T-Mobile's Lumia 530 Windows Phone expected to land mid-October for just $69

The Lumia 530 is being position as i of the nigh affordable Windows Phones available, despite growing completion from the likes of BLU and others. T-Mobile announced back in July that it would be stocking the ultra-budget telephone, although no pricing or release date was given with only a generic "later this year" promise.

Windows Phone Central now expects the phone to launch in mid-October at a $69 off-contract toll.

T-Mobile has not announced the release date or pricing, and so this data is unofficial, though we believe reliable.

The Lumia 530 starting at $69 is certainly a neat toll. For comparison, when the T-Mobile Lumia 521 launched back in May of 2022, information technology sold direct for $149.99. In the following year, the Lumia 521 dropped down to $59 or less through diverse third-party re-sellers for T-Mobile. With the Lumia 530 reportedly starting at just $69, information technology can only get lower in the coming months, making this a significantly cheaper Lumia for those on a tight budget. Indeed, we expect some retailers to sell beneath that $69 soon-after launch.

The Lumia 530 comes off as a sequel to the venerable Lumia 520 and Lumia 521 (T-Mobile variant; see our full review). However, while it gains some impressive internals like a quad-core Snapdragon 200 at 1.ii GHz, it continues to omit other features including a front-facing camera, ambience lite sensor, and more. Instead, the Lumia 635, too bachelor on T-Mobile for $168 straight, is the virtually natural upgrade path for Lumia 520 owners.

Windows Phone Central compared the Lumia 520 to the Lumia 530 for benchmarks and found a significant performance bump due to the newer processor and GPU found in the Lumia 530. We also compared the Lumia 530 to the Lumia 635.

Read "Lumia 520 versus Lumia 530 benchmarks prove who is king of low-cost Windows Phones"

The Lumia 530 features a 4-inch display LCD FWVGA (854 x 480), a quad-cadre 1.2 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, 4 GB of onboard storage (micro SD expansion) and a 5 MP fixed-focus camera. The Lumia 530 also supports Cortana since information technology is launching with at least Windows Telephone 8.1 (although it may come with 8.1.i out the gate build 12400 is currently shipping on the unlocked version).

Y'all can meet our above easily-on video tour of the unlocked Lumia 530 to a higher place to get an idea of what to look.

Although the Lumia 530 comes in a diverseness of colors, T-Mobile is expected merely to stock it in their favorite matte-white color. Luckily, users tin buy alternative colour back covers to customize.

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