Microsoft presents Lumia 530 smartphone

The Microsoft Devices Group division of the US software giant Microsoft has presented the new mid-range Lumia 530 smartphone. The newcomer has arrived to retire the year 2013 Lumia 525 and it measures 119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm for total weight of 129 grams.

The Lumia 530 will be available in red, yellow and white colors and there will be a dual-SIM version too. On the inside the smartphone comes with a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor, a 400 MHz GPU, a 4-inch IPS sensor display at WVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels, 235 ppi) and the Super sensitive touch technology that allows users to operate the smartphone with gloves on or even nails.

Like we said the Lumia 530 is a mid-range device and this is why it comes with 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of internal memory plus 15 GB of free space in Microsoft OneDrive, a microSD card slot (up to 128 GB), Bluetooth 4.0, a rear 5 MP camera and a 1430 mAh battery. The device runs Windows Phone 8.1 and offers a number of Microsoft services and software apps that includes Word Flow, Skype and Microsoft Office.

The Lumia 530 will be on the market in Q3 2014. The smartphone will sell for around USD 145.

Source: Microsoft