Microsoft launches a new low-end device, the Lumia 430 Dual SIM

Hexamob | Emma Rossinyol 03/23/2015

Microsoft has introduced a new member of the Lumia family, the Lumia 430.

It is low-end smartphone with a very affordable price. The company announced that the price at launching will be $70 (plus taxes). This terminal, along with the Lumia 435 and 532 are Microsoft’s bid for the low-end market.

All these devices offer considerable benefits for their price. Let’s see here in detail the characteristics of the Lumia 430 Dual SIM, Lumia’s cheapest model available in the market.

The Lumia 430 has a 4-inch WVGA screeb with 800 x 480 pixels, which gives a resolution of 235 ppi and a 15:9 ratio. He packs a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor running at 1.2 GHz, and includes 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal memory, expandable up to 128 GB via microSD card.

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It runs Windows Phone 8.1 OS with Lumia Denim and offers up to 30 GB of free storage in OneDrive. Microsoft has already announced that this terminal will be updated to the newest version of its OS, Windows 10, scheduled for this summer.

The Lumia 430 Dual SIM has two cameras, a rear one with a 2MP sensor and fixed focus, and a VGA front one with a 0.3MP sensor. With an interchangeable battery of 1500 mAh, the device has a dimension of 120.5 x 63.19 x 10.63 mm and weighs 127.9 g.

It features full integration with Skype and brings Microsoft Office preloaded, so you will be able to work with Word documents, PowerPoint presentations and Excel spreadsheets.

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It also includes Smart Dual SIM, so you can assign unique profiles to the SIM cards and be always available thanks to the call-forwarding feature.

According to Microsoft, the Lumia 430 Dual SIM will be released in April in APAC, IMEA, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. It will be available in bright orange and black.

Source: LumiaConversations.
Via: TheVerge.