Microsoft announces cheapest Windows Phone

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Last Updated : Jan 15 2015 | 6:22 PM IST

Microsoft has announced new Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 with lowered prices to increase sales of Windows Phone by reaching a wider group of potential buyers.

According to The Verge, the Lumia 435 and Lumia 532, both measuring 4 inches in size will cost less than 100 dollars before the usual taxes and subsidies.

Priced at 69 euros (a little more than 80 dollars), Lumia 435 is the cheapest Windows Phone to date and yet it runs Windows Phone 8.1 with the Lumia Denim update.

The gadget comes with a 1GB of RAM and 8GB of expandable storage and has a 2-megapixel camera..

Meanwhile, Lumia 532 is priced at 79 euros (94 dollars) before taxes.

Along with the basic features that it shares with Lumia 435, the phone has a 5-megapixel camera and also comes with a quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, the report added.

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First Published: Jan 15 2015 | 6:09 PM IST

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