Microsoft Lumia 535 and 535 Dual SIM review: A first of many

10 December 2014
It’s a Lumia like the rest of them. A new youth player promoted to the first team, which will have no trouble blending in. It’s just a different name on the familiar kit. Microsoft is starting from the bottom up – an entry level handset, no redesign to speak of...

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  • 19 Dec 2014

Mandy, 19 Dec 2014Why cortana is not working in indiacortana is still in beta, few language support.
currently cortana only support 7 language. (US English, UK English, Chinese, French, Italian, German and Spanish)
if you want to use cortana, you have to change region setting to either of the country that support cortana.

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    • Mandy
    • t1$
    • 19 Dec 2014

    Why cortana is not working in india

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      • sid
      • U@9
      • 17 Dec 2014

      Best price in budget
      More reliable
      Best performance
      And lot of things is makes batter in lumia series

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        • bapina
        • t1$
        • 17 Dec 2014

        Mind blowing

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          • ram
          • YT1
          • 17 Dec 2014

          today am goin to buy microsoft 535 i hope it vil be gud if any cause who is response

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            • Anonymous
            • rr7
            • 16 Dec 2014

            Produce a dual sim with lte connectivity.

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              • AdamBoy64
              • Fv4
              • 15 Dec 2014

              kishore, 14 Dec 2014Very bad experience for me using Lumia 535, touch screen is... more1GB of memory isn't an issue..
              The touchscreen responsiveness is - however MS are issuing a fix for that shortly.

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                • Y}K
                • 14 Dec 2014

                Doug, 13 Dec 2014This is a step backwards, Micro$oft is making a bad joke...your wrong

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                  • kishore
                  • rKQ
                  • 14 Dec 2014

                  Very bad experience for me using Lumia 535, touch screen is too bad 👎 although It is having 1gb ram the device is running very slow..

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                    • AnonD-341479
                    • Hkt
                    • 14 Dec 2014

                    Lumia 535 is the best at this price.

                      Marc Aurel, 12 Dec 2014This is getting too far with only the two of us discussing,... moreHehe, yes, overall I'm not saying these phones are not good for the money, I think mainly the naming scheme is bad, because when you see new models of a series, they are supposed to be superior in some specs and at worst equal to previous models. What happens here is that the 630/635 are actually worse than the 620/625, which had more features like front camera, flash and the 625 even does 1080p videos. The 530 is equally disappointing in some aspects. I think the 630/635 series would have been better named 630/535 and the 535 maybe 640, the mistake is mainly marketing/branding one.

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                        • Doug
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                        • 13 Dec 2014

                        This is a step backwards, Micro$oft is making a bad joke...

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                          • AnonD-333054
                          • JDA
                          • 13 Dec 2014

                          Thank for review.
                          I think you should list 630 as an alternative too.
                          Looks like a better value for those not interested in ffc.
                          Where there double tap-to-wake mentioned?

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 13 Dec 2014

                            M and M, 12 Dec 2014I have seen the price on some online stores since it's not ... morei don't think it's Microsoft fault that 530/630/635 are poorly thought, they came after Nokia's acquisition. they might have been on production by Nokia before Microsoft acquire Nokia, and Microsoft have no choice but to sell them.

                              M and M, 12 Dec 2014the 520 is also snappier, it seems like the 535 is overall ... moreThis is getting too far with only the two of us discussing, but I must say to me the Lumia 535 looks like almost as good value for money as the 520 was 18 months ago. Saying that 480p/30 video is "almost unusable" even for casual family videos makes about as much sense as saying that 5MP still camera is unusable, since the high end has 13-20MP. DVDs are 480p/576p for pete's sake(with a player that supports progressive scanning); do you consider them almost unwatchable?

                                Marc Aurel, 12 Dec 2014Lumia 520 is a better choice since it has 720p video record... morethe 520 is also snappier, it seems like the 535 is overall of a lower quality, people report the screen hanging occasionally. It has higher resolution than the 520 but weaker graphics Also, I am sick of hugephones (and many people like me), so I would like a cheap phone more pocketable.
                                My point is that the 520 was great because in 2013 it gave you so much for a small price and it appealed to a wide range of people, it was cheap but it didn't feel cheap, because it was fast and had 720p when the best phones took 1080p. While this phone is slower, steps back to 480p when the big guys do 4K, it means it's almost unusable for family videos even occasionally, it's not really the good budget bargain that the 520 was.

                                  M and M, 12 Dec 2014I have seen the price on some online stores since it's not ... moreLumia 520 is a better choice since it has 720p video recording? Because in all other respects the 535 is better. Or do you mean that the 520 is better value for money right now? It should be, since it's almost two years old and sells for almost half the price it came out originally.

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                                    • 12 Dec 2014

                                    Looks like a no go phone. 480p video recording, inaccurate touch, low battery and poor sunlight visibility are the main reasons this is a fail.

                                      Marc Aurel, 11 Dec 2014You have been misinformed about the price. The initial pric... moreI have seen the price on some online stores since it's not selling in my country yet, so yes, maybe the online price is a bit high for the moment but still, the lumia 520 is still cheaper and still a better choice after almost 2 years.
                                      All these pointless models like the 530/535 and 630/635 are so poorly thought and it looks like it's all Microsoft's fault, they came right after Nokia's acquisition.

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                                        • AdamBoy64
                                        • Fv4
                                        • 11 Dec 2014

                                        Marc Aurel, 11 Dec 2014You have been misinformed about the price. The initial pric... moreYep, it's a great package for a great price.