Bruce Howe, General Manager, Microsoft mobile Devices Sales for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei with Gary Chan, Head of Marketing, Microsoft Devices Pan Asia presenting the new Lumia 640 Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL smartphones
The recently announced Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL have been announced for Malaysia at RM739 and RM929 respectively. Both will be available through authorized channels and merchants on 17 April 2015 with plans for the Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM to come in later on. The Lumia 640 Dual SIM offers both 3G and 4G LTE connectivity while the Lumia 640 XL offers Dual SIM 3G connectivity. Both come with various Microsoft applications but from 1 April 2015 to 30 June 2015, both phones will also offer a 1-year subscription for Office 365 Personal, 1TB of OneDrive storage and 60 Skype World minutes. Features and tech specs for the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL includes the following:
- Microsoft Lumia 640
- 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB storage + up to128GB microSD
- 5-inch Clearback IPS LCD display, 1280 x 720 pixel HD resolution, Gorilla Glass 3, Sunlight readability enhancements
- 8MP ¼" rear camera sensor with f/2.2 aperture, dynamic flash, auto HDR + 0.9MP front camera
- 141.3 x 72.2 x 8.8mm | 145 grams
- supports dual SIM, 3G, 4G
- available in cyan, orange, black and white colors
- 2500 mAh battery
- Windows 8.1 Lumia Denim
- Microsoft Lumia 640 XL
- 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB + up to 128GB microSD
- 5.7-inch display (1280 x 720 pixels, Gorilla Glass 3, Sunlight readability enhancements)
- 13MP rear camera (1/3" sensor, f/2.0 aperture, dynamic LED flash) + 5MP front camera (wide angle)
- 157.9 x 81.5 x 9mm
- 3000 mAh battery
- Windows Phone 8.1 Lumia Denim
In addition, Microsoft also showcased the various Microsoft applications for both work and play including Food and Recipe and Office Lens. It really showed off what Windows Phone devices can do and both smartphones are fully set for all the features of Windows 10 which is coming soon as well. They also mentioned that the Lumia 430 would be arriving end of April 2015 at RM319 while the Microsoft Surface 3 is currently on pre-order at RM1989 from authorized merchants and channels.
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