Product reviewsMicrosoft Lumia 535 - 8GB - Black (Unlocked) Smartphone

Great phone but you really need to know this before you buy.

This phone has a 5 inch screen and may or may not have two sim slots. if it has one slot it will still have the software as if it did. It is slim with a decent ram and storage for the price but is only a 3g phone. At least one of the lesser brands will provide you with and android based 4G phone with similar specs for less than £70. Unless you are a particular fan of windows you would be best steered away from this phone. if you chose it you should look for a very good price.
The reason is that the whole Microsoft/Nokia project has fallen apart. This matters because if you hope to have access to a good range of apps you will hit a minefield. Firstly out of the box you will find that already some apps have been abandoned and will not work. You may take the view that the free upgrade to windows 10 will sort this problem out but in fact it depends what apps you want to keep since you will lose some in the upgrade. Android emulators do not really work. If like me you expected at least to have a sensible skype phone with a front (and back) facing camera you will find it will not work on windows 8.1 at all nor with the upgrade.Eventually if you take the upgrade option you will probably find that you need to join the windows insider program to get further upgrades by agreeing effectively to be a tester. I love the phone. I paid a good low price for an interesting phone and knew roughly what i was getting into. Upgrading and faffing will take days not hours and if you hate all that just get a cheap android. This phone has character in spades but I repeat buy it cheap if you like that sort of thing. Avoid if you want it to just workRead full review...

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good starter smart phone

It is a 3G windows phone first marketed in 2014 so is hardly cutting edge. Battery life isn't great, but it has a reasonably large screen and is pretty easy to operate. Hence an ideal starter smart phone for non-tech partner who wanted one. It's a phone I know well so I could hopefully help her out. She's happy with it so I'm happy.Read full review...

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Lumia 535 Phone

Windows phones work seamlessly with Windows 10 - so take a photo with your 535 phone and it's available on your laptop, desktop and tablet via Windows Cloud. Same applies to Outlook messaging. The 535 is a very affordable/budget phone, but provides a good sized screen, has good battery life and though made to a budget, it feels and performs like a phone in a higher price bracket. Only down side is that Microsoft chose not to offer a 'zoom' facility to the camera and the images taken are fine, but if quality (large file sizes) are important, then you should be looking for a higher spec than the 535. The Windows App store has lots to offer and is making up ground against other platforms. It's a good phone for not a lot of money - I like mine - a lot.Read full review...

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Great windows phone

As far as modern mobile phones go, this is a very practical and easy to use mobile phone. It runs on the windows operating system (windows 8.1). It is very easy to set up and use. My only small niggle is that it is a single sim model but the software on this phone seems to be for the dual sim model, so a bit confusing to start with. Overall a very good buy, and one that I hope will last me for years to come.Read full review...

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Good all round phone

Good phone. 3G really quick on Internet. Easy to use. Self explained. Pictures are nice.
Only down side: You won't be to able to download the android apps, just the window ones and they are not as good.Read full review...

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Great phones

I loved this phone for it's clear display, large screen, choice of colour , windows 10 and good camera. The battery hasn't lasted long however. With a new battery it would be great!

Microsoft Lumia - good sound but terrible screen response!

This phone looks nice and in theory is very workable, with a fully personalisable home screen and the promise of lots of features. However, the screen is often unresponsive and I have to turn it all off and then on again (at least once per day), programmes close for no apparent reason and have to be restarted. It doesn't get the latest feeds (for example on Facebook - the 'timeline' is often days or weeks out of date) and is also repeats the same three or four threads on social media accounts again and again as you keep scrolling. I don't know why this is. The phone is also incompatible with Facebook Pages Manager so no good for business page use. It is also impossible to upload photos to business pages or Twitter/Instagram accounts. All in all not really a smartphone! Good for calls though and I have had no issues with signal at all which is very good in comparison to say my old Blackberry that was always falling off the radar. Texting is painful due to the screen response issue so I have given up on that altogether, I guess it means I speak to people more now as I can't bear the thought of taking three hours to send a text message.Read full review...

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FANTASTIC BUY.

Amazing! a mobile smart phone. branded product for the price of a gallon of petrol. Nowadays consumers just get ripped off. but not this time!
reliable, good looking, functioning perfectly.
not fancy android prices. but gives the user all you need.
And for a very very low price!Read full review...

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good phone

The phone is really good easy and fast to use all tough it sometimes glitches on the touch screen where it gets stuck pressing a letter but just reboot the phone I think this phone is amazing and should be boughtRead full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: refurbished | Sold by: barmybargains

Better than expected.

I had to buy a Windows phone, for work purposes, but I never expected it to be this good. No having to close open apps regularly, no power draining operations, great intuitive controls & settings, decent battery life & a nice looking phone.

I bought the dual sim version, so that I can use a foreign travel sim & so this phone is now super useful.

I am happy to recommend this phone. No regrets about my purchase, except perhaps there could be more apps available in the Windows store.Read full review...

Verified purchase:  Yes | Condition: new | Sold by: bigdreamz_shop