The smartphone industry has definitely changed a lot in
recent years, especially after the entry of low-cost phones that run on a smart
operating system. The leader in this segment of the market is of course Google
with its open-source Android OS. And now that Microsoft has finally made the
Windows Phone OS free for manufacturers, we’re seeing an influx of affordable
WP phones in the market.
The most recent addition to this group is Microsoft’s very
own Lumia 430. And at $70, you may well consider it as the most affordable
Windows Phone handset in the market.
The handset is built with a 4-inch display with a resolution
of 800 x 480 pixels with a screen density of 235ppi. It also sports a Snapdragon
200 chip with a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GGB of RAM and 8GB of expandable
storage. On the camera-front, the Lumia 430 will come with a 2MP at the back
and a VGA snapper on the front.
As for connectivity, the budget constraints made sure that
the handset didn’t get LTE, but for its price we’re pretty surprised it gets
3.5G connectivity. And again, at $70, Lumia phones don’t get any cheaper than
this. And if Microsoft keeps its promise of providing Windows 10 updates to the
Lumia range, the 430 might actually a good investment.
