Microsoft
launched the Lumia 640 Dual Sim and XL LTE variants at the Mobile World
Congress the most anticipated mobile celebration held at Barcelona. Looks like Microsoft
is waiting for their flagship smartphone to come out with the Windows 10. For
now they are concentrating on the low end and mid-range smartphones.
Both
the Lumia 640 variants will fall under the category of budget smartphones. And both
the variants will be following the same design patterns with the variation in
sizes. The Lumia 640 XL LTE will be bigger in size making an appearance like a
phablet. The Dual-Sim version will be 3G model whereas the 640 XL will be an
LTE model. Sad part is that the launch of the Lumia 640 in India is not yet
confirmed. And the Lumia 640 variants will allowed for a Windows 10 upgrade
this year.
Like
all the other Lumia successors the 640 will also feature some popular Windows
phone features like Cortana, Skype, Office, Outlook and OneDrive. There is one
exclusive offer from Microsoft for the 640 users to avail a free one year usage
of Office 365 and 1 TB storage in OneDrive.
There
are few specifications about the 640 variants found let’s see them. The 640
Dual-Sim will be having a 5 inch IPS LCD display screen protected by Corning
Gorilla Glass 3 and will come with a 8MP rear camera and a 0.9MP front camera. It
will run a battery with a capacity of 2500mAh. Whereas the 640 Single-Sim LTE
version will be seen with a 5.7 inch HD IPS LCD screen which will have a 720×1280
pixels resolution. It will also be protected with Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The 640
LTE will avail a 13MP primary camera by Zeiss Optics and a secondary camera of
5MP. The 640 XL will come with a larger sized battery of 3000mAh.
Specifications Of 640 Dual-Sim:
Model
|
Lumia 640 Dual-Sim
|
Display
|
5-inch IPS LCD screen
|
Processor
|
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 @ 1.2GHz
|
GPU
|
Adreno 305
|
OS
|
Windows 8.1
|
RAM
|
1GB
|
Storage
|
8GB
|
Camera
|
Primary: 8MP; Secondary: 0.9MP
|
Battery
|
2500 mAh
|
Price
|
Rs. 9,600/-
|
Lumia 640
LTE Specifications:
Model
|
Lumia 640 LTE
|
Display
|
5.7-inch HD IPS screen (1280x720p)
|
Processor
|
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 @ 1.2GHz
|
GPU
|
Adreno 305
|
OS
|
Windows 8.1
|
RAM
|
1GB
|
Storage
|
8GB
|
Camera
|
Primary: 13MP; Secondary: 5MP
|
Battery
|
3000 mAh
|
Price
|
Rs. 13,000/-
|
Final Conclusion:
It’s
also expected to get a Lumia 640 Dual-Sim version in both 3g and LTE models and
the 640 XL with a 3G and LTE variant. This will be Microsoft’s play with the
mid-range smartphones. We will have to wait a little more for the flagship
smartphone from the Microsoft. We could experience the new Lumia 640 and 640XL
by the end of March mostly.