Microsofts cheapest Lumia 530 available in India for Rs.7349.00 with Windows 8.1 onboard

For all the Lumia and Windows 8.1 fans, Microsoft has officially launched its cheapest Lumia series smartphone, Lumia 530 on its official India store for Rs 7349.00 ($122.00).

The Lumia 530 will have dual-SIM 3G support and a 4 inch FWVGA LCD screen which will give you 854 x 480 pixels resolution. Lumia 530 will run on a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor and have 512MB RAM. It has internal storage capacity of 4GB and supports extended 128GB via micro SD card slot.

Lumia 530 has a 1430mAh battery which will give upto 22 days standby and 13 hours of 2G talk time as per Microsoft website. For connectivity, Lumia 530 has HSPA+ 21Mbps/5.76Mbps, Wi-Fi (b/g/n), Bluetooth 4.0 and micro-USB for PC transfer.

The real damper is that it will only sport a 5MP rear camera which is a shame for smart phones of this day and age. This and the fact that it has only 512 MB RAM is likely to a bit too much for the prospective buyers even though it is the cheapest Lumia available. Motorola E which runs on Android and has 1GB RAM is available for Rs.7000.00 in India.

However for those who are interested in owning a Lumia, the Lumia 530 will run the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1 and comes with features such as the one-swipe notification from Action Center, and the fast Word Flow keyboard. Users will also get an additional 15 GB of free cloud storage on Microsoft OneDrive. It is available in four colours, green, dark grey, white and orange.

Microsoft is offering free 500MB 2G/3G data package worth Rs.250.00 in collaboration with Airtel and this offer valid till 31st Oct, 2014. At present the Microsoft website says that the Lumia 530 is out of stock. Below are the detailed specs of Lumia 530.

General features

Sales package: Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM, Nokia Charger AC-18, Nokia Battery BL-5J, Quick guide
Model name: Nokia Lumia 530
Input type: Touch Screen
Form factor: BAR
Handset colors: Green

Camera

Primary camera: Yes, 5 MP
Video recording: Yes, 30 fps
Call records: Yes

Memory

Phonebook: Yes
Internal memory: Yes, 4 GB
Expandable memory: Yes, 128 GB
Card slot: Yes
Card slot type: MicroSD

Multimedia & entertainment

Music player: Yes
Supported format: 3G2, 3GP, AAC, AAC LC, AMR-NB, FR, HE-AAC v1, HE-AAC v2, M4A, MP3, MP4, WMA, WMA 10 Pro, WMA 9, 3GPP formats (H.263), AVI, H.264/AVC, M4V, MOV, MP4, MPEG-4, VC-1, WMV
Video player: Yes
Fm radio: Yes
Games: Yes
Messaging: Yes
Mms: Yes