The Nokia Lumia 530 is an entry-level

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developed by Microsoft Mobile that runs the

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operating system. On November 10, 2014, Microsoft released its successor, the

Microsoft Lumia 535 The Microsoft Lumia 535 is an entry-level smartphone developed by Microsoft Mobile that runs the Windows Phone 8.1 OS and is upgradable to Windows 10 Mobile. The phone features a 5-inch display. It is equipped with a 5 MP front-facing camera. It ...

, 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).

Hardware

The Lumia 530 comes in a slate form factor with 4-inch

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. The viewing angles are slightly reduced compared to other phones in the Lumia line.

Software

The Lumia 530 ships with

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, as well as exclusive software like Nokia Mix Radio and

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(featuring turn-by-turn directions, offline maps and navigation, and transit info).

Reception

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considers the Lumia 530 a step in the wrong direction. In comparison to its predecessor, the

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, the Lumia 530 is worse as it removes the dedicated camera button, has a worse display with poor contrast, color, and viewing angles, and it’s susceptible to backlight bleed and has a worse GPU. The limited amount of RAM makes some games not able to run and cripples the multitasking ability making apps switching slow.

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also considers the Lumia 530 to be worse than its predecessor, as it has a worse camera with fixed focus, instead of the auto-focus of the predecessor, half the storage size, and a worse graphics processor.Nokia Lumia 530 vs 520 comparison review: why the new Windows Phone is worse than the old one - PC Advisor
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Variants

There are two dual sim variants: RM-1019 and RM-1020

References

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Hardware

Software

Reception

Variants

See also

References