Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
This phone is a great pick for somebody’s first smartphone. It has kick-ass hardware at an affordable price: In Europe, the 3G model currently starts at 189 euros (around $210 USD), while the LTE model is priced at 219 euros ($245 USD). Translation: really inexpensive. In the US, the Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is coming later this summer on AT&T, T-Mobile, and MetroPCS. Costs will likely be comparable. You can choose between four different colors: matte cyan, orange, white, and black.
DISPLAY | Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Size | 5.7 inches (~69.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels (~259 ppi pixel density) |
Multitouch | Yes |
Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| - ClearBlack display |
PLATFORM | OS | Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim |
Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8226 Snapdragon 400 |
CPU | Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 |
GPU | Adreno 305 |
COMMS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot |
Bluetooth | v4.0, A2DP |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou |
NFC | Yes |
Radio | FM radio |
USB | microUSB v2.0 |
FEATURES | Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity, compass, sensor core |
Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
Browser | HTML5 |
Java | No |
| - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player - MP4/H.264/WMV player - OneDrive (30 GB cloud storage) - Document viewer - Photo/video editor |
BATTERY | | Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery |
Stand-by | Up to 888 h (2G) / Up to 888 h (3G) |
Talk time | Up to 30 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 24 h (3G) |