 1GB of RAM (minimum required for any Andriod to run properly) whereas Lumia 530 has 512MB of RAM (minimum required for Windows Phone to run smoothly)
- Memory on Lumia 530 is expandable to 128GB via MicroSD Card whereas you can expand it to 32GB only on Moto E
- Moto E comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection whereas Lumia 530 has a scratch resistant display
Lumia 530 is available in all 4 colors viz. Dark Grey, White, Bright Orange and Bright Green and can be had from Flipkart store at the below link.
Specs
- Single SIM and Dual SIM (Smart Dual SIM) versions – MicroSIM
- Dimensions – 119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm
- Weight – 129 gms
- Display – 4″ inch LCD display with 854 x 480 resolution
- Sensors – Accelerometer and Orientation sensor
- Battery – 1430 mAh (BL-5J)
- 2G talktime – 13.4 hrs, 3G talktime – 10 hrs, Max Music playback – 51 hrs, Max Video playback – 5.5 hrs, Cellular net browsing time – 7.8 hrs, WiFi net browsing time – 8.5 hrs
- Processor – Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, 1.2 Ghz Quadcore
- Memory – 512MB RAM, 4GB Internal Memory expandable with MicroSD card, Max MicroSD card size – 128 GB, Free Cloud storage – 15GB
- Microsoft Office – Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote and OneDrive (Cloud storage)
- OS – Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Cyan
- Internet Explorer 11
- Maps – HERE Maps and HERE Drive+
- Camera – 5MP Fixed Focus Rear Camera without Flash, No Front Facing Camera
- Recording – Voice Recording in MMS and OneNote
- Colors – Bright Orange, Bright Green, White and Dark Grey
- Sales package – Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM, Nokia Charger AC-18, Nokia Battery BL-5J , Quick guide