It was just announced the smartphone Windows cheapest on the market. Microsoft Lumia 430 with support for dual-SIM will only available in select markets, at least initially. Where competition is committed to win users to the sound of amazing technical specifications, Microsoft continues its descent to the lowest price possible for a smartphone that is usable by all.
Windows Phone has always distinguished by a certain lightness and for its ability to be fluid and stable on virtually any system, and we are sure that even with Lumia 430 will be so.
The smartphone has been announced in the past few hours, and will be available in dual-SIM in ” selected markets “, including the Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. The launch is scheduled for the month of April. At the moment, we do not know if the marketing of the smartphone will be expanded into other markets, nor whether variants are provided with support for a single SIM.
Microsoft Lumia 430 still wants to lower the threshold price of Windows Phone, bringing it to a figure that comes dangerously close to that of the Nokia Asha, feature-phone certainly less complex than Lumia with Windows Phone. The new model is characterized by technical specifications little more than basic, with a 4″ display (800 x 480), one 200 Snapdragon dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of integrated storage expandable via microSD.
Microsoft does not want to repeat some of the mistakes made in the past by Nokia, and integrates two cameras on its Windows Phone cheaper. The back will be from 2 megapixels, while the front end is also available for Selfie and video calls, although by only 0.3 megapixels. To feed the whole there will be a battery 1,500 mAh, which brings the total weight of the product to about 127.9 g. The thickness is instead of 10.63 mm.
Microsoft Lumia 430 will be sold in black and orange on board with Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim, but points out that Microsoft will be upgraded to Windows 10 once the software will be released to the public.