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according to Microsoft 50 billion selfies were taken last year and the company wants to help you take a better one with the Lumia 7:30 and 7:35 I'm Michael Fisher with pocket now let's take a look these phones aren't much special in terms of their specs 1.2 gigahertz quad-core processor the 20 to 20 milliamp hours on the battery and polycarbonate design in multiple colors and dual SIM support on the 730 a fairly typical Windows Phone at first glance even the primary camera isn't stunning just six point seven megapixels though with Zeiss optics and a larger aperture than usual the reason the 730 exists is as a vehicle for its 5 megapixel front-facing camera with a 24 millimeter focal length and a wide angle lens to let you get more of the shot we've seen those kinds of capabilities on other phones and Microsoft steps it up with a dedicated Lumia selfie app but even here the offering is fairly typical filters eye enhancements teeth whitening so on probably the coolest thing about the app is its ability to use the phone's more capable primary camera instead giving you audio cues to Center your face in the frame and this app will work even on other Lumia phones with better primary cameras the Lumia 7:30 and 7:35 will be available starting this month for 199 and 219 euro respectively for our money this selfie app is the morning interesting part of this package and we'll have more thoughts on that in the weeks ahead for much more from Microsoft and others Andy for 2014 stay tuned to PocketNow until next time this been michael fisher with pocket now captain two pounds on Twitter see you again soon from Berlin