It looks like Microsoft is trying to fill the void on the
budget segment of the Windows Phone market. The tech giant has just announced a
new Lumia phone that’s intended for the budget-conscious consumers.
The Lumia 540 is a 5-inch smartphone that runs on Windows
Phone 8.1. The handset is equipped with a Snapdragon 200 chip with a 1.2GHz
quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage that’s expandable with the
use of a microSD card.
The screen will have HD resolution while the cameras at the
back and front will have an 8MP and 5MP sensors respectively. Just with other
Lumia handsets, the Lumia 530 will come with 15GB of free OneDrive cloud
storage with an additional 15GB if auto-upload is enabled. There’s no word on
connectivity details yet but we do know that the phone has two slots for two
SIM cards.
Microsoft has used a 2200mAh removable battery on the Lumia
540 and will certainly provide an update for Windows 10 once the OS becomes
available. The phone will go on sale for around $150 and will be available in
different colors including cyan, orange, white and black.
