Lumia 830 and 735 launched in Malaysia by Microsoft

The Lumia 735 and the Lumia 830 have been officially launched in Malaysia, by Microsoft today. Shoppers interested in buying either of the smartphones can make their purchase starting from the 3rd of October from various online as well as offline retail stores all over the country.

Both Lumia devices have been aggressively priced by Microsoft with the Lumia 735 being priced at RM999 or $305 and the Lumia 830 having a price tag of RM1399 or $430. Also, Microsoft will offer the first 500 buyers of the Lumia 830 smartphone the Office 365 Home Premium absolutely free of cost.

The Lumia 830 is being described by many tech experts as the affordable flagship smartphone of the lot and it comes loaded with an amazing 5-inch screen having a super-sharp resolution of 1280x720 pixels. The device is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processer clocked at 1.2 GHz and has  1 GB of RAM along with 16 GB of Internal storage which is expandable upto 128 GB via a microSD card.

The phone has a 10 megapixel PureView camera which comes with optical image stabilization and a 0.9 MP front-facing camera. The phone supports LTE connections and has a 2,200 mAh battery.

The Lumia 735 on the other hand sports a 4.7 inch screen with the same pixel resolution and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor from Snapdragon. The smartphone comes loaded with 1GB of RAM 8 gigs of internal storage that is expandable to 128 GB with the help of a microSD card. The phone has a 6.7 MP primary camera and an excellent 5 MP Selfie camera along with LTE connectivity.

Both the smartphones come loaded with the Windows 8.1 OS and have the Lumia update available out of the box.