NOKIA LUMIA 530: CHEAPEST WINDOWS SMARTPHONE FOR NEW USERS (PART I)

Microsoft has a big plan to popularize their mobile OS, Windows Phone, to compete with other mobile OS like Android or iOS. To achieve that target, Microsoft needs a cheap device to help them approach new users. And the simplest way to have a device as Microsoft wants is buy a renowned smartphone producer and produce a smartphone runs Windows Phone OS. Can you guess which smartphone I’m meaning? Yes, it’s Lumia 530.

SPECS

PROCESSOR	CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2 GHz Quad-core GPU Adreno 302
NETWORKING	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth 4.0 Micro usb 2.0
DISPLAY	4.0 inches TFT LCD 480 x 854 pixels
CAMERA	5 MP 2592 x 1936 pixels
STORAGE	4GB Card slot up to 128GB
BATTERY	1430mAh
PRICE	Under 135 usd

DISPLAY
Lumia 530 is a cheap smartphone, so Microsoft didn’t equip an IPS screen for it, Lumia 530’s creen is 4 inches TFT LCD with 854 x 480 pixels (245 ppi). 530’s screen displays well, enough to fulfill all basic standards of users like watching videos, viewing images or playing games... Yet it hasn’t IPS panel, so it can not display sharply and colours is displayed less natural like other smartphones.