Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 as the selfie smartphones at the IFA earlier this week. We got to check out the smartphones, check out the hands on video of the Lumia 735 and the photo gallery of the Lumia 730 Dual SIM below –
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Both these smartphones have a 5-megapixel wide angle front-facing camera with a focal length of 24mm that covers more area when capturing selfies. These have a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) ClearBlack OLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8.1 OS with Lumia Denim update that adds new features.
Unlike the Lumia 830 that features capacitive touch buttons, these have on-screen touch buttons. These are powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processors and have 1GB RAM, similar to the Lumia 830.
These have a 6.7-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording. The smartphone’s body near the camera module is slightly raised.
There is a secondary microphone next to the LED flash and there is a loudspeaker grill on the bottom part. These come in bright green, bright orange, dark grey and white colors.
The volume rockers and the power button are present on the right side.
The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
The micro USB slot is present on the bottom. The design of the smartphone is different from the Lumia 720.
Both these have removable back covers. There is a microSD card slot that accepts cards up to 128GB, 8GB of internal storage and a 2220 mAh removable battery. There are two SIM slots for the Lumia 730 Dual SIM, and the Lumia 735 has single SIM support, but it adds 4G LTE connectivity. These are priced at 199 Euros and 219 Euros respectively and would roll out starting this September.
Srivatsan contributed to this report