Microsoft Lumia 532 in Pictures: Quick Specs, Competition and More

| Updated: Friday, February 27, 2015, 16:12 [IST]

Microsoft receltly launched the Lumia 532 into the Indian market in a single and dual-sim variant. It is a budget phone and you can have one without spending a fortune for a windows 8.1 experience. Priced at Rs.6345 for the single sim model and Rs.6999 for the dual sim model

Here are some quick specs in the sliders below :

Microsoft Lumia 532

The device has a 4" WVGA screen. The display has a transmissive LCD screen with 16million colours. The screen resolution is 233ppi and is bright and responsive to touches. It is a multi-point touch device with a refresh rate of 64Hz.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The Lumia 532 comes with exchangeable back covers, has precision-crafted details and a semi-transparent layered design. Also has a Gace Sreen, Tactile feedback, Vibrating alerts and a word flow keyboard

Microsoft Lumia 532

The device is a bar model. The Lumia stands 118.9mm tall has a width of 65.5mm and is 11.6mm thick.
It weighs 136.3grams with the battery incorporated into the handset.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The Lumia 532 runs on the latest version of Windows ie. the Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia denim.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The Lumia houses an internal storage of 8GB, has 1GB of RAM and is expandable upto 128GB via the MicroSD expansion slot. There is 30GB of free cloud storage with the device.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The main camera is a 5.0MP snapper with fixed focus. The minimum focus range is 60cm. The video capture resolution is FWVGA(848 x 480) at 30fps. Records videos in MP4 and H.264 formats.
The secondary camera on the devce is a VGA 0.3MP camera.
Apart from all of this the phone uses LUMIA Camera as it's primary imaging app

Microsoft Lumia 532

The dual sim card slots on the phone support only micro sim cards. It has a 3.5mm audio connector and a micro USB for charging as well as PC connectivity.
The Lumia 532 connects well via Bluetooth and WiFi as well.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The battery on the Lumia 532 is a 1560mAh Lithium ion bettery.
The battery isn't sealed off so you can replace it.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The processon on this Smartphone is a Snapdragon 200 which is a quadcore processor having a clock rate of 1200MHz.

Microsoft Lumia 532

The Phone has an ambient light sensor, a proximity sensor and an accelerometer.

It's competitors :

With the Lumia 435 being launched aside the Lumia 532 the 435 might be a competitor for its brother because it is cheaper. Other competitors on the block are the Micromax Unite2 A106, Moto E, Huawei Honor Holly and the Lenovo A6000.
While Android still dominates the mobile market with greater number of users that are growing exponentially every day. Windows is also keeping up with the pace making dvancements with their devices and versions simultaneously and trying to get it's share from the budget phone market as well.
The new Lumia 532 is launched with the objective of luring customers in the budget segment. Let's see how does this affair turn out to be for Microsoft.