Microsoft Unveils its First Microsoft Lumia Phone

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Lumia-535_ftMicrosoft has today released its first Microsoft Lumia phone, a $136 Microsoft Lumia 535 running the latest Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, with a wide-angle 5 megapixel front facing camera, and a spacious 5 inch display.

The Single SIM and Dual SIM smartphone will begin rolling out to key markets in November, and will be available in bright green, bright orange, white, dark grey, cyan and black and is expected to sell for about $136 minus taxes, shipping and other subsidies.

“Lumia 535 comes with our “5x5x5” proposition,” said Jo Harlow, Corporate Vice President for Phones at Microsoft. “Innovation should be available to everyone, and we are doing this through the very best integrated Microsoft services free and out-of-the-box, a 5 MP wide-angle front-facing camera and a spacious 5 inch, qHD screen – all at an affordable price.”

Lumia-535_Back_OrangeKey specs

Front camera: 5MP wide angle

Main camera: 5.0MP with LED flash

Display size: 5”Processor type: Quad-core 1.2GHz
Battery life: Maximum talk time (3G): 11h

Colours: Orange, Black , Dark gray, Bright green, White and Cyan

Height: 140.2 mmWidth: 72.4 mmThickness: 8.8 mmWeight: 146 g

Operating System: Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim

Processor: Snapdragon™ 200 Quad core with a clock rate of 1200 MHz

Display: 5 ”Resolution: qHD (960 x 540)Display colours: TrueColor (24-bit/16M)

Memory:RAM: 1 GB, internal memory of 8 GB and memory card slot of 128 GB MicroSD and free cloud storage: 15 GB

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