Smartphone Microsoft Lumia 435: a review, features and reviews.

Lumia 435 - an interesting budget model. This is the first device in the 400's line, aimed at the target audience, different from most brand models. If you need a smartphone for a child, a backup option or you make the transition from a conventional button phone to your first smartphone - you will be well suited for Lumia 435. The price and specifications unequivocally point to such a model destination.

Appearance

If for expensive smartphones the company often prefers win-win classic colors - black and white, then for budget devices do not lose the popularity of bright acid colors.

Lumia 435 in shape resembles Asha 503 - the same strict rectangular outlines. The back cover of a strong, scratch-resistant matte polycarbonate can easily be removed / put on. It has not only an aesthetic value (buying a few colors, you can change them even every day), but also practical - if the back side loses an attractive appearance, it is easy and simple to replace, without the cost of professional repairs and a long search for spare parts.

Microsoft Lumia 435 is a very compact model that fits comfortably in any hand. The back part is smoothly rounded, and the weight of the smartphone is correctly distributed to achieve an ideal balance. Exact dimensions of the model: 11,8х6,5х1,2 cm, weight 134 g.

The location of the connectors is standard: on the upper end there is a headphone jack, at the bottom - microUSB. The physical buttons are located on the right - the volume button and the unlock button. Both are easily distinguishable and pleasantly pressed. The left end is completely empty.

To replace and install the microSD and microSIM-card will have to get the battery.

Screen

The display by today's standards is small, but quite standard for budget devices - the diagonal is only 4 inches, resolution 480 by 800 pixels (density 233 pixels per inch). Perhaps, this is one of the weakest parts of the model. The screen is not protected by either Gorilla Glass or oleophobic coating. This means that scratches on it will appear quickly, and fingerprints (and cheeks) will be very noticeable. So you have to immediately stock up on cleansing napkins for technology.

Low resolution is particularly noticeable when reading text and greatly complicates the viewing of web pages.

Bright sunlight is also a problem for Microsoft Lumia 435. Black loses its clarity, so be prepared to cover the display with your palm (especially when using WhatsApp).

But the smartphone has an option that is usually not available in low-cost models - auto-tuning the brightness of the screen. It is not very sensitive, but it does not make it necessary for the user to change its parameters manually.

The expected viewing angles at the screen are poor, the illumination and color saturation drops noticeably when viewed from different angles. Auto-tuning the brightness slightly improves the situation, but still can not completely eliminate this flaw.

But the screen sensor is very sensitive and quickly responds to the touch.

Characteristics of Lumia 435

The smartphone dual-core processor Snapdragon 200, running at 1.2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM. This allows him to cope with most of the tasks required by the average user, to whom he is oriented.

Internal memory of 8 GB (do not forget that about half is occupied by system files), its increase is possible with the help of microSD-cards up to 128 GB.

The battery is rather modest, its capacity is 1560 mA.

The smartphone has 2 cameras, but there is not much to expect from them:

• The main one is 2 Mp, the flash is absent. On a small screen, pictures may seem acceptable quality, but with their increase on a device with a large display, low quality is very evident. The same goes for the video shot with it;
• The front VGA is equivalent to 0.3 Mp. It is useful only for video chat in Skype, and even then the result will be rather mediocre.

Opportunities for communication

Since the Lumia 435 does not pretend to be a universal mobile device, its main function, namely, providing the owner with different types of communication, should be implemented as best as possible. And here the manufacturer did not deceive expectations.

The quality of the calls at the altitude, the speaker and the microphone work perfectly well, and therefore both of the interlocutors are perfectly audible.

The branded People Hub application allows you to create an "intelligent" list of contacts and supplement it with information taken from the profiles of your friends on social networks.

Of course, the smartphone supports the new standard Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, as well as GPS.

A Lumia 435 Dual Sim - an exact copy of the model 435, but with 2 microSIM-cards - will allow using two tariff plans or a personal and corporate card at the same time.

Interface

Initially, the Lumia 435 smartphone comes with Windows Phone 8.1 installed on it, but it was one of the first to be on the list of devices that officially support Windows 10.

Of course, a modest number of applications - a typical drawback of both versions of operating systems, but Microsoft is rapidly increasing their number. In addition, they have merit, which deserve a special mention.

For example, customers are granted 30 GB of free space in the cloud storage OneDrive, the exchange of files with which occurs very quickly and comfortably.

Together with convenient and well-tuned Microsoft Office applications, this greatly facilitates the life of users - because today we often start working with a document on one computer, then transfer it to another computer, and with the help of mobile devices we make edits on the move.

Since the price category Lumia 435 allows you to use it as a smartphone for children and teenagers, playing music is far from the last function in it. It should be noted that with it, he copes quite successfully, and together with good headphones, the volume and basses allow you to enjoy records in all its glory. So Lumia 435 - a worthy replacement for a separate music player.

Step into the Future

With Windows technology from futuristic movies are available even in a budget smartphone. Voice Assistant "Cortana" - Microsoft's response to Apple's "Siri" or Google's Google Now - is developing quite quickly and can already perform many functions:

• Start searching for information on a given query (though, do it exclusively in the search engine Bing);
• To recognize and find music;
• Translate the smartphone into silent mode during meetings from the calendar;
• And even tell anecdotes.

But, unfortunately, so far, "Cortana" can only translate the phrases into Russian, but to use it as a language for communication with the user is not able to. There are rumors that this defect will be corrected in 2016, but exact dates are still unknown.

Money matters

How much will Lumia 435 cost? The price at the time of the beginning of sales (February 2015) was about 4,5 thousand rubles. Now the smartphone is a little cheaper, you can find offers with a value of just under 4 thousand rubles. Since this is a fairly popular and recently released model, it is easy to find in most electronics stores.

What do customers think about Lumia 435?

Reviews on the smartphone, as well as the opinions of experts, mostly positive. Given its cost, it performs its functions perfectly.

The attractive design is combined with the unexpected reliability of the case, which is quite difficult to damage. The smartphone has good performance, making it easy to solve most problems. Of course, the weak processor makes itself felt - if old games like Angry Birds and Jetpack Joyride are perfectly launched, then modern Asphalt 8, Subway Surfers or Temple Run 2 start to hang strongly with the player's transition to higher levels and acceleration of the game.

The battery is enough for a day of fairly active use of the smartphone. Of course, if you are going to play or watch movies for much longer (which is not so convenient on such a small screen), then the battery will sit much earlier.

To delay this moment, you can switch to an energy-saving mode or use the Battery Saver application, which shows where the battery charge is consumed.

And what about the camera in Lumia 435? Reviews predictably refer to its shortcomings. After all, this quality of images today, few will suit even in a mobile device. But it is clear that this was one of the victims (along with a small screen), which had to be brought for the sake of reducing the cost of the model.

Summing up

Both versions of this smartphone - with one microSIM-card or Lumia 435 Dual Sim - demonstrate an excellent price-quality ratio. Yes, they have significant drawbacks - a screen, a camera, a weak processor. But we must not forget that these smartphones cost about 1/10 of the price of the iPhone 6, Samsung Galaxy S6 or LG G4, so you can not measure them by the same parameters. The build quality, the carefully balanced balance of physical components and the operating system that allows you to successfully perform most standard tasks, the mass of functions that you rarely see in such models, is a very modest price - all this makes the Lumia 435 a reliable and affordable "workhorse".