Microsoft Lumia 535 Review: Affordable Windows Phone but also uninspiring

The Microsoft Lumia 535 is a very crucial device for the Redmond giant. You could very well call it Microsoft's poster child. Why, you ask?

If you haven't noticed yet, this is the first Lumia handset that comes sans the Nokia branding. Now for most of us, 'Nokia' is not just some brand. It means so much more: takes you back to the good old days, doesn't it?

Fast forward to April, 2014 when Microsoft took over Nokia's Devices and Services business (including both smart as well as mobile devices) and you knew things wouldn't be the same again. Love it or loath it, the Lumia 535 is the first handset of the Microsoft-Nokia era, and is a first of many to come.

At Rs.8,999, the Microsoft Lumia 535 takes a path no other Lumia handset has dared tread upon with respect to specifications on-board. All this while its design aesthetics will keep you well within familiar territory that Lumia devices have been known for. Sadly, as a product the Lumia 535 has several shortcomings that stop it from challenging other top budget phones in the market. What are these? We explain.

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