Nokia Lumia 530 Vs Microsoft Lumia 535 Vs Nokia Lumia 520: Microsoft has finally dropped off the Nokia branding. Is the Lumia 535 better than its predecessor? Check out this brief comparison.
Recently, Microsoft announced its new flagship the Microsoft Lumia. In the abscence of its Nokia branding the Lumia 535 carries the same colorful hues of the previous Lumias. It will be in Cyan, Bright Green, Bright Orange, White, Dark Grey, and Black colors.
The Lumia 535 is an upgrade of the Lumia 530. It is noticebly features a larger screen at 5 inch qHD 960 x 540 (220 ppi) display while its predecessor features a The 530 (read our review here) features a 4 inch 854 x 480 (246 ppi) 16:9 display.
Lumia 535 is the major upgrade that sports a decent selfie snapper at 5MP front facing camera like the Lumia 735 and 730. The Lumia 530 and Lumia 535 also features the same megapixels on the rear camera with LED flash on Lumia 535 and without a front camera on the Lumia 530
Meanwhile, the Lumia 530
Though it's disappointing to say these two low-cost phones share the same processor powered by 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 200 quad- core. Which reported that it doesn't run smoothly on Lumia 530.
The Lumia 535 is supported by 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory while Lumia 530 offers a lower storage capacity at 4Gb of internal storage and 512MB of RAM,but both phones external memory can be expanded up to 128GB.
In comparison to its successor the Lumia 520 sports a 4in screen has a resolution of 800x480, and the 530 improves upon that very slightly with an 854x480 resolution with a better pixel density than the latest Lumia 535.
Though the Lumia 520 was the predecessor of the two, it can still keep up with the two in terms of power. The Lumia 520 housess a dual-core 1GHz processor, while the Lumia 530's processor is 1.2GHz and quad-core like the Lumia 535. While this may make you think that the Lumia 520's processor is the worst of the bunch, it actually has the same cores as the Snapdragon 400, which means they're better than those used in the Snapdragon 200. Also, the Lumia 520 has Adreno 305 graphics, better than the Adreno 302 in the 530 and 535, PC Advisor said in a report.
It sports a 5MP rear shooter and no secondary camera on the front like the Lumia 530
Price
Microsoft Lumia 535 is speculated to retail at $136 and Nokia Lumia 530 is available in Amazon at $149.97
Other Features
A per PC world the Lumia 535 fetaures, "five great integrated Microsoft experiences" included on the phone: built-in Skype integration, the pre-installed Microsoft Office suite, 15GB of free OneDrive cloud storage, the Cortana digital assistant, and Microsoft Outlook."
While the Lumia 530 boasts Microsoft Office that allows user to edit and share Word documents, Excel files and Powerpoint presentatiom and Action Center that offes a quick access to apps like wifi and camera. Nokia MixRadio app offers an incridible loud and clear sound and the Data Sense App lets users track their data usage.
