Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Review

Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is a complete Windows Phone 8.1 cellphone, which features a great 1.2 gigahertz Quad-Core processor, a really big 5.7-inches multi-touch capacitive screen, and two cameras, a 13 MP back facing camera and a 5 megapixels front facing camera.

Microsoft decided to build this phone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 system chip, which holds an exceptional Quad-Core CPU running at 1200 megahertz with only 1 GB RAM which is a little bit disappointing for such a powerful cellphone. Graphic calculations generally uses a lot of processing power, so it also has a 450 MHz Adreno 305 graphic processing unit to unload the CPU. A good point of this phone is its 8 GB quite big internal storage and an SD extension slot, which allows you to store hundreds of games and applications without worrying about space.

Microsoft did a very nice job making this device weight only 6.03 ounces. Microsoft sells this cellphone in many different color variations: black, orange, blue and white. This phone is incredibly slim, with a thickness of just 0.35 inches. This phone is only 6.22 inches long, but it is able to fit a a 5.7 inches screen.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 13 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 5 megapixels front facing camera. Its back-facing camera has a f/2 aperture so it can capture clear photographs even in poor lighting conditions. This phone also captures videos in 1920x1080 (Full HD) at 30 frames per second. In addition, this device's camera also counts with auto-focus and flash.

Microsoft equipped this phone with a interesting 5.7 inches screen, and a resolution of 1280 x 720 (HD), which makes all photos and videos look very good. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and has multi-touch detection.

This phone features an awesome 3000 mAh battery that can keep it running for several hours without charging it at all. Microsoft reports a 30.3 hours talk time and a 888 hours stand by time for this phone.

The Lumia 640 XL includes WiFi connection (which it can share with other devices acting as a modem), LTE (4G) fast connection type and also HSPA+ connection type, which is a slower 4G technology and 3G fast internet connection, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This device uses a Micro SIM card for GSM services.

This phone also comes with a couple interesting characteristics like Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

The Lumia 640 XL is being sold for $ 140, a rather high price for this type of phone. No matter whether you want this cellphone to take lots of photographs, are looking for a cellphone for playing games, want a social device or need a phone for work, this phone is a great choice for you.