Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM Full Review: Affordable But Not Valuable

Rating:

3.0/5

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PROS

• Looks better than other budget phones
• Windows Phone 8.1

CONS

• Poor rear camera
• Missing front shooter
• No LED Flash
• Underwhelming performance

Nokia Lumia 530 Dual-SIM: Camera and Video

We were initially expecting the phone's camera to be decent if not epic. But we're disappointed with the way the device's rear camera performed. The handset's camera doesn't support an auto focus mechanism, which means you can't really excel in taking correct close-up shots.

The fitted 5-megapixel camera sensor is pretty much dead. Though, it does capture noise free images. The quality of images captured outside, though, is decent enough with good dynamic range. Otherwise, image quality lacks great color saturation.

The phone doesn't have a front-facing camera but the makers have pre-loaded Skype application on the Lumia 530 Dual-SIM. Notably, an LED Flash is also missing, which means you probably can't take correct low-light images ever.

The device comes pre-loaded with Nokia Camera app. The Camera UI is rather simple and offers some kinds of manual controls. Since the phone's camera is not that powerful, there's hardly any point of using manual controls.

The camera on the Lumia 530 can only capture 480p videos at 30 frames per second (fps) - yet another reason why you should avoid this phone.