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The editors liked
Can usually be picked up for between $50 and $70 if you don't mind carrier exclusivity
Solid build quality with colorful shells
Smooth performance
Gives you all the basic smartphone stuff
4GB of internal storage is easily expandable via microSD
Which
The inexpensive Nokia Lumia 530 is equipped for HSPA+ speeds and can hold up to 128GB in external storage. It includes Microsoft's most current Windows Phone OS
Very low price. Easy-to-use OS. Great call quality. Attractive design.
Impressive performance
Colourful
Solid design
Amazing price
Good design
DualSIM functionality
The editors didn't like
Easiest to find in its carrier-locked form
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GPU
Wi-Fi
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Camera
And cellular performance are fine for the price but poor compared to midrange and flagship phones
512MB of RAM prevents some apps from running
Prompts frequent reloa
A surprisingly slippery body makes you a constant butterfingers
And typing is tough on the small screen. The fixed focus camera won't take close-up shots
No LTE
And not even T-Mobile's best 3G speeds. Low RAM and storage create trouble for apps
Average-ish battery life, Screen rather washed out
For the money, we're really impressed by what Nokia's produced in the Lumia 530. If you want a no-fuss, user-friendly phone that can get online and do all your usual smartphoney functions, and even play games, this seems to be a great choice.Sure, the scr...
s The newer Snapdragon 200 with a Quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU is a better choice for Windows Phone. Games load drastically faster and navigating apps and doing regular OS tasks is a better experience. Some of this comes at a price though, as the Lumia 530 gives...
The newer Snapdragon 200 with a Quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU is a better choice for Windows Phone. Games load drastically faster and navigating apps and doing regular OS tasks is a better experience. Some of this comes at a price though, as the Lumia 530 gives u...
Abstract: The Lumia 520 is going to go down as the phone that drove Windows Phone in emerging markets and for those who want a budget phone. Therefore, it should be no surprise to see Microsoft pick up Nokia's reins with the Lumia 530, which is just now launching g...
Good value, Nice design, Performs basic tasks well,
Screen prone to ghosting, Limited internal storage, Sub-par camera,
The Nokia Lumia 530 plays the role of "my first smartphone" admirably. Coming from anything higher-end will definitely feel like a downgrade, but the Lumia 530 does a good job of providing a basic smartphone experience on a budget. If you've already got ...
The inexpensive Nokia Lumia 530 is equipped for HSPA+ speeds and can hold up to 128GB in external storage. It includes Microsoft's most current Windows Phone OS
A surprisingly slippery body makes you a constant butterfingers, and typing is tough on the small screen. The fixed focus camera won't take close-up shots
Since specs are decidedly basic, its low price is the major reason to seek out the Nokia Lumia 530....
Things have changed quite dramatically at the budget end of the mobile market since the Lumia 520 first graced us with its presence, and the Nokia Lumia 530 finds itself in a much more competitive field. For just a little bit of extra cash you can pick y...
Fast quadcore processor. Windows Phone 8.1 Cyan seems to run well, despite having only 512MBytes RAM. The apps and media files can flow onto the SD card, meaning that the 4GBytes of internal memory is less of a problem, Windows store offers a reasonable
Any small text is hard to read on this screen, Camera is fixed focus & has no flash, so is less useful for eg. scanning documents… or as a flashlight, XBox Music app is peculiar. It doesn't want to replay the contents of a folder; eg. the large number o
Windows Phone 8.1 Is Good, Battery Life Is Decent, Performance Is Quite Good
Storage Situation Is Terrible, Display Is Awful, Boring Design
Even for a budget phone this is pretty atrocious. This sector of the market has changed and you can actually get decent devices for not too much outlay, and compared to such offerings the Lumia 530 not only doesn't cut the mustard, it simply pales in co...
