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Microsoft has another affordable Lumia Windows Phone to add to its ever-increasing lineup in the form of this the Lumia 640 has certainly no escaping that it's part of the Lumia line as it shares the same one-piece plastic design seen on almost the entire range it's reasonably attractive for a lower-end phone and it certainly it feels like it can take a few knocks that back panel is removable too so you can swap it for a fresh one when it starts to get a bit battered the 5-inch display has a 720p resolution yes that's not a huge amount of pixels but acceptable given this low price the display is at least perfectly sharp enough to show off your everyday essentials like Facebook and Instagram perfectly well it's running the latest Windows Phone 8.1 software made up of a large colorful tiles showing live information Windows Phone is easy to navigate and although the app store still received new apps far later than iOS or Android if it gets them at all but most of the big names like Netflix Spotify and what's up are already there it's powered by a 1.2 gigahertz quad-core processor which is more than enough to let you get through most tasks without any trouble navigating around the windows interface was extremely Swift with none of the annoying lag that often hints at a struggling processor around the back is an 8 megapixel camera which is more than capable of capturing some artsy Instagram snaps of your food however the camera on the front has only one megapixel which is a disappointingly low resolution this shouldn't be a phone to buy if you're a selfie obsessive like me the Lumia 640 has plenty going through it with its phone design decent screen and of course it's low price if you after a cheap phone for the everyday essentials and you want something a little bit different to the slew of Android phones knocking about the 640 is well worth a look I'm Andrew Hoyle and this is the Microsoft Lumia 640