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Microsoft Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 Dual SIM has been officially launched today on Monday. Microsoft has announced new budget smartphone running Windows 10, Microsoft Lumia 650 price suggested around $199 before subsidies and local taxes and will go on sale in selected European markets starting from 18th February.
Additionally, Microsoft Lumia 650 Dual SIM variant has been officially listed on the company’s India website without any pricing details, but we expected that it will fall around Rs 14,000.
The Microsoft Lumia 650 flaunts a 5.0-inch AMOLED ClearBlack display with HD 720 x 1280 pixels resolution that can translate a pixel density of 297ppi. The screen is also protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The handset is powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core processor that’s supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 SoC. It packs a 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage which can be further expanded via microSD card up to 200GB.
The handset features an 8-megapixel Autofocus primary rear camera with 1/4 inch sensor, 2x zoom, f/2.2 aperture and LED flash. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture and wide angle lens to capture group selfie and video calling. The rear camera also features Auto balance, Face recognition, Full screen viewfinder, Geotagging, Landscape orientation and Touch focus. Both front and rear cameras capable of record HD 720p video at 30fps.
The handset runs Windows 10 OS and packs 2000mAh battery out of the box. On connectivity front, Lumia 650 Dual SIM includes 4G LTE, 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, 3.5 mm audio jack and FM radio. Check out Microsoft Lumia 650 Specs below:
Microsoft Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 Dual SIM Specifications:
- Dimensions of 142 x 70.9 x 6.9 mm
- Weight of 122g
- AMOLED Display of 5.0 inches with ClearBlack Tech.
- Resolution of 720×1280 pixels
- Rear Camera of 8 mega pixels
- Front Camera of 5 mega pixels
- Windows 10 Mobile operating system
- 1.3 GHz quad-core Processor
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 Chip
- 1GB of RAM
- Internal memory of 16GB
- Expandable memory up to 200GB
- Connectivity of 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, Bluetooth 4.1 LE, Micro-USB 2.0
- Battery capacity of 2000mAh
- Single/Dual SIM
Hands down this is the worst phone in the history of phones. I’ve been using it for 4 months now and it’s been horrible.
For starters MS brags about its multimedia powers, yet there are no headphones in the package. You have to buy one yourself. I guess doing this, they managed to save like 10 bucks.
The battery is not remotely close to sufficient for such power thirsty device. I mean in contrast to lets say Lumia 540, the network hardware is upgraded to LTE, some NFC and some sensors are added and stuff, yet the battery is downgraded. This is the first time I’ve ever had to take my power bank with me everywhere all day.
When using a 4g data connection, the connection halts for no reason. The letters “4g” are still visible on the screen but there is no send nor recieve data. The only solution is to restart the phone and this happens about every 5 minutes or so.
Apps take ages to start and some ages after that to become responsive. Sometimes when you quit an app, in order to be able to start it again you have to restart the phone.
Worst of all, it’s the terrible support services that annoys me. If you have a question you can ask in the forums and sure someone will answer within 5 minutes. If you need help buying apps and stuff, MS’ support staff will be more than glad to help you out. But god forbid if there is somethingn wrong with your device. No body and I mean none of the support staff knows anything about anything. They give you the same routine restart/factory reset advice and when that doesn’t help, they transfer you to the next knows-nothing so called support staff.
The store finds the updates but wouldn’t download and install them. Just says “pending” and that’s that. No errors and no nothing. Also if you’re trying to download an app over 50 megabytes via network data, the store decides that you’re not component enough to make your own decision and wouldn’t allow you unless you’re on a wireless connection.