Microsoft Lumia 532 Review

Microsoft Lumia 532 is an interesting phone, which features a 4 inches touch-screen, a very fast 1.2 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU, and 2 cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 0.3 mega-pixels front camera.

This phone ships with a high speed 1.2 gigahertz Quad-Core processor, packed into the Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8212 chip with only 1 GB of RAM which is a little poor for a device this powerful. Graphic calculations generally consume a lot of processing power, so it also has a 400 megahertz Adreno 302 GPU to improve overall performance. A good point of this phone is its big 8 GB internal memory and an external memory card slot, enough to install hundreds of games and applications without worrying about space.

It appears that Microsoft forgot about weight optimization in this 4.81 oz cellphone. While the Microsoft Lumia 532 is quite thin it's not even close to being one of the thinnest cellphones out there, with a thickness of 0.46". This device is offerred in a wide range of color variations like black, orange, green and white.

The Lumia 532 is equipped with two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 0.3 mega-pixels front camera.

Microsoft packed this phone with a very good 4-inches display, and a resolution of 800 x 480 , making everything look colorful and brightful. Its display uses LCD capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch gestures.

This phone counts with a 1560 mAh medium sized Li-Ion battery providing this phone with a quite short battery duration.

This device has Wi-Fi connection (which can be provided to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot), HSPA+ (4G) connectivity, which is not as fast as LTE-A or LTE networks and the fastest 3G connectivity, using HSDPA and HSUPA technologies. The Lumia 532 supports dual SIM to be able to to use 2 different phone lines and even different carriers in the same device.

This cellphone also comes with a couple of interesting characteristics such as Bluetooth (for communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories) and GPS Navigation, and a couple sensors likeLight Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

Microsoft is offering the Lumia 532 for $ 249, which is a high price for this type of device. No matter if you are looking for a social cellphone or will use it as a gaming phone, this device is definitely the correct option . Microsoft sells this device with User Guide, Charger and Battery.