Microsoft Lumia 435: a lot for 79 euros – ZDNet.be

Pros

• Straffe price
  
• 8 GB storage
  
• Smooth Operation
  
• Front Camera

Cons

• Poor viewing angles
  
• App can offer better
  
• Quite thick

It must be quite difficult for Microsoft to see how Android and iOS mobile market took hands. To still a chance to make Nokia has for years done his best with Lumia handsets, but growth was limited.

Microsoft gradually has the high-end segment is difficult for Windows Phone, so why not bombard low-end segment? Microsoft Lumia 535 already was an excellent device to deliver Windows Phone at a budget price. With the Lumia 435 Microsoft goes a big step further.

Smooth operation

The Lumia 435 will cost 79 euros, a price to pay for a smartphone. These days you will find here and there still other smartphones on Android approaching that price tag or even hiding, but really handy work that smartphones are not real. Too slow, limited memory, Android is simply not designed for low-cost hardware. To say nothing of the experience when you use the phone a few months.

Windows Phone is designed for low-cost hardware, and that causes the Microsoft Lumia 435 shines. It goes without saying that you should not expect a racing machine, but I can this unit never placed a hitch. Opening different apps succession never lasts too long, whereas all animations nicely to the screen. Scrolling is smooth, the web browser does its job, you can use it just like Lumia 435 smartphone without getting frustrated. Inside, there is only a budget-friendly Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, which makes it immediately clear that Windows Phone really is careful with his forces.

The Lumia 435 is a very small device. The 4-inch screen is not outdated, but I Verschoot them how useful this screen size anyway. The keyboard still ticking nice as long as you do not have big fingers, and the entire screen is accessible to your thumb when working with one hand. The screen carries a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels, which is just with this screen size, but it is especially the viewing angle is very painful. Your smartphone on the table and watch something is not there: the right to love you is the message and not tilt too much

Standaardopslag

Surprisingly, there is 8GB of storage in this budget unit. Very useful, so bots can not directly against the storage limit when a lot of apps, music and videos on your smartphone move. There is room for a microSD up to 128 GB, although it seems to me the default storage is more than enough for a budget phone like this.

A budget smartphone purchase for his camera is always a bad idea, and that is with the Lumia 435 no different. At the back you’ll find a weak 2 megapixel variant where you lousy pictures drags. Only useful in emergencies so. A front camera is again a surprise in this price. It is a camera with VGA-quality, absolutely not useful for selfies but for Skype calls can be submitted not too dark environments.

Although the card service Lord is no longer exclusive to Windows Phone remains a handsome realization that your raft worldwide, free of charge and can navigate offline with a simple device that costs 79 euros. The card service is installed by default on this unit, as Lord Maps and Google Maps alternative.

In terms of autonomy scores the Lumia 435 is pretty good. You get there very quickly by taking the day when your WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G switch in heavy use. Who is economical in use and turn off wifi and bluetooth gets nipped two days, but without excess. Daily load is the message when you turn on 3G.

Windows 10

Microsoft seems to have by that Windows Phone can save a significant battle in the budget segment. The Lumia 535 already demonstrated that it is on the right path, and with the Lumia 435 makes a statement that a good smartphone does not have to be expensive again. The user experience does not suffer from the budget specifications, a plume that Microsoft may stabbing his hat and can continue to play.

The only downside is that the app offer always like a millstone around the neck of Windows Phone hangs. Microsoft urgently needs more Windows Phone users to make hot app developers for the mobile operating system. The Lumia 435 seems to me, or a good step to boost the market share of Windows Phone. Moreover, this smartphone anyway also get a free upgrade to Windows 10 in the second half of this year. A clever creation, because the number of budget mart phones for less than 100 euros after launching an update gets to a new version, I can count on one hand.

Microsoft Lumia 435 is the perfect device to get acquainted the special world of smart phones. This unit has everything a smartphone should be, and shows that a smartphone 79 euro still can be a good choice.