Microsoft Lumia 650 Release Date: Amazon leaks Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM Price

By Ajay Kadkol - 05 Apr '16 15:58PM

Microsoft is not really attending to its smartphone business as a priority these days as the focus is currently on its core services. However, there is one more smartphone arriving to the Indian consumer market.

The budget Lumia 650 Dual is now being announced in Indian market. Turns out, soon after the smartphone was launched in US and Canada, Amazon put up a listing for the same on its India storefront. The Lumia 650 Dual listed on Amazon India is priced at Rs 16,599 for the 16GB white model, while the black version with the same storage capacity is listed for Rs 16,700. The smartphone has been also listed by local retailers indicating that it won't be an Amazon exclusive.

Officially announced in February this year, the arrival to India is rather faster than many other brand phones.Priced bit too high for a Snapdragon 212, the only appreciable features are that it comes with Windows 10 mobile out of the box. Equipped with only a single gigabyte of ram which we saw it in mediocre-low budget phones two years back with most phones coming out with a majority of 2GB ram.

Powered by a low end Adreno 304 which means decent gaming is possible but however graphic hungry games like N.O.V.A 3 might stutter a bit along with Asphalt 8 etc. HD display is clear back display with a OLED panel and secured by Corning Gorilla glass 3. It does however house huge additional storage up to 200GB on a dedicated micro-SD card and internally can store up to 16GB of data. The phone's available either in a single sim or a dual sim both Nano standards. It comes with a very lower capacitive Lithium ion 2000mah which is arguably fair for a HD display. It does come with an NFC and FM radio.

It approximately weighs about 122grams. Users get to enjoy 15GB free OneDrive storage which is actually free for everyone so that's a bummer for a buyer since Samsung used to provide about 50GB of cloud storage free for its customers. Microsoft are for sure lagging behind in the smartphone business.