MWC 2015: Microsoft unveils budget Lumia 640 and Lumia 640XL

The Microsoft Lumia 640 at MWC 2015, Barcelona. (Source: Nandagopal Rajan)

Both the new Lumia smartphones offer one-year free subscription to Microsoft Office 365. Featuring a 5-inch 720p HD display, the Lumia 640 comes with an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a 1MP front camera. It runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU with 1GB of RAM and 8GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 128GB. Microsoft is also offering 30GB of free OneDrive storage. The Lumia 640 is powered by a 2500 mAh battery.

The rear of Lumia 640.
(Source: Nandagopal Rajan)

The bigger Lumia 640 XL sports a 5.7-inch HD IPS ClearBlack display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and mounts a 13MP rear camera powered by Zeiss f/2.0 lens and a 5MP selfie camera. It runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU with 1GB of RAM and 8GB internal storage which can be expanded up to 128GB and Adreno 305 GPU. Both the devices runs on Windows Phone 8.1 operating system.