Nokia Lumia 530, UK SIM-Free Smartphone - Dark Grey

Product Information

Tilt the Lumia 530 left and it goes darker, tilt it right and it goes brighter and more washed-out. Turn the display more than a few degrees to the left and you get colour inversion, making the screen barely comprehensible at times.

CPU is the Central Processing Unit or the processor of a mobile device. Its main function is to interpret and execute instructions contained in software applications. Numerous low-end phones still use these kinds of basic screens, but the Lumia 530 is positively blown out of the water by the Motorola Moto E, which offers a 4.3-inch 950 x 530 pixel IPS screen at the same price. Even the Lumia 520 used an IPS screen, albeit a pretty low-end one.The Lumia 530 display offers 245ppi, which isn’t too far removed from the 256ppi of the (admittedly much better) Motorola Moto E. As long as you don’t look too close, the pixels don’t scream at you like babies crying on a long-distance flight. T-Mobile's version of the phone includes Wi-Fi calling for moments when that network is more robust and reliable than the carrier's voice network. Camera and video The Lumia 530 comes in a slate form factor with 4-inch touchscreen. The viewing angles are slightly reduced compared to other phones in the Lumia line.

Altering brightness to cope with daylight reveals one of the Lumia 530’s most annoying traits, though. Like the Lumia 630, there’s no auto brightness setting as the phone does not have an ambient light sensor. In the grand scheme, these tests matter little; they're merely indicators of performance. What's most important is if the 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor (and Adreno 302 GPU) lets you do what you want on the phone. Temple Run 2 took a long time to load up the first time, and didn't feel quite as nimble as usual. (It certainly didn't look nearly as richly colored or vibrant as on high-end phones.) Battery The batteries of mobile devices differ in capacity and technology. They provide the electrical charge needed for the functioning of the devices. Capacity As with all phones, the Nokia Lumia 530's overall no-frills desirability entirely depends on your needs. Compared to handsets even a step or two up on the pricing ladder, the 530 is a mediocre performer across the board, though its 4G connection and capacious SD storage card options are bright spots. However, its small screen size limits it from being helpful for seniors or the majority of people transitioning to their first smartphone, and the slippery material is less than ideal. Since Windows Phone OS doesn't have all the same benchmarks we use for Android and iOS, it's harder to get a 1:1 comparison on the diagnostic tests. However, the AnTuTu benchmark notched a total score of 11,128.stand-by time is the longest time a battery charge will last, if the device is not used but is constantly connected to the 2G cellular network. The Lumia 530 screen is not too recessed, either. This limits how badly the phone suffers from reflectivity, meaning it’s reasonably clear outdoors even though top brightness isn’t exactly eyeball-melting. Disclaimer: Windows Latest is not responsible for any damage that may occur while flashing the phone. Steps to install Android on Lumia Microsoft made a bunch of important updates in the 8.1 edition that bring the system a little closer to these two, though. First, there’s now a drop-down menu of notifications and features switches. These colours seem to be all the rage over at Nokia towers this year, being the same ones on offer for the Lumia 630 and Lumia 930.

The color depth of the display is also known as bit depth. It shows the number of bits used for the color components of one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors the screen can display. The phone uses a quad-core Snapdragon 200 1.2GHz CPU, a low-end processor with really very low-power Cortex-A5 cores. A ‘quad-core’ tag is nice to have, but we imagine the Lumia 530 might perform better with the dual-core Cortex-A7 Snapdragon 200 used in the Motorola Moto E. Design Information about the dimensions and weight of the device, shown in different measurement units. Body materials, available colors, certifications. Width On November 10, 2014, Microsoft released its successor, the Microsoft Lumia 535, with a 1-inch larger IPS display, double tap to wake, ambient light sensor, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, 8 GB of internal memory (vs 4 GB), 1GB of RAM (vs 512 MB), larger 1905 mAh battery (vs. 1430mAh), 5 MP front-facing camera (vs. no FF camera), auto-focus for the rear camera (vs fixed focus), and LED Flash (vs. no flash). [2] [3] Hardware [ edit ]Information about the width, i.e. the horizontal side of the device when it is used in its standard orientation. Asphalt 8 runs, and looks fairly good despite missing out on lots of the visual flash you’d get in a high-end phone. However, it does get quite choppy when there are a few cars on screen, and the audio is quite broken throughout – something that is actually more annoying than the frame rate issues. RAM (Random-Access Memory) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data in the RAM is lost after the device is turned off or restarted. It’s a small, fairly low-res display. However, much like the Lumia 520, as the screen is quite small the pixellating effects of the resolution aren’t terrible. Information about additional software and hardware features of the rear camera which improve its overall performance.