Nokia, after its acquisition by the giant Microsoft, began working in a completely different format. New models running on the Windows Phone operating system began to appear, which received additional demand from that audience of users who were tired of Android and iOS devices.
One of these smartphones, also running on WP, was the Lumia 535. Reviews about the model were very different - starting from the fact that the device is praised for its excellent design and excellent operating system (to be more precise, the phone has WP 8.1 installed - the most a new version of the OS that many people love), and ending with the fact that they are dissatisfied with the device for several reasons at once.
In order to understand what kind of Lumia 535 it really is, in this article we will give its independent characteristics and give a rating. We will also, of course, take your feedback into account. Nokia Lumia 535 will be the subject of our review article today.
General characteristics of the device
So, as official sources note, the Lumia 535 model was the first phone that Nokia released after it was absorbed by Microsoft. This happened in 2014.
This approach indicates that specialists from Silicon Valley have already had a hand in this product. No wonder the phone was released with the latest version of the OS.
Regarding the shortcomings, we note several key topics: body, camera, operating system. The assembly of the phone, although passable overall, can leave an unpleasant impression due to the fact that it may be defective. Plus, despite the attractive glossy shine, the phone's body clearly positions the model as a budget one. Manufacturers have not thought through the mechanism for introducing SIM cards without the need for complete disassembly and removal of the battery from the phone.
As for the camera, despite the thesis that Nokia makes smartphones with excellent optics for shooting, it is clearly losing ground, even compared to devices at the same price. Don't expect to take great pictures with this phone. Reviews will not call the Microsoft Lumia 535 smartphone a “camera phone”, that’s a fact.
Another negative side of the phone is the sluggishness and cumbersomeness of the operating system. This may be a subjective factor that only occurs among former Android users, but WP will not suit all users. Yes, it looks beautiful and quickly executes commands, but a lot of settings here are implemented through a complex mechanism that is not always intuitive for the average buyer.
Main advantages
From the shortcomings of the Lumia 535, let's move on to its strong qualities, which may make you personally think about buying this smartphone. First of all, it's a beautiful design. Despite the cheap assembly, the device looks wonderful (not without using tricks with a glossy bright surface, like on the iPhone 5C, of course). Next, the device can be called convenient in terms of control: it fits easily in the hand, the sensor is perfectly controlled in any position. The display delivers an excellent picture - what more do you need for gaming, reading, watching movies and images?
Another quality that the Microsoft Lumia 535 has (characteristics, reviews are not taken into account now) is its novelty. Yes, the phone is truly new on the market, considering that previously smartphones were divided into two camps - iOS and Android. Nowadays, WP phones can easily be called “a fresh breath of wind.” Again, healthy competition will not hurt manufacturers either.
The obvious advantages of the smartphone also include its low cost, the presence of two panels, and support for two SIM cards.
In fact, overall the Lumia 535 isn't that bad. Yes, you may have problems working on the Windows Phone platform, you may be unhappy with the pictures and the play of the case cover. But the device looks cool, it is capable of performing tasks that the average device user faces, and it is also a new direction in the development of the mobile industry. Perhaps, after analyzing all the errors and shortcomings, Microsoft, in some 3-5 years, will be able to create a new iPhone in the mobile device market and become a leader...
So far, looking at the new Lumia models, even this scenario can be assumed.
Starting to write this review, I was curious, how other users reacted to this model? Having read numerous reviews, comments, reviews and news about the Lumia 535, to be honest, I was surprised. The smartphone has caused too many complaints from its owners. And I even thought, am I really so inattentive that after almost a week of using this device I did not notice the critical shortcomings in it? I like the Lumia 535! And I'll tell you why.
First impression
As they say, you meet someone by their clothes. And my acquaintance with this smartphone was no exception. Taking a large, no, huge (compared to the one I used before) smartphone out of the box, I immediately realized that we would work together. I received the device in a bright orange glossy case; it also comes with a black matte plastic back cover. On the back covers there is the inscription “Microsoft”, not even “Lumia”, and, especially, not “Nokia”. The same inscription is on the front of the smartphone.
I was pleased that the lid can be easily removed. I don’t know about anyone, but I’ve always had problems with this: sometimes it doesn’t want to come off at all, sometimes the corners will all crack, sometimes my nails will all break, and it takes a lot of nerves while you take these covers off. That's why I really loved my previous phone - Lumia 720 - in it the SIM card and memory card are placed in separate slots, which are accessed using a special key. Here the back cover can be removed without problems, but when assembled it does not fall off on its own, does not creak, does not play, or hangs loose. Nice. Under the cover there are two slots for SIM cards and one for a memory card.
I was surprised to find no headphones or USB cable in the box (the charger is solid, like in the good old days), but they can be purchased for literally pennies at any mobile accessory store. And at home there is enough of this goodness from other phone models.
Very impressive dimensions give the device solidity. Of course, due to this screen size (which is, after all, 5 inches), it is sometimes difficult to reach the edges of the display, but you can get used to it. A few smart words: display resolution - qHD (540x960 pixels), number of colors - TrueColor (24 bit/16 million), pixel density - 220 pixels/inch, LCD display is made using IPS technology.
The display is covered with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla 3 glass. The screen seems to have good performance, but at first the difference between the Lumia 535 and 720 felt like heaven and earth. Due to the lack of an oleophobic coating, the Lumiya 535 display seemed rough, as if there was glue left on it from a sticker. It was unpleasant to run your fingers over it. But, surprisingly, this feeling quickly passed, perhaps my fingers just got used to it.
There are two physical buttons on the smartphone body: on/off/lock/unlock and a double volume button. Unfortunately, there is no separate button for calling the camera (apparently, the budget affects it), which is a pity, because the device is equipped with good cameras (both main and front), which implies frequent use Lumia 535 for taking photos and videos.
There is a 3.5 mm headset jack on the top end, and a microUSB connector on the bottom. Dimensions of the smartphone are 140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm, weight – 146 grams. The device is weighty, you can feel it in your hand.
Beginning of work
After the meeting on clothes, it was my turn to figure out the “mind” of the Lumiya 535. Imagining how much time it would take me to customize the device for myself, I was a little upset. If everything is simple with contacts: they were easily transferred to Lumia using the built-in Data Transfer application, then the loss of manually downloaded and installed applications, games (and achievements in them), settings threatened to lose a whole evening, if not more, to restore the usual look of your smartphone. However, when I turned it on for the first time, the system kindly offered me to transfer all the data to the new phone, having, of course, first logged into my Microsoft account. It took some time (about 30 minutes) to transfer the information, reboot the device, and here in front of me was my old familiar phone! Absolutely everything was transferred to the new device, including the size and location of the tiles on the desktop, and even the alarm settings did not have to be re-entered; they were also preserved. The system independently found all my previously downloaded and installed applications in the Application Store and downloaded them again. Moreover, the tiles of these applications on the desktop were displayed on it even before the applications themselves were downloaded from the Store. Only they were darkened, and as they downloaded they became lighter, as if the download progress was displayed on them.
The usual navigation buttons "Back", "Home" and "Search" in the Lumia 535 are on-screen, not touch-sensitive.
In the settings menu item "Navigation Panel" you can enable or disable the function of automatic appearance and disappearance of this panel; here you can also select the color of the panel: it can be always dark, match the background color or the color of the elements. And in the "Sensor" settings section, you can enable vibration when using the navigation keys. Despite the various supposed conveniences that the developers have equipped these buttons with, they are inconvenient to use; they often simply cover up part of the interface of some applications. For example, having installed the player, it was discovered that when playing a song, the “Start-Pause” button is almost half covered by the touchscreen control panel of the smartphone, and the lowest item of the context menu on the tab is “lost” the last line.
Smartphone memory and performance
The smartphone has 8 GB of internal memory and supports microSD memory cards up to 128 GB. You can also use 15 GB of free storage in OneDrive cloud storage.
One of the most important features is the amount of RAM installed in the smartphone. Based on the fact that this model is a budget one, we can assume that the Lumia 535 should have no more than 512 MB of RAM. However, the smartphone received a full 1 GB of memory, which undoubtedly sets it apart from similar devices from other manufacturers. Thanks to this amount of RAM, the user has access to almost all currently available applications and games for Windows Phone 8.1. The smartphone handles them perfectly, be it simple messengers or dynamic, resource-intensive modern games.
The speed of operation is also greatly influenced by the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor. The frequency of each core is 1.2 GHz, the Adreno 302 graphics chip is used. Of course, this is not the most powerful chip, but during everyday use the device behaves excellently, does not freeze or slow down and it works smoothly and quite quickly.
For clarity, we carried out the usual performance tests. The AnTuTu test showed the following results:
The Basemark OS II benchmark test determined the following:
Basemark OS II (bigger = better)
And the test to measure JavaScript performance determined the following:
SunSpider 1.0.2 (less = better)
The smartphone uses a 1905 mAh battery. According to Microsoft, Lumiya 535 can provide the following maximum operating time:
- in standby mode with two SIM cards: 14 days.
- talk time on 2G network: 11 hours
- talk time on 3G network: 13 hours
- music playback: 78 hours
- on the Internet via Wi-Fi connection: 8.5 hours
- Video playback: 6.5 hours
In fact, with fairly active use of the smartphone, one battery charge lasts for about a day. If you make about 30 minutes of calls in total to both SIM cards over the course of a whole day, keep mobile data and Wi-Fi on all the time, have an e-reader open in the background, play games several times for a couple of minutes, use a flashlight a couple of times and take a few photos. , then by the evening the smartphone will be more than half discharged. As a result, I have to charge it every evening.
What did our test show in terms of operating time on a single battery charge? With the IE browser open (where once every 20 seconds after the page was fully loaded, they went to a new, non-cached page) via an Internet connection via Wi-Fi with an always active screen with a brightness level of 100%, the smartphone worked for 4 hours 44 minutes (start at 15:11, end at 19:55), managing to open the page 665 times. Internet Explorer continues to impersonate the device on various OSes. Here are both Android and iOS (Mozilla/5.0 (Mobile; Windows Phone 8.1; Android 4.0; ARM; Trident/7.0; Touch; rv:11.0; IEMobile/11.0; NOKIA; Lumia 535) like iPhone OS 7_0_3 Mac OS X AppleWebKit/ 537 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537), which entails certain inconveniences: for example, on sites where there are clients for phones, you will be bothered with the offer to install a client for Android or iPhone. You can get rid of the problem by switching the browser to desktop mode (in the browser settings, select the full version in your preferred version).
Browser time (hours)
The second test showed that Microsoft Lumia 535 charges from AC-60E 1.5A charger in 164 minutes (note that this is not a complete charge). Of course, the “native” charging of the AC-18E at 550mA will make the process longer.
charging process for Lumia 535 using AC-60E
Dual SIM cards
It so happened that until now I have not had to use a device with two SIM cards. Although the need for this has arisen more than once. For those users who need to make a lot of work calls, but, of course, don’t want to do this from a personal phone, this will be a godsend. One SIM card is personal, the second is work. Very comfortably. Or, for personal purposes, you can use cards from different operators in order to call different people at more favorable rates. Or use one card with one tariff for calls, and the second for mobile Internet. There are many options, and everyone chooses the one that is more convenient in a particular situation.
In the "Settings" menu, in the "Cellular network + SIM" section, you can set the settings for the SIM cards used. Here you can give each card a name, enable or disable its use, set the network selection mode (automatically or manually), and also enable data transfer, indicating which card should be used for mobile data transfer. Additional settings for two SIM cards can be found in the “Network+” settings menu item. Here you can enable forwarding from one card to another if the SIM card to which the call is being made is unavailable. And at this point I found a very interesting link “Additional settings for two SIM cards”, clicking on which, instead of the expected new settings, took me... to the “Settings” menu item, the “Cellular network + SIM” section. If the developers didn’t bother to combine two SIM card settings items into one, then at least they linked them.
In general, this dispersion of settings is annoying. If in the first Winphones there were not so many system settings, then in modern models of this menu items I counted 6 and a half pages. By the time you get to the last one, you’ll forget what you were looking for. In the new Windows 10 OS (we're talking about its mobile version, of course), this menu item will be much more organized: everything related to the system will be in one sub-item, networks and communications - in another, personalization - in a third, etc.
Working with two SIM cards is convenient: calls and SMS are divided into different tiles. Messages in each conversation highlight messages from different cards with a background color. When dialing a number or SMS, you can select the SIM card with which to make a call or send a message. By the way, it is now possible to select individual messages in a conversation and delete selected messages, rather than the entire conversation. You can also delete individual entries in the call log.
User interface
No matter what people say about the Windows Phone interface, I like it. I like it precisely because of its brevity, strict lines, and compactness. This is not a bunch of desktops with dozens of icons on them, which even dazzles your eyes. And Winphones have only two screens: the main desktop and the list of applications.
The size of the tiles on the main screen can be changed, there are three sizes available. Tiles can be moved around the screen to create different compositions. Many Windows Phone apps have transparent tiles. If you install only such tiles on the main screen, and select a desktop background under them, then a solid background image with application names on transparent tiles will be visible on the main screen. But again, not all apps have transparent tiles.
You can also set any photo or image on the lock screen. As in other Winphones, the date, time, day of the week, network icons, connections, batteries, etc. are displayed here. You can set the lock screen to display detailed information about various applications: calendar (events scheduled for today will appear on the screen), messages (author and part of the text are displayed), phone (caller name and time of call), email (sender and name letters). Separately, you can select up to five applications, information from which will be displayed briefly on the lock screen. The Lumia 535 does not have the Glance Screen function - a screensaver on the locked screen. And double tapping on the screen does not unlock the smartphone.
The application menu has also not changed. This is the same list of programs, sorted in alphabetical order.
Video and music
Video files on your smartphone can be viewed in the Video application. The collection of video files is divided into movies downloaded to the smartphone and videos from the camera. You can watch video formats H.263, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, VC-1. A small film was played back without problems, and a video shot with a phone camera did not cause any problems either. But the movie.mkv did not even appear in the list. The built-in player does not “know how” to play video in high resolution. However, you can use third-party applications for this. For example, just the other day I discovered an excellent player, which was the only one of all the ones I tested that was able to decently (almost without artifacts) reproduce a movie in the .mkv format.
The music player in the Lumia 535 is also without features. The external speaker in the smartphone is loud and can be heard well. The only thing is that if the phone is lying on a hard surface (table, sofa, etc.) the sound is muffled. You can connect Portable wireless speakers or Coloud Bang speakers to your smartphone. Then Lumiya 535 can be used as a portable player for home use.
External speaker volume, dB (more = better)
In Lumia 535, both the main and front cameras have 5-megapixel sensors. The main 5 megapixel camera will not surprise anyone, but the front 5 megapixel camera makes the Lumiya 535 a truly unusual device.
The front camera is equipped with wide-angle optics with an f/2.4 aperture and will certainly appeal to fans of the currently fashionable selfie shots. For such photos, the smartphone comes pre-installed with the Lumia Selfie application, in which you can select 20 different filters for processing the image, as well as various tools for processing photos. You can enlarge the eyes of the face in the photo, add a smile, even out the skin tone, even change the shape of the face. The front camera is also used for video calls.
Selfie photos can also be taken with the main camera. To do this, it has an automatic face capture mode. By moving the smartphone, we recognize by sound when a face is included in the frame. The shutter releases automatically. The main camera is complemented by an LED flash. Both cameras are capable of shooting video. The resolution, however, is small - 848x480 pixels.
All created photos and videos are saved in the Photos application. Nothing special appeared in it either. In the gallery, all photographs are sorted by creation date. You can also view pictures from different albums: Camera Album, Saved Photos, Screenshots, etc.
SELFIE COMPARISON LUMIA 535 (LEFT) WITH LUMIA 720 (RIGHT)
EXAMPLES PHOTOS LUMIA 535
Example video shot with Lumia 535
Impressions and conclusions
I’ll say right away that I personally really liked it. The sleek design of my previous Lumiya (720) was one of the reasons I didn't want to part with it. However, the 535th model turned out to be no worse. The proportions of the device do not make it a wide “shovel”; on the contrary, this smartphone is narrow and long, fits easily in the hand, it is thin and simply beautiful. And the additional rear panel included in the kit was a pleasant bonus, which helped us get a completely different external device in a few seconds. The second undoubted advantage was the support for two SIM cards. This is convenient and practical, especially since the Lumia 535 has a clear separation of calls and SMS from different cards, that is, you can always see from which SIM card a call is made or a message is sent. I don’t really like taking pictures, and I don’t take selfies as photos at all, so I wouldn’t choose the Lumia 535 just because it has a good front camera. However, we have to admit that a 5-megapixel front camera in a budget smartphone is really cool. And, of course, the price of the device is very affordable compared to its capabilities.
What I didn't like about the smartphone was the display. Firstly, without an oleophobic coating, it is constantly “patched”, fingerprints are always visible on it. Secondly, the glass of the smartphone is not as smooth and pleasant to the touch as in more expensive Lumiyas. Well, and thirdly, the touchscreen is noticeably glitchy (but Microsoft continues to work on this). Sometimes when typing, it displays characters that I haven’t even reached with my finger yet, a couple of times the search turned on on its own for no apparent reason, and I also noticed that the smartphone can unlock itself in my pocket and turn on various applications. It’s good that at least I didn’t call anyone on my own. By the way, after two weeks of using the Lumia 535, it was discovered that the back cover does not fit too tightly to the smartphone; when you press the middle part of the device, you can hear a creaking sound and the cover “plays” slightly.
Minuses:
- incorrectly working touchscreen
- unpleasant to the touch display
- loose fit of the back cover to the body
- no USB cable or headset included
pros:
- attractive design
- display with Corning Gorilla 3
- bright colors of the back panel
- second rear panel cover included
- Dual SIM support
- fast interface
- very convenient and fast text entry with the Word Flow function
- 5 MP front wide-angle camera
- 1 GB RAM
- good office suite
- HERE navigation services
Accelerometer(or G-sensor) - sensor of the device’s position in space. As a main function, the accelerometer is used to automatically change the orientation of the image on the display (vertical or horizontal). Also, the G-sensor is used as a pedometer; it can control various functions of the device by turning or shaking.
Gyroscope- a sensor that measures rotation angles relative to a fixed coordinate system. Capable of measuring rotation angles in several planes simultaneously. A gyroscope together with an accelerometer allows you to accurately determine the position of the device in space. Devices that use only accelerometers have lower measurement accuracy, especially when moving quickly. Also, the capabilities of the gyroscope can be used in modern games for mobile devices.
Light sensor- a sensor that sets the optimal brightness and contrast values for a given light level. The presence of a sensor allows you to increase the battery life of the device.
Proximity sensor- a sensor that detects when the device is close to your face during a call, turns off the backlight and locks the screen, preventing accidental clicks. The presence of a sensor allows you to increase the battery life of the device.
Geomagnetic sensor- a sensor for determining the direction of the world in which the device is directed. Tracks the orientation of the device in space relative to the magnetic poles of the Earth. The information received from the sensor is used in mapping programs for terrain orientation.
Atmospheric pressure sensor- sensor for precise measurement of atmospheric pressure. It is part of the GPS system, allows you to determine altitude above sea level and speed up location determination.
Touch ID- fingerprint identification sensor.
Accelerometer / Light / Proximity
Satellite navigation:
GPS(Global Positioning System) is a satellite navigation system that provides measurements of distance, time, speed and determines the location of objects anywhere on Earth. The system is developed, implemented and operated by the US Department of Defense. The basic principle of using the system is to determine location by measuring distances to an object from points with known coordinates - satellites. The distance is calculated by the delay time of signal propagation from sending it by the satellite to receiving it by the antenna of the GPS receiver.
GLONASS(Global Navigation Satellite System) - Soviet and Russian satellite navigation system, developed by order of the USSR Ministry of Defense. The measurement principle is similar to the American GPS navigation system. GLONASS is designed for operational navigation and timing support for land, sea, air and space-based users. The main difference from the GPS system is that GLONASS satellites in their orbital motion do not have resonance (synchrony) with the rotation of the Earth, which provides them with greater stability.
Microsoft's first Lumia phone is positioned as a budget phone. By the way, the following models, Lumia 435 and 532, also belong to the budget segment. So for now, Microsoft's Lumia line of phones looks a little strange.
The goal of the Lumia 535 is to provide all the capabilities you need for under 100 euros. But is this device really that successful?
Design and build
The design of the Lumia 535 is no different from its “bigger” brothers. Adhering to the principle “the brighter the better,” we chose a green phone for review. Such a bright color will definitely help the owner stand out from the crowd.
The phone is very comfortable to hold in your hands: smooth lines, rounded corners - this is definitely a plus for this model.
The dimensions of the Lumia 535 are quite standard: 140.2 x 72.4 x 8.8 mm, but the removable back panel lets us down - there is a very noticeable play on the sides, and the panel itself does not fit tightly to the phone. When you press the “wake up” button, which is located on the side, a slight cracking sound is heard. This is not a big minus, however, with daily use such details create the impression of a cheap device.
The back panel of our device is glossy, and not “soft-touch”, as was the case in previous devices. It perfectly collects fingerprints, so you always need to wipe it, and in general, the phone feels like some kind of toy to the touch, and not a serious smartphone.
Not a very pleasant start to working with the phone. We're used to Lumia devices offering good build quality at better prices than the same phones from Samsung, but the Lumia 535 is nothing like that.
Specifications
It is noticeable that Microsoft focused on the “filling” in this device. This is a solid smartphone equipped with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor with a clock frequency of 1.2 GHz. RAM capacity – 1 GB. These are the basic specifications, but let's see what else Microsoft offers us.
The internal memory capacity is 8 GB, which is quite good for a budget phone model. Moreover, this device has a slot for microSD memory cards supporting cards up to 128 GB.
Lumia 535 allows you to simultaneously use two SIM cards, which is quite in demand in many markets today. Using two SIM cards is very convenient; all information about them is available in the operating system itself. But as for speed, the device does not support 4G, only 3G is provided.
The performance matches the specifications, so this device certainly does not fly: the phone responds rather slowly, applications open with a pause, and launching the camera also leads to unpleasant delays - so running “load points” will become familiar to your eyes.
However, considering the price, one could come to terms with the slowness of the phone. Our concerns about this model are not related to performance at all, but to the display, which has become a stone around the neck of the Lumia 535.
Display
The Lumia 535 has a 5" display with a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels (220ppi), which is quite good for a phone costing less than 100 euros. Although, if you remember Motorola devices, and especially Moto G, costing less than 50 euros, then the Lumia 535 is a clear outsider.
The IPS display of the Lumia 535 has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating and good viewing angles. It has excellent brightness, but does not respond very well to changing lighting. Color reproduction is also good, but the colors are slightly dull - they are far from the luminescent shades of the rear panels of the device. Not the best resolution also affects sharpness, so everything looks slightly blurry. These sacrifices were made in order to achieve a low cost of the device.
The display responds very sluggishly, and the keyboard is completely inconvenient to use. You won’t be able to quickly enter text; scrolling also works every once in a while, since the display recognizes taps more than “swipes.”
The Lumia 535 is reminiscent of the old resistive displays that were commonplace just five years ago. There are rumors that Microsoft will release software to fix this situation, but nothing has surfaced as of yet.
If Microsoft can do something about the poor display responsiveness, it will affect the device's position in the market. But until this happens, we can only say that overall this phone is not entirely successful.
Windows Phone 8.1 and Denim firmware
The Lumia 535 runs on the latest version of Windows Phone 8.1 and has all the goodies of the Denim firmware. To be fair, a lot of Denim's firmware bonuses have to do with camera performance on more powerful devices, but at least for now the Lumia 535 is a modern device, before Windows 10, of course.
Over the past year, the Windows Phone system has developed well and now we can no longer talk about a shortage of applications for this system. Yes, of course, Windows Phone is still far from matching the number of applications in the iOS and Android markets, but all the main applications are represented in the Windows Phone Store.
Windows Phone offers a lot of settings and functions, which, of course, will be more in Windows 10, but at the moment the functionality of the devices is actually quite good. The ability to customize the desktop, customize notifications, Cortana (Microsoft's intelligent digital assistant), as well as such pleasant little things as, for example, the ability to “wake up” the phone with a double tap - all this makes working with the phone really convenient.
However, the rapid development of Windows Phone has its downside, especially on Lumia devices - the extremely confusing settings menu. For example, to configure the display, you need to go to at least five sections. It feels like all the settings were simply transferred to one list, without worrying too much about convenience. We hope that a lot will change in Windows 10, but we don't like the state of affairs at the moment.
Speaker and calls
One external speaker is located on the back panel of the Lumia 535. And although it is quite loud, it is difficult to talk about the quality: at high volumes, the sounds are greatly distorted, and a certain metallic tint to the sound appears. Placing the speaker at the back isn't a good idea either, because it's almost constantly muffled if you place the handset with the back facing down. If you still want to hear the speaker, you need to place the phone either with the display down or constantly hold it in your hands.
But there are no complaints about the quality of calls: reception (data and calls) was really stable, and we did not notice any problems when making or answering calls.
Camera
Most often, the “feature” of Lumia devices is the camera. In the case of Lumia 535, there are two cameras installed here: rear and front with a resolution of 5 megapixels. Thus, Microsoft sees “selfie” fans among potential buyers of this model.
The rear camera has an LED flash and autofocus, an f/2.4 aperture and a fairly wide 28mm equivalent lens. Thanks to the firmware, you can use the new Lumia Camera app, which has many different settings and functions.
Photos are only decent when taken in good lighting conditions. The camera app will allow you to achieve the effect you want, so in most cases when shooting outdoors, the results are quite good. In low light conditions, “noise” appears in the pictures, so when shooting indoors, the quality of the pictures noticeably decreases, but this is quite typical for such cameras.
The wide-angle front camera takes fairly good, but not great, photos. As with the rear camera, low-light conditions cause noise and images to take on a pinkish tint. If you are a selfie fan, then you can try the Lumia Selfie app.
Information about the make, model, and alternative names of the specific device, if available.
Design
Information about the dimensions and weight of the device, presented in different units of measurement. Materials used, colors offered, certificates.
| Width Width information - refers to the horizontal side of the device in its standard orientation during use. | 72.4 mm (millimeters) 7.24 cm (centimeters) 0.24 ft (feet) 2.85 in (inches) |
| Height Height information - refers to the vertical side of the device in its standard orientation during use. | 140.2 mm (millimeters) 14.02 cm (centimeters) 0.46 ft (feet) 5.52 in (inches) |
| Thickness Information about the thickness of the device in different units of measurement. | 8.8 mm (millimeters) 0.88 cm (centimeters) 0.03 ft (feet) 0.35 in (inches) |
| Weight Information about the weight of the device in different units of measurement. | 146 g (grams) 0.32 lbs 5.15 oz (ounces) |
| Volume The approximate volume of the device, calculated based on the dimensions provided by the manufacturer. Refers to devices with the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped. | 89.32 cm³ (cubic centimeters) 5.42 in³ (cubic inches) |
| Colors Information about the colors in which this device is offered for sale. | Black White Orange Green Grey Blue |
| Materials for making the case Materials used to make the device body. | Plastic |
SIM card
The SIM card is used in mobile devices to store data that certifies the authenticity of mobile service subscribers.
Mobile networks
A mobile network is a radio system that allows multiple mobile devices to communicate with each other.
Mobile communication technologies and data transfer speeds
Communication between devices on mobile networks is carried out using technologies that provide different data transfer rates.
Operating system
An operating system is a system software that manages and coordinates the operation of hardware components in a device.
SoC (System on Chip)
A system on a chip (SoC) includes all the most important hardware components of a mobile device on one chip.
| SoC (System on Chip) A system on a chip (SoC) integrates various hardware components, such as a processor, graphics processor, memory, peripherals, interfaces, etc., as well as the software necessary for their operation. | Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 |
| Technological process Information about the technological process by which the chip is manufactured. Nanometers measure half the distance between elements in the processor. | 28 nm (nanometers) |
| Processor (CPU) The primary function of a mobile device's processor (CPU) is to interpret and execute instructions contained in software applications. | ARM Cortex-A7 |
| Processor size The size (in bits) of a processor is determined by the size (in bits) of the registers, address buses, and data buses. 64-bit processors have higher performance compared to 32-bit processors, which in turn are more powerful than 16-bit processors. | 32 bit |
| Instruction Set Architecture Instructions are commands with which the software sets/controls the operation of the processor. Information about the instruction set (ISA) that the processor can execute. | ARMv7 |
| Level 2 cache (L2) L2 (level 2) cache is slower than L1 cache, but in return it has a higher capacity, allowing it to cache more data. It, like L1, is much faster than system memory (RAM). If the processor does not find the requested data in L2, it continues to look for it in the L3 cache (if available) or in RAM memory. | 1024 kB (kilobytes) 1 MB (megabytes) |
| Number of processor cores The processor core executes software instructions. There are processors with one, two or more cores. Having more cores increases performance by allowing multiple instructions to be executed in parallel. | 4 |
| CPU clock speed The clock speed of a processor describes its speed in terms of cycles per second. It is measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz). | 1200 MHz (megahertz) |
| Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) The Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) handles calculations for various 2D/3D graphics applications. In mobile devices, it is most often used by games, consumer interfaces, video applications, etc. | Qualcomm Adreno 302 |
| Amount of random access memory (RAM) Random access memory (RAM) is used by the operating system and all installed applications. Data stored in RAM is lost after the device is turned off or restarted. | 1 GB (gigabytes) |
| Type of random access memory (RAM) Information about the type of random access memory (RAM) used by the device. | LPDDR2 |
Built-in memory
Each mobile device has built-in (non-removable) memory with a fixed capacity.
Memory cards
Memory cards are used in mobile devices to increase the storage capacity for storing data.
Screen
The screen of a mobile device is characterized by its technology, resolution, pixel density, diagonal length, color depth, etc.
| Type/technology One of the main characteristics of the screen is the technology by which it is made and on which the quality of the information image directly depends. | IPS |
| Diagonal For mobile devices, screen size is expressed by the length of its diagonal, measured in inches. | 5 in (inches) 127 mm (millimeters) 12.7 cm (centimeters) |
| Width Approximate screen width | 2.45 in (inches) 62.26 mm (millimeters) 6.23 cm (centimeters) |
| Height Approximate screen height | 4.36 in (inches) 110.69 mm (millimeters) 11.07 cm (centimeters) |
| Aspect Ratio The ratio of the dimensions of the long side of the screen to its short side | 1.778:1 16:9 |
| Permission Screen resolution shows the number of pixels vertically and horizontally on the screen. Higher resolution means clearer image detail. | 540 x 960 pixels |
| Pixel Density Information about the number of pixels per centimeter or inch of the screen. Higher density allows information to be displayed on the screen with clearer detail. | 220 ppi (pixels per inch) 86 ppcm (pixels per centimeter) |
| Color depth Screen color depth reflects the total number of bits used for color components in one pixel. Information about the maximum number of colors that the screen can display. | 24 bit 16777216 flowers |
| Screen area Approximate percentage of screen area occupied by the screen on the front of the device. | 68.12% (percentage) |
| Other characteristics Information about other screen features and characteristics. | Capacitive Multi-touch Scratch resistance |
| Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
Sensors
Different sensors perform different quantitative measurements and convert physical indicators into signals that a mobile device can recognize.
Main camera
The main camera of a mobile device is usually located on the back of the body and is used for taking photos and videos.
| Sensor size Information about the dimensions of the photosensor used in the device. Typically, cameras with larger sensors and lower pixel densities offer higher image quality despite the lower resolution. | 3.6 x 2.7 mm (millimeters) 0.18 in (inches) |
| Pixel size The smaller pixel size of the photosensor allows more pixels per unit area, thereby increasing resolution. On the other hand, a smaller pixel size can have a negative impact on image quality at high ISO levels. | 1.389 µm (micrometers) 0.001389 mm (millimeters) |
| Crop factor The crop factor is the ratio between the dimensions of the full-frame sensor (36 x 24 mm, equivalent to a frame of standard 35 mm film) and the dimensions of the device's photosensor. The indicated number represents the ratio of the diagonals of the full-frame sensor (43.3 mm) and the photosensor of a particular device. | 9.61 |
| Diaphragm | f/2.4 |
| Focal length Focal length is the distance in millimeters from the photosensor to the optical center of the lens. The equivalent focal length is also indicated, providing the same field of view with a full frame camera. | 2.91 mm (millimeters) 28.01 mm (millimeters) *(35 mm / full frame) |
| Flash type The most common types of flashes in mobile device cameras are LED and xenon flashes. LED flashes produce softer light and, unlike brighter xenon flashes, are also used for video shooting. | LED |
| Image Resolution One of the main characteristics of mobile device cameras is their resolution, which shows the number of horizontal and vertical pixels in the image. | 2592 x 1936 pixels 5.02 MP (megapixels) |
| Video resolution Information about the maximum supported resolution when shooting video with the device. | 848 x 480 pixels 0.41 MP (megapixels) |
| Video - frame rate/frames per second. Information about the maximum number of frames per second (fps) supported by the device when shooting video at the maximum resolution. Some of the main standard video shooting and playback speeds are 24p, 25p, 30p, 60p. | 30fps (frames per second) |
| Characteristics Information about other software and hardware features related to the main camera and improving its functionality. | Autofocus Digital zoom Geographical tags Panoramic photography HDR shooting Touch Focus Face recognition White Balance Adjustment Exposure compensation |
Additional camera
Additional cameras are usually mounted above the device screen and are used mainly for video conversations, gesture recognition, etc.
| Diaphragm Aperture (f-number) is the size of the aperture opening that controls the amount of light reaching the photosensor. A lower f-number means the aperture opening is larger. | f/2.4 |
| Image Resolution Information about the maximum resolution of the additional camera when shooting. In most cases, the resolution of the secondary camera is lower than that of the main camera. | 2592 x 1936 pixels 5.02 MP (megapixels) |
| Video resolution Information about the maximum supported resolution when shooting video with an additional camera. | 848 x 480 pixels 0.41 MP (megapixels) |
| Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 24 mm |
Audio
Information about the type of speakers and audio technologies supported by the device.
Radio
The radio of the mobile device is a built-in FM receiver.
Location determination
Information about the navigation and location technologies supported by your device.
WiFi
Wi-Fi is a technology that provides wireless communication for transmitting data over close distances between various devices.
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a standard for secure wireless data transfer between various devices of different types over short distances.
USB
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is an industry standard that allows different electronic devices to exchange data.
Headphone jack
This is an audio connector, also called an audio jack. The most widely used standard in mobile devices is the 3.5mm headphone jack.
Connecting devices
Information about other important connection technologies supported by your device.
Browser
A web browser is a software application for accessing and viewing information on the Internet.
Video file formats/codecs
Mobile devices support different video file formats and codecs, which respectively store and encode/decode digital video data.
Battery
Mobile device batteries differ from each other in their capacity and technology. They provide the electrical charge necessary for their functioning.
| Capacity A battery's capacity indicates the maximum charge it can hold, measured in milliamp-hours. | 1905 mAh (milliamp-hours) |
| Type The type of battery is determined by its structure and, more precisely, the chemicals used. There are different types of batteries, with lithium-ion and lithium-ion polymer batteries being the most commonly used batteries in mobile devices. | Li-Ion (Lithium-ion) |
| 2G talk time 2G talk time is the period of time during which the battery charge is completely discharged during a continuous conversation on a 2G network. | 11 o'clock (clock) 660 min (minutes) 0.5 days |
| 2G latency 2G standby time is the period of time during which the battery charge is completely discharged when the device is in stand-by mode and connected to a 2G network. | 550 h (hours) 33000 min (minutes) 22.9 days |
| 3G talk time 3G talk time is the period of time during which the battery charge is completely discharged during a continuous conversation on a 3G network. | 13 h (hours) 780 min (minutes) 0.5 days |
| 3G latency 3G standby time is the period of time during which the battery charge is completely discharged when the device is in stand-by mode and connected to a 3G network. | 550 h (hours) 33000 min (minutes) 22.9 days |
| Characteristics Information about some additional characteristics of the device's battery. | Removable |
| Battery model: BL-L4A |
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR)
The SAR level refers to the amount of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by the human body while using a mobile device.
| Head SAR level (EU) The SAR level indicates the maximum amount of electromagnetic radiation that the human body is exposed to when holding a mobile device close to the ear in a conversation position. In Europe, the maximum permissible SAR value for mobile devices is limited to 2 W/kg per 10 grams of human tissue. This standard has been established by CENELEC in accordance with IEC standards, subject to the guidelines of ICNIRP 1998. | 0.66 W/kg (Watt per kilogram) |
| Body SAR level (EU) The SAR level indicates the maximum amount of electromagnetic radiation to which the human body is exposed when holding a mobile device at hip level. The maximum permissible SAR value for mobile devices in Europe is 2 W/kg per 10 grams of human tissue. This standard has been established by the CENELEC Committee in compliance with the ICNIRP 1998 guidelines and IEC standards. | 0.6 W/kg (Watt per kilogram) |
| Head SAR level (US) The SAR level indicates the maximum amount of electromagnetic radiation that the human body is exposed to when holding a mobile device near the ear. The maximum value used in the USA is 1.6 W/kg per 1 gram of human tissue. Mobile devices in the US are regulated by the CTIA, and the FCC conducts tests and sets their SAR values. | 0.53 W/kg (Watt per kilogram) |
| Body SAR level (US) The SAR level indicates the maximum amount of electromagnetic radiation to which the human body is exposed when holding a mobile device at hip level. The highest permissible SAR value in the USA is 1.6 W/kg per 1 gram of human tissue. This value is set by the FCC, and the CTIA monitors mobile devices' compliance with this standard. | 0.36 W/kg (Watt per kilogram) |
