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GSMArena team, 25 May 2015

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Microsoft Lumia 435 vs Lumia 532: Low profile

  • Comments (30)
  • Lumia 435
  • Lumia 532

4. User interface and performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface and performance
  5. 5. Telephony, multimedia
  6. 6. Camera, video recording
  7. 7. App package
  8. 8. Conclusion
  9.  
  10. Microsoft Lumia 435 specification
  11. Microsoft Lumia 532 specification
  12. Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM specification
  13. Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM specification
  14. Review comments (30)

Microsoft Windows Dual SIM Nokia

Windows Phone 8.1 awaits with its live tiles

Both Lumia 435 and Lumia 532 are running the Windows Phone 8.1 (Update 1) out of box. The latest Lumia Denim software expansion package comes pre-installed, too, for some exclusive software perks. The duo lacks the Update 2 firmware, which brings organized Settings menu and app permissions, among other improvements.

Glance Screen is available only the Lumia 532, which is odd as both run the same OS on the same type of display. Anyway, Glance screen shows you the time and it also supports notifications - the same as the ones you've permitted on your lockscreen. What you get is basically a monochrome representation of your lockscreen. You can opt for the Glance to be always on, timing out after predefined interval, or to light up when you pick up the phone.

Other than the Glance screen, there are no software differences. The lockscreen itself looks the same as the Glance screen, but with colors. Double tap to wake and additional security are available as options.

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The Lockscreen

The familiar interface with resizable live tiles is your Start page, you can group tiles into folders if you like. Almost every app within the Store comes with its own tile and you can see useful info live at your homescreen. Tile background is available and while it looks great, still not all live tiles are transparent, which can detract from the overall effect.

The Action Center is your place for four customizable toggles and all notifications in Windows. It works just like on Android OS - you access it by pulling down from the top of the screen, dismiss all notifications key is available.

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The Start background • Action Center

Microsoft likes Apple's way of handling apps running in background - most of the apps are suspended upon hitting the Windows key and will be resumed once you bring them back. There are others, of course, such as Navigation, Cortana and Battery apps, which will continue to run in background unless you specifically kill them.

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Multi-tasking • Quiet Hours

Quiet Hours mode is Windows Phone's take on the Do Not Disturb feature - it can be set to block calls and messages over pre-defined time interval, plus it can also go on automatically during events you have marked in your calendar. Naturally, exceptions are available.

Microsoft's Cortana is available to recognizes your natural language commands and questions and provide voice feedback. Cortana can fully interact with your phone and carry out all kind or commands related to it. Cortana can also track various news topics, makes suggestions for cooking and dinner, plan trips, find places and even crack the occasional joke.

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Cortana in action

Performance

Microsoft Lumia 435 is powered by a very basic flavor of the Snapdragon 200 chipset with a dual-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 processor, Adreno 302 GPU and 1GB of RAM. The Lumia 532 runs on a faster version of the chip with a quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 CPU, while keeping the same Adreno 302 GPU and 1GB of RAM.

It seems the 1GB RAM is now the minimum for the Lumia lineup, even within the entry-level, as it will ease the transition towards Windows 10 later this year. Microsoft promised to update all previous WP8 Lumia phones, even those with 512MB RAM, but the latter seems to require some (unspecified for now) sacrifices.

Nobody expected any records in benchmarks department, but we were still curious to see how they do.

The compound AnTuTu is highly skewed towards CPU marks and since the Lumia 435 has just two CPU cores, it gets half the points its sibling achieved. The Lumia 535 even managed to beat the way more expensive Lumia 640 here.

AnTuTu 4

Higher is better

  • Nokia Lumia 830
    12112
  • Nokia Lumia 735
    12095
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
    12009
  • Microsoft Lumia 532
    11778
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
    11761
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
    11666
  • Microsoft Lumia 435
    6615

The BaseMark OS II is another compound test, which gauges CPU, GPU, memory, system OS and web performance. The two phones outed the same scores on all departments but the processor, and thus the difference in the final rating.

Basemark OS II

Higher is better

  • Samsung Galaxy A3
    556
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    478
  • Nokia Lumia 735
    435
  • Sony Xperia E3
    417
  • Microsoft Lumia 532
    414
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
    414
  • Microsoft Lumia 435
    346

The Internet Explorer browser in Windows Phone 8.1 is nothing spectacular, but it's fast and snappy as it could be on this hardware, does a great job rendering web pages and while its JavaScript performance is rather poor as determined by Kraken, the compound BrowserMark 2.1 shows decent numbers for the class.

Kraken 1.1

Lower is better

  • Sony Xperia E3
    16059
  • Samsung Galaxy A3
    18323
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
    26368
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    26542
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
    26647
  • Nokia Lumia 735
    26913
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
    26981
  • Microsoft Lumia 532
    27156
  • Microsoft Lumia 435
    28850

BrowserMark 2.1

Higher is better

  • Sony Xperia E3
    1044
  • Nokia Lumia 735
    625
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE
    610
  • Nokia Lumia 830
    599
  • Microsoft Lumia 435
    528
  • Microsoft Lumia 532
    526
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM
    502
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
    480
  • Samsung Galaxy A3
    465

The entry level Lumia smartphones aren't meant to do much gaming or provide blazing-fast performance. They are designed to cover the bare minumum - calls, messaging, social networks, even navigation and office tasks, and we found they managed to do that. Windows Phone 8.1 runs fine on those, as all the crucial apps, though some heavier system apps (such as Skype) may require a few seconds to load. There are a few games that run very well if you are not too pretentious about graphics.

Next Page » 5. Telephony, multimedia
4. User interface and performance
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Hardware overview
  3. 3. Display, battery life, connectivity
  4. 4. User interface and performance
  5. 5. Telephony, multimedia
  6. 6. Camera, video recording
  7. 7. App package
  8. 8. Conclusion
  9.  
  10. Microsoft Lumia 435 specification
  11. Microsoft Lumia 532 specification
  12. Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM specification
  13. Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM specification
  14. Review comments (30)

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