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now the ink is dry on Microsoft buyout of Nokia the nokia name is now a thing of the past on Lumia phones say hello then to the Microsoft Lumia 535 name aside it's business as usual for a Lumia it has a familiar plastic body with rounded covers these are interchangeable and come in a variety of colors to suit your mood or indeed your clothes it's a 5-inch device so it's quite big although not so big as to feel bulky you'll probably need two hands to type on it though the display itself has an 8 60 by 540 pixel resolution which isn't particularly high but forgivable on this phone given the budget price tag it'll come with icons look reasonably sharp and it seems pretty bright as well it comes with the latest Windows Phone 8.1 software on board you'll see the scrolling grid of colorful live tiles and a recent update means you can now pop tiles into folders the update also brings voice assistant Cortana although only two countries where Cortana is currently supported above the display is a five megapixel camera for those embarrassing selfies and you'll find a 5 megapixel camera on the back as well the Lumia 535 then doesn't seem a bad buy for its cheap price tag there is a caveat though this phone doesn't support 4G meaning you won't be able to take advantage of super fast data speeds still if you're after a cheap smartphone for the essentials believe me a 535 might be worth a look I went to hoyle for CNET and this is a Microsoft Lumia 535