Unlike the, IMO, pretty crap Lumia 530, these both look pretty fantastic for the price. A version of the 532 with 4G for a few extra dollars would basically be the perfect low-end phone.
The 532 is definitely a well-needed upgrade, if for no other reason than to placate those wanting more RAM. They need a similar replacement for the 63x, and they need a new flagship in the near future.The M8 and Icon/930 are still great, but they will need to be replaced soon.
I bet Microsoft can do better than this. Lumia 435 and 532 is far from one of the better phones if you ask me! / miles_russell from http://www.phonestop7.tk/
At any rate this will be a pretty great phone. I've got a 635 as my main phone and own a 520 and a 928, and honestly Windows Phone will run fine on a dual core A7 (even though a quad A9 chokes and dies on Android LOL). It's waaaaaaaaaaay faster than Android.
I love that Microsoft's doing solid inexpensive phones. I bought my 635 for literally less than 1/11th the dead iPhone 5s it replaced, and it's basically just as good for my purposes.
Way too many phones in low end with similar specs and price. Quite confusing to customers. They all look the same. Yesterdays hardware in fancy plastic brick. Huraaay or better not.
MS should have left Nokia to do its job and concentrate more on mobile OS, find the ways to attract developers and customers. Maybe to start with making mobile OS open source, free to custom.Give user option to freely completely drop the whole tiles and make it to user liking not what MS like.
Actually Nokia was the one giving out low-ram spec'd phones in this segment. The 532 was only born after MS purchased Nokia. Otherwise you'd probably be waiting for a 540 to get 1GB of RAM. Anyway they do need to get their butts in gear on a flagship as the new wave of flagship phones is coming. Alternatively get HTC to make an M9 for Windows like they did with the M8, good phone.
Too many phones in general. Series 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9, 10... some of them having more than 1 model in production. Not to mention some EOL models still sitting in shops.
One high-end, 5", 4 cores (high end), 1080p or more, 2GB/32GB mem/storage + SD, 16+MP/2+MP cameras
One phablet, 6", 4 or more cores high-end, highest available res, 2GB/64GB mem/storage + SD, 20+MP/5+MP cameras
All phones (except maybe low end... but even that one) should have "Lumia DNA" - wireless charging, NFC, colour options... I don't think these options are too pricey nowadays, and they would make some production costs cuts if they streamline 10 different models down to 4...
And instead of re-releasing same models with some tweaks, they could focus on designing accessories for those phones - ideally universal. Wireless chargers, NFC speakers etc. etc. Enrich ecosystem instead of keeping it shallow yet oversaturated on handsets side.
My friend Microsoft is giving 5mp front camera for low end. So if they give 2mp front camera as you said will be a downgrade. I expect minimum 8 mp for above $300-350 dollars and 8 with flash for above $500
Well Windows phones has been very good even the speck are not so great, so it is not so good comparison. The old 520 was a great phone, the 530 was not. The 532 seems to reasonable good, even minor upgrade to 520 is some sense, but not in all... Hopefully the 530 will fade a way and in the future we will have cleaner product portfolio.
But xiaomi can't make lag free devices like WP with just dual core and 512 ram. ( of course with quad core and 1gb ram too). They don't have gestures too. And forget about 128 GB memory expansion in all xiaomi mobiles. But Lumia most low end also gets 128 GB. And OS runs buttery smooth even if phone and SD memory fully filled. Only Lumia rocks here
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althaz - Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - link
Unlike the, IMO, pretty crap Lumia 530, these both look pretty fantastic for the price. A version of the 532 with 4G for a few extra dollars would basically be the perfect low-end phone.Alexvrb - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
The 532 is definitely a well-needed upgrade, if for no other reason than to placate those wanting more RAM. They need a similar replacement for the 63x, and they need a new flagship in the near future.The M8 and Icon/930 are still great, but they will need to be replaced soon.miles_russell - Thursday, February 12, 2015 - link
I bet Microsoft can do better than this. Lumia 435 and 532 is far from one of the better phones if you ask me! / miles_russell from http://www.phonestop7.tk/BMNify - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
This shows that Microsoft is going forward with 1GB RAM even for low end phones, all the 512 MB ones were in the pipeline before the acquisition.Wolfpup - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link
That's interesting, yeah you may be right.At any rate this will be a pretty great phone. I've got a 635 as my main phone and own a 520 and a 928, and honestly Windows Phone will run fine on a dual core A7 (even though a quad A9 chokes and dies on Android LOL). It's waaaaaaaaaaay faster than Android.
I love that Microsoft's doing solid inexpensive phones. I bought my 635 for literally less than 1/11th the dead iPhone 5s it replaced, and it's basically just as good for my purposes.
milkod2001 - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Way too many phones in low end with similar specs and price. Quite confusing to customers. They all look the same. Yesterdays hardware in fancy plastic brick. Huraaay or better not.MS should have left Nokia to do its job and concentrate more on mobile OS, find the ways to attract developers and customers. Maybe to start with making mobile OS open source, free to custom.Give user option to freely completely drop the whole tiles and make it to user liking not what MS like.
Alexvrb - Sunday, January 18, 2015 - link
Actually Nokia was the one giving out low-ram spec'd phones in this segment. The 532 was only born after MS purchased Nokia. Otherwise you'd probably be waiting for a 540 to get 1GB of RAM. Anyway they do need to get their butts in gear on a flagship as the new wave of flagship phones is coming. Alternatively get HTC to make an M9 for Windows like they did with the M8, good phone.nikon133 - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link
Too many phones in general. Series 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 ,9, 10... some of them having more than 1 model in production. Not to mention some EOL models still sitting in shops.Personally I think they should focus on:
One entry level, 4 - 4.5", 2 cores, 800x... res, 1GB/8GB mem/storage + SD, 5MP/0.3MP cameras
One mid-range, 4.7-5", 4 cores (entry/mid range), 1280x... res, 1GB/16GB mem/storage + SD, 8MP/1MP cameras
One high-end, 5", 4 cores (high end), 1080p or more, 2GB/32GB mem/storage + SD, 16+MP/2+MP cameras
One phablet, 6", 4 or more cores high-end, highest available res, 2GB/64GB mem/storage + SD, 20+MP/5+MP cameras
All phones (except maybe low end... but even that one) should have "Lumia DNA" - wireless charging, NFC, colour options... I don't think these options are too pricey nowadays, and they would make some production costs cuts if they streamline 10 different models down to 4...
And instead of re-releasing same models with some tweaks, they could focus on designing accessories for those phones - ideally universal. Wireless chargers, NFC speakers etc. etc. Enrich ecosystem instead of keeping it shallow yet oversaturated on handsets side.
AlluringRaja - Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - link
My friend Microsoft is giving 5mp front camera for low end. So if they give 2mp front camera as you said will be a downgrade. I expect minimum 8 mp for above $300-350 dollars and 8 with flash for above $500TT Masterzz - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi etc for a few extra dollars provide much better specs imo.drojf - Thursday, January 15, 2015 - link
Main advantage would probably be battery lifehaukionkannel - Friday, January 16, 2015 - link
Well Windows phones has been very good even the speck are not so great, so it is not so good comparison. The old 520 was a great phone, the 530 was not. The 532 seems to reasonable good, even minor upgrade to 520 is some sense, but not in all...Hopefully the 530 will fade a way and in the future we will have cleaner product portfolio.
AlluringRaja - Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - link
But xiaomi can't make lag free devices like WP with just dual core and 512 ram. ( of course with quad core and 1gb ram too). They don't have gestures too. And forget about 128 GB memory expansion in all xiaomi mobiles. But Lumia most low end also gets 128 GB. And OS runs buttery smooth even if phone and SD memory fully filled. Only Lumia rocks heresnoozemode - Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - link
They should just have 2-3 different screen sizes for each 4-5 varying models specification wise.