Microsoft Lumia 535

Almost a year to the day that Microsoft completed its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone division, I still expect to find the Nokia brand when I pick up a Lumia smartphone.

But things have yet to change under Microsoft. Lumia phones retain their colourful designs and they still run Windows Phone 8.1. In fact, the Lumia 535, available here since December, is the first Lumia phone to drop the Nokia name.

This is a budget phone, not a flagship model. Its design, typical of Lumia models, has a plastic back cover which can be swopped with similarly brightly coloured versions. A 5-inch screen dominates the front. Surrounding it is a surprisingly thin bezel.

The device has a removable battery, a microSD card slot and two micro SIM slots, but it has only 3G connectivity. The microSD slot supports cards with a storage capacity of up to 128GB. This is a must-have feature as the Lumia has a miserly internal storage of just 8GB.

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