Microsoft launches Lumia 640, 640 XL smartphones, price starts Rs 11,999

Microsoft has also announced that buyers of both the smartphones will get Office 365 for free for 12 month and one terabyte of OneDrive storage – a limited time offer redeemable between April and June this year.

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Microsoft on Tuesday launched Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL smartphones in India which were unveiled at Mobile World Congress early this year.

Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL are priced at Rs 11,999 and Rs 15,799 respectively. Microsoft has also announced that buyers of both the smartphones will get Office 365 for free for 12 month and one terabyte of OneDrive storage – a limited time offer redeemable between April and June this year.

Lumia 640 comes across as an upgarde to the Lumia 635, the company’s low-end LTE smartphone. It sports a 5-inch HD display, and has a 8MP snapper with LED flash and a 1MP front-facing camera. There’s an option for dual-SIM card slots. It is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, coupled with 1GB of RAM. It has a 2,500 mAh battery.

Lumia 640 XL comes with a 5.7-inch display with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3, a 13-MP camera with Zeiss optics and a 5-MP front-facing camera. The processor and RAM is the same as the regular-sized Lumia 630. A bigger 3,000mAh battery completes the package.

Both the smartphones run onWindows 8.1 (Denim) and will get Windows 10 in the coming months.

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