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Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual-SIM review: 2015 cheapest Windows Phone ever $70.

SpecEagle Editorial·Apr 2015·$70
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#3 of 7
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Microsoft Lumia 430.

Microsoft's 2015 Lumia 430 — $70 cheapest Windows Phone EVER + dual-SIM + 1 GB RAM. Bottom of Lumia line.

01Display

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

TypeLCD
Size4.0"
Resolution480 x 800

02Performance

50/100

At 50/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2015 — 7 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 200
CPU1.2 GHz dual-A7
RAM1 GB

03Camera

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

Main2 MP fixed-focus

04Battery

70/100

At 70/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among budget phones of 2015 — 8 points above the cohort average.

Capacity1,500 mAh removable

05Software

66/100

66/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2015.

What works
  • $70 cheapest Windows Phone ever.
  • Dual-SIM.
  • 1 GB RAM (decent for WP8.1).
  • 4 colours.
What doesn't
  • SD200 dual-A7 super-slow.
  • 2 MP fixed-focus cam.
  • 480 x 800 LCD.
  • No 3G in some regions.

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 7-phone cohort of budget devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .