Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM Mobile Price List in India

The Microsoft Lumia 430 is one of the most affordable handsets from the smartphone maker. Microsoft has been working to deliver value for money devices as per its promise. It has also been trying hard to settle its Lumia phones in an Android dominated smartphone market. The windows devices have managed to attract a fair share of buyers in the low, moderate and high income groups. Microsoft Lumia devices have several preinstalled apps which are quite useful in day to day activities and communication.Skype, Office, and cloud storage make them standout in the race to the top. Users are also able to download their choice of apps from windows phone store. Lumia devices are gradually giving tough competition to the android devices.

Features and Specifications

The Lumia 430 comes with a 4 inch WVGA LCD display with 16M colours and a pixel density of 235 ppi. A wide range of Microsoft services are pre-installed. It includes work, excel, one note, PowerPoint, Skype, OneDrive, outlook etc. The software is upgradable to Windows 10 which gives an edge to this device. It is fine tuned to be suitable for productivity and multimedia communication exercises. The free OneDrive 30GB of cloud storage is a great addition to entice the targeted customers who are constantly in search of low budget phones. Even the low end devices can run the windows software without any hassle and this device is a great example. 

Design and Quality

This handset is primarily available in black and orange colour variants. It weighs only 127.9 g which can fit into a single hand quite comfortably with the 4 inch screen. There is a replaceable battery fitted inside this device which measures 120.5 x 63.19 x 10.63 MM. A 3.5 mm audio jack is located above the screen on the topmost panel. This affordable segment phone has a high quality and sturdy plastic body. It has the standard Lumia device looks and design with the conventional thickness.  

OS and Tech

The Lumia 430 comprises of QUALCOMM snapdragon 200SoC and 1.2 GHz quad core processor. It is paired with 1 GB RAM which ensures a smooth multi tasking performance. A wide range of pre-installed apps are present to make the tasks easier for users. Customers can install the latest musical, sports, entertainment and other apps from Windows unique app store. There are several connectivity options for user such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, and others. However, the user has to install a browser to access the internet. There is enough of storage and external storage support available for the users. Google maps, Facebook, WhatsApp and many other features are available. 

Camera and Multimedia

The handset comes with dual cameras at the front and back. Primary 2.0 megapixel camera offers digital zoom and ZEO tagging features. It has an aperture size of F2.2 and camera sensor size 1/5. However, it lacks some the must have features like autofocus and flash which are available in low end android phones of this price range. There is a frontal VGA camera suitable for video calling and video chatting. The video player supports a range of files like AAC LC, GSM FR, and AMR-NB. Video recording can be done in the formats like H.264, H.263, AVC, MPEG-4, windows video and VC-1.

Battery and Memory

There is a 1500mAh battery powering this device. It ensures a decent talk time and standby time hours. However, the makers could have done much better in the battery front. This device features an 8 GB of internal storage capacity which is expandable up to 128 GB through a microSD card. Thus, the user is able to carry his or her choice of media files, apps and gameswhile travelling from one destination to another.

PROS and CONS

PROS

·         Dual SIM functionality

·         Decent hardware configurations

·         Quick mobile data support

·         LCD display

·         Multi-touch feature

·         Memory expandable up to 128 GB

CONS

·         Average camera performance

·         Low RAM and pixel density

·         Below average battery performance

Verdict 

The Lumia 430 is a budget phone and one of the best in the 400 series. With decent features in storage, screen, software and hardware, it is a smart buy at a price below Rs.6,000. However, it competes with the likes of Canvas Spark, Asus ZenFone C, LG L60, Galaxy Star Advance and others. The device would appeal to the low income groups for it strikes a balance in looks, hardware and software.