Microsoft’s latest Lumia, 532, continues budget play with Cortana and entry-level specs

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In grand Lumia tradition, the 532 comes in some screaming shades.Microsoft

 

Microsoft announced its latest low-cost Lumia, the Lumia 532, on Wednesday. If models in the 1000 range are its most high-end, then you can guess where the 532’s specs fall. There will be the latest Windows Phone 8.1 operating system and Cortana voice assistant in select markets, but hardware is lean enough to support an attractive budget price.

The phone starts you off with a 4-inch WVGA LCD screen and an 800×480-pixel resolution. It isn’t very high, but it fits right in with the smaller screen size (which will feel Lilliputian compared with today’s mammoth phones). Microsoft’s simple Windows Phone interface also lends itself to this pixel density. The 532 will come with the Glance UI, which just means you can see the date and time displayed on the screen when the phone is locked.

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