Microsoft is continuing to push
affordable Lumia handsets into the
market and the latest to join the league
is the Lumia 430 Dual SIM.
The Redmond giant touts that the
Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM is the
"most affordable Lumia to-date" and
comes at a price of $70 (approximately
Rs. 4,400) before taxes and subsidies.
The Lumia 430 Dual SIM will begin
rolling out in select markets in the Middl
East and Africa, Asia-Pacific, Russia,
Kazakhstan, and Belarus starting in Apri
while it will roll out in India towards the
end of April. The Lumia 430 Dual SIM
comes in Bright Orange and Black
colours.
Another highlight of the Lumia 430 Dual
SIM is it can be upgraded to Windows 1
when it becomes available later this year
The company in January launched the
new affordable 400-series smartphone,
the Lumia 435 and Lumia 435 Dual SIM
alongside the Lumia 532 and Lumia 53
Dual SIM , sporting a layered design.
For specifications, the Microsoft Lumia
430 Dual SIM runs Widows Phone 8.1
with Lumia Denim update. It features a
4-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) LCD
display offering a pixel density of 235pp
The smartphone is powered by a 1.2GHz
dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200
processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. It
comes with 8GB of built-in storage
expandable further via microSD card (up
to 128GB). Much like other Lumia
handsets, the Lumia 430 Dual SIM also
comes with 30GB of free OneDrive cloud
storage. It sports a 2-megapixel fixed-
focus rear camera while also housing a
0.3-megapixel front camera. The handse
is backed by a 1500mAh replaceable
battery, measures
120.5x63.19x10.63mm, and weighs
127.9 grams.
The Lumia 430 Dual SIM features a suit
of Microsoft services including
Microsoft's Office suite (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and OneNote), Outlook,
Skype, OneDrive, and users can
download more apps from the Windows
Phone Store.
Commenting on the launch, Jo Harlow ,
Corporate Vice President for Phones at
Microsoft said, "People around the world
have responded enthusiastically to our
affordable Lumia range. We continue to
invest in this segment to ensure that as
many people as possible can enjoy
signature Microsoft experiences,
regardless of budget. The Lumia 430
Dual SIM continues our commitment to
combining the right hardware, software,
services and apps with the right price to
give people a smartphone they can affor
and be proud to use."
Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM Launched, India Launch Set for April | NDTV Gadgets
