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Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual-SIM review: 2015 $100 entry WP8.1 quad-core.

SpecEagle Editorial·Feb 2015·$100
Overall
58/100
Class rank
#1 of 7
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Microsoft Lumia 532.

Microsoft's 2015 Lumia 532 — quad-core WP8.1 at $100 with dual-SIM + 5 MP cam.

01Display

60/100

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

TypeLCD
Size4.0"
Resolution480 x 800

02Performance

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among budget phones of 2015 — 13 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 200
CPU1.2 GHz quad-A7
RAM1 GB

03Camera

56/100

At 56/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among budget phones of 2015 — 6 points above the cohort average.

Main5 MP
FrontVGA

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.

Capacity1,560 mAh removable

05Software

68/100

68/100 puts it above the 65-point average for budget phones of 2015.

What works
  • Quad-core SD200 at $100.
  • 5 MP + VGA front cam.
  • Dual-SIM.
  • Removable battery + microSD.
What doesn't
  • 480 x 800 LCD.
  • WP 8.1 dying ecosystem.
  • Quad-A7 still slow.
  • No 4G LTE.

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? .