Lumia 638, Most Affordable 4G phone.

Microsoft recently has launched its affordable 4G smartphone in India dubbed the  Lumia 638, So Along with Vinay Gowda from Letzwrite we at Kashykorner did a small unpacking of the phone and also tested the internet speed.

The Lumia 638 in India will come with Cat. 4 LTE support for bands 3, 7, 38, 39, 40, and 41. Other specifications of the Nokia Lumia 638 smartphone are same as the Chinese variant.

The Nokia Lumia 638 in India includes a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) ClearBlack LCD display with Gorilla Glass 3 and a pixel density of 221ppi; a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC; 1GB of RAM; a 5-megapixel rear autofocus camera; no front-facing camera; 8GB of built-in storage with expandability via microSD card (up to 128GB); an 1830mAh battery, and Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update.

The new Nokia Lumia 638 by Microsoft will also come bundled with an exclusive offer on Airtel 4G. Consumers on Airtel postpaid in Bengaluru will get up to 5GB of free data on 4G for 2 months post activation of their Airtel connection on the new Lumia 638, and the offer will be available until March 31, 2015.

Essentials:

Operating System: 

• Software release: Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Cyan

Size & Weight:

• Height: 129.5 mm
• Width: 66.7 mm
• Thickness1: 9.2 mm
• Weight: 134 g

Display

• Display size: 4.5 ''
• Display resolution: FWVGA (854 x 480)
• Display colours: TrueColor (24-bit/16M)
• Pixel density: 221 ppi

Display features: 

• Lumia Color profile, Wide viewing angle

Touch screen technology: 

• Capacitive Multipoint-Touch

Memory:

• Mass memory2: 8 GB
• RAM: 1 GB
• Maximum memory card size: 128 GB
• Expandable memory card type: MicroSD
• Free cloud storage: 15 GB

User data storage: In device, Memory card, OneDrive cloud storage, App and data storage on Memory card

Battery:

• Replaceable battery: Yes
• Battery capacity: 1830 mAh
• Battery voltage: 3.7 V
• Maximum standby time: 20 days
• Maximum music playback time: 58 h
• Maximum Wi-Fi network browsing time: 9.4 h
• Maximum video playback time: 7 h

Design and other user interface features:

• Vibrating alerts, Voice commands

Keys and Input Methods 

• User Input: Touch

Operating keys: 

• Volume keys, Power/Lock key

Sensors:

• Sensors: Accelerometer, SensorCore

Processor

• CPU name: Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 400
• Number of cores: Quad core
• Clock rate: 1200 MHz

 Complete Specification of Lumia 638 can be found here.