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Lumia, Microsoft’s flagship smartphone brand, have announced some new additions to the Lumia family as well as smart accessories and an update to the Windows Phone 8.
One of the additions is the Lumia 830 which packs in all the flagship innovations like PureView, integrated wireless charging and SensorCore, in an ultra-sleek design. It carries a 10-megapixel PureView camera with ZEISS optics, Rich Recording, and the thinnest Optical Image Stabilization system ever crammed into a Lumia smartphone. You can also bring your memories to life with Living Images, which adds movement and emotions in every picture you take.
The Lumia 830 also comes with a five-inch ClearBlack display with Curved Gorilla 3.0 glass, and runs a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with 16GB of memory, which is expandable by 128GB via microSD. It will be available in bright orange, bright green, white and black.
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The Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 were also announced as new additions to the family. The two are dedicated to those who love to connect and share with their front facing camera i.e selfies and Skype and feature a powerful Full-HD 5MP wide-angle front-facing camera with a focal length of 24mm; perfect for impromptu group snaps with friends and Skype calls with the whole family.
The have a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon quad-core processor that’s fast enough to deliver smooth video playback on the sunlight-beating 4.7-inch, Super Sensitive Touch HD OLED display. And the robust 2220mAh battery will allow you to use them all day. For storage there’s 8GB of onboard memory, support for 128GB via microSD and 15GB of free cloud storage on OneDrive to sync, store, access and share content, such as photos, online.
For a fast 4G/LTE phone, the Lumia 735 is your choice, and it comes with built-in wireless charging too. For those seeking a powerful Dual SIM phone, the Lumia 730 is the answer.
The new accessories announced include the Microsoft Screen Sharing for Lumia Phones (HD-10)makes it really quick and easy to beam multimedia content from your Lumia, to the big screen and the Nokia Wireless Charging Plate DT-903.
The new phones will come with the Lumia Denim update which combines exclusive Lumia experiences with new features from the latest Windows Phone 8.1 update 1.
Lumia owners will be able to enjoy Live Folders organization, Apps Corner customization, SMS merge and forwarding, and the ability to customize the snooze time within the Alarm app.