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The editors liked
Low price
Managable size
MicroSD up to 128GB
Windows Phone 8.1 Is Good
Battery Life Is Decent
Performance Is Quite Good
Windows Phone 8.1 runs smoothly
DualSIM functionality
Multimedia performance
Nice body
Wellmanufactured
Decent battery life
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
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
Price point
Solid and colourful design
Windows Phone 8.1 operating system improvements
Great value
Slick performance
Solid battery life
Very low price
Iconic Lumia design
Runs Windows Phone 8.1
Looks better than some budget phones
The editors didn't like
No front camera
Average battery
Little grip
Storage Situation Is Terrible
Display Is Awful
Boring Design
No 4G connectivity
Low memory
Poorquality screen
Mediocre speaker
Camera
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
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
Published: 2014-09-19, Author: Chris , review by: pocket-lint.com
Price point, solid and colourful design, Windows Phone 8.1 operating system improvements
Display resolution and no auto-brightness sensor, camera limitations, lacks power, competition now stronger
The sub-£100 price of the Nokia Lumia 530 makes it difficult to ignore, but the performance makes it difficult to fully recommend. Priced as it is, the Lumia 530 is one of the cheapest smartphones around and it has plenty to offer. If you're lookin...
Very low price, Iconic Lumia design, Runs Windows Phone 8.1
Average screen, Poor camera, Could be thinner and lighter
It’s impossible to ignore the price tag when using the Lumia 530. Costing less than some iPhone cases, let alone other phones, the 530 brings many smartphone features - social networking, the web, email, Youtube, mapping and more - to the masses, and it ...
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Published: 2014-09-13, Author: Woldemar , review by: wovow.org
The Nokia Lumia 530 is one of the most interesting options out there in the price range of 100 euros. Windows Phone offers a good user experience, especially for the applications exclusive to Nokia and Microsoft. The interface is simple, well organized an...
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Published: 2014-09-11, Author: Bobby , review by: alphr.com
A competent ultra-budget handset that's overshadowed by the better-value Motorola Moto E...
Low-power processor causes performance issues, TN screen is ugly, Very limited internal memory
The Nokia Lumia 530 cuts out every little extra, streamlines every feature to save money. But it does so to too great a degree, offering a worse experience than either its now-cheaper predecessor or the many Android alternatives.Read our round-up of the b...
Published: 2014-09-05, Author: Andrew , review by: theregister.co.uk
Linux and AIX Bare-Metal Recovery Webinar Under the hood Equally positive was the performance. It's powered by a low cost 4 core chip, like the Moto E, but the 530 is only marginally slower than the 630. I saw a pause or two for loading web pages, but ...
The disappointing thing about the Nokia Lumia 530 is that it feels like a worse phone than the Lumia 520 it replaces (albeit with a price cut). The display is a deal breaker for us, undoing the good work of the Lumia 530's performance and build quality. W...
Published: 2014-08-29, Author: John , review by: techradar.com
Low price, Managable size, MicroSD up to 128GB
No front camera, Average battery, Little grip
The Nokia Lumia 530 sticks with the single camera setup of its predecessor, sporting a 5MP snapper on the rear and nothing on the front. Nokia also continues to refuse the inclusion of a flash on its entry level device, so you'll want to avoid low light c...
Published: 2014-08-22, Author: Chris , review by: pocket-lint.com
Abstract: In many ways, it's the budget end of the smartphone rainbow where all the excitement is. The feature phone market has eaten itself, unable to fend off the march to more and more affordable smartphones. Nokia has been playing in this space for some time a...
Abstract: As the best budget smartphones in the Windows and Android camps, we compare the Motorola Moto E and Nokia Lumia 530 spec for spec to see whether your money is better spent with Microsoft or Motorola. Read our Nokia Lumia 530 vs Motorola Moto E comparison ...
