Microsoft Made Luxury Affordable in India with Lumia 532 Launch

The Lumia family of Microsoft has been growing gradually to imprint its name in the list of Affordable devices. Making such low-cost Lumia smartphones, the Redmond giant is not making any compromise on specification side; innards remain commendable.

Launching this wallet-friendly device along with another budget Lumia 435 back in January, the tech giant had mentioned the name of India in the top priority among several regions. So, it’s obvious that Microsoft has specially designed this device for Indian customers. Well, here is the good news that the tech giant has made the Non-Nokia Lumia 532 official for India at the price point of Rs. 6,499.

The dual SIM model is approachable in country while two variants of this handset have been manufactured by the company. Yes, India will supposedly not receive the single SIM variant. Nevertheless, all the innards of both models are identical besides number of SIM slots.

Well, come back to the Lumia 532 Dual SIM which runs on Windows Phone 8.1 platform with Lumia Denim update which is just on the way to India. The plus factor of grabbing this smartphone is inclusion of Microsoft's Office suite, Here Maps, Skype, Outlook, and OneDrive which come pre-installed. Buyers can also get 30GB of free OneDrive storage also.

Its 4-inch LCD display is enough to hold vibrant colors with screen resolution of WVGA (480x800 pixels). It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 1.2GHz dual-core processor. For seamless user experience, it compels with 1GB RAM. It comes integrated with 8GB built-in storage which can further be expanded upto 128GB via microSD card. To lighten-up the device for long hours, a battery of 1560mAh packs inside the Lumia 532, capable in offering 12 hours of talk time and 528 hours of standby time.

The Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM bears a 5-megapixel rear imager and a 0.3-megapixel front shooter. A Lumia Camera app is also there to enhance the picture-taking experience. On the other side, the Lumia 435 Dual SIM is already available in India to buy at Rs. 5,999.