The Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is a mid-range phablet recently released by Microsoft, along with its smaller namesake, the Lumia 640. It is, unsurprisingly, a windows phone 8.1 device and comes with some great features despite its pocket-friendly price.
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Display and Camera
Microsoft fits a 5.7-inch IPS screen on the Lumia 640 XL, which represent significant improvement on the used on the regular Lumia 640. The display has an HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels and 259 pixels per inch.
The screen on Microsoft Lumia 640 XL uses clearBlack technology and is protected with scratch-resistant corning Gorilla Glasss 3. The phablet comes a 13 megapixels rear camera with a Zeiss F2.0 lens, LED flash and full-HD (1080p) video recording.
The 5MP ‘selfie’ camera provided on the front has a wide-angle 24mm lens with full-HD video recording as well.
Power and Performance
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is powered with a quad-core Qualcomm snapdragon 400 processor capable of speeds of up tp 1.2GHz, backed by an Adreno 305 GPU. RAM of 1GB and 8GB internal storage space are provided, with the storage memory extendable with a microSD card of up to 128GB.
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL runs on windows phone 8.1 OS out of the box and the software will be upgradeable to windows 10 later in the year. The 9mm-thick phablet will be accompanied by a 300mAh battery that can deliver up to 24 hours of talk time on a 3G connection, according to Microsoft.
Extra Specs and Perks
The device support 4G LTE and is available in single-SIM and dual-SIM variants. There are also a variety of connectivity option, including Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Mobile Hotspot, NFC and microUSB.
Pricing and Availability
Microsoft Lumia 640 XL is not available in Nigeria, it will start shipping in April, 2015 in some countries. We currently have no information on pricing and availability for Nigeria. Microsoft Lumia 640 XL price in Nigeria should range from N40,000 to N50,000 at launch
Microsoft Lumia 640 Specs
General Features
Platform: windows phone 8.1 with Lumia Demin
Processor: 1.2GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 400)
GPU: Adreno 305
Memory: 1GB RAM
Colours: Matte Cyan, Orange, Black, Mattte White, Glossy white
Dimension: 157.9 x 81.5 x 9mm
Weight: 171g
SIM Type: Micro-SIM
SIM Count: Dual-SIM, Dual Standby (Single-SIM option)
Display
Display: 5.0-inch IPS Display, 720×1280 pixels (25ppi), ClearBlack
Display protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera
Rear camera: 13 MP Camera, 1080p HD Video
Rear Camera Features: autofocus, LED Flash, Carl Zeiss Optics, Geo-tagging
Front Camera: 5 MP Camera, 1080p HD video
Storage
Built-in Storage: 8GB Storage
Memory Card Support: up to 128GB
Bundled Cloud Storage: 30GB free one Drive
Network Support
2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz
2G CDMA 1X: No
3G WCDMA: 850/900/1900/2100 MHz
3G CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: (LTE Models)
Internet & Connectivity
GPRS: yes, up to 48kbps
EDGE: yes, up to 236.8kbps
3G/WCDMA/HSPA: yes, up to 21.1 Mbps
HSPA+: yes, up to 42.2 Mbps
CDMA EVDO: No
4G LTE: yes, up to 150 Mbps (LTE Models)
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/n, DLNA
Wi-Fi Hotspot: yes
Bluetooth: yes, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP
NFC: yes (LTE Models)
Infrared Blaster: No
USB Port: yes, microUSB 2.0
Battery
Battery: 3000 mAh li-ion Battery
Standby Time: up to 936 hours
Talktime: up to 23.6 Hours (3G)
Music playback: up to 98 Hours
Video playback: up to 10.7 Hours
Wi-Fi Browsing: up to 13.2 Hours
Cellular Browsing:
Messaging
SMS/MMS: yes
Instant Messaging: yes
Push Emails: yes
Email Protocol: SMTP, IMAP4, POP3
Navigation
Navigation: yes, GPS with A- GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Maps: yes, Bing Maps, Here Drive+, Here Maps
Sensors & Control
Digital Compass: yes
Accelerometer: yes
Proximity Sensor:
Barometer: No
Pedometer: No
Pedometer: yes (sensorCore)
Gyroscope: No
Fingerprint Scanner: No
Iris Scanner: No
Intelligent Digital Assistant: yes (Cortana)
Voice control: yes
Other Feature
Security: mobile VPN, on-device Encryption, Remote Lock & wipe
Social Apps: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, WhatsApp, Foursquare, Skype, WeChat, Viber, LINE, MySpace, Sina, Weibo, Flickr, Picasa, YouTube
Video streaming: yes
Active Noise Cancellation: yes (with dedication mic)
Wireless charging: No
Water Resistant: yes
Image Editor: yes
Video Editor: No (download at store)
Document viewer: yes (MS Office App)
Document Editor: yes (MS Office Apps)