Friday, May 15, 2015

Microsoft Lumia 640 unboxing and first look

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  • You guys asked for it – or at least a couple of you did – so I wanted to make sure I shared this unboxing with you. Although we don't have any concrete release date just yet, the Microsoft Lumia 640 is going to be landing on T-Mobile's store shelves very soon. I got my hands on the unlocked international model so that you could have a quick first impressions and overview before it eventually arrives in Magenta flavor.

    It features:

  • 5.0-inch, 720 x 1280 resolution IPS LCD ClearBlack display
  • Corning Gorilla Glass 3
  • Snapdragon 400 quad-core 1.2GHz processor
  • 1GB RAM
  • 8GB storage (expandable up to 128GB)
  • 8MP rear camera with 1080p video
  • 1MP front camera with 720p video
  • 2,500mAh removable Li-Ion battery
  • Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim
  • Upgradable to Windows 10 for Phones once available
  • As far as budget Windows Phone devices go, I think we could be on to a winner here and definitely one worth holding out for. From what I remember of my time with the 635, this is a much better handset in almost every way. And the great news is that it has LTE support on T-Mo, something that has been sacrificed on some other budget Microsoft devices.

    What do you make of it? Will you be upgrading from your old Windows Phones?

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  • David c

    I have been waiting for this forever!! It was supposed to be released in March on tmo. No point of buying it elsewhere, because it wont have tmo wifi calling

  • Zacamandapio

    Is better reception wifi calling's only advantage?

  • Derek

    Wifi calling is only as good as 1) the wifi speed your on, and 2) the software compressing/decompressing the voice on your phone. My galaxy S4 was awful at wifi calling despite my decent internet connection.

  • jakematic

    It's a great phone without a huge price tag – been very happy with mine for the last month or so on T-Mo. . There's going to need to be a seriously compelling reason for me to upgrade to a flagship Windows Phone later this year when they come out.

    Would be nice if it had Hey Cortana, but Band solves that problem anyway…

  • Derek

    I wanted one of these… but after waiting for 2 months, i couldn't wait any longer. I went with the Blu Win HD LTE phone and never looked back. Gotta, say. I love my Blu. I like the design a lot more. The nokia's are nice, but I always felt the buttons were kind of squishy.

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