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The Lumia 520 was one of the most popular devices ever to run Windows Phone. Can its successor follow in its footsteps?
It is a truth universally acknowledged much of Windows Phone's market share is down to the popularity of its lower end device, the Lumia 520 . Released in early 2013, the 520 now has a successor in the form of the Lumia 530. Is it a worthy one?
Like the 520, the 530's chief selling point looks likely to be its price: it's the cheapest Lumia to date, costing around £60 or €80 – markedly cheaper than the 520, which debuted at £120.
The 530 is pretty much the same size as its predecessor. While there's a couple of millimetres shaved off the dimensions, both come with a four-inch display. And both have almost exactly the same resolution, the 530's marginally better at 480 x 854 pixels. However, while the 520 was IPS LCD, the 530 is LCD alone.
The sacrifices Microsoft has made to keep that alluring price tag are found elsewhere: the 530 has 4GB of storage, compared to the 8GB found on the 520. Of that 4GB, around 1GB was free on the device we used. If you need to expand it, the microSD slot will take you up to 128GB, double the 64GB optionable with the 520.
RAM too is the same at 512MB, though the chipset has been upgraded from a dual-core 1Ghz Qualcomm's MSM8227, to a quad-core 1.2Ghz Snapdragon 200, making it a decently zippy device. It doesn't struggle with Windows Phone 8.1, and from a quick sample, it copes fine with games that should require 1GB of memory.
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