Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim smartphone review, specifications and reviews

Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim even before the launch was nicknamed a smartphone for lovers of selfies and Skype calls. What to say, Microsoft, like many other electronics manufacturers, actively supports these trends. Why did the smartphone get such a nickname? For that they praise and curse Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim customer reviews? Read on, and we will answer all these questions.

General view

In September 2014, at IFA 2014, vice president of sales of Nokia Chris Weber appealed to the audience with an interesting topic. He demonstrated the most famous starry selfie of the year, made by American comedian and actress Ellen Degeneres, and then cursed his quality. "The world deserves more," Chris said and announced the Lumia 730, which boasts a good front-facing 5 megapixel camera, which is almost 2 times better than most smartphones have. In addition, in a competitive race for Instagram lovers, this model came with a convenient self-editing app, stylish design, good features and 3G support, which makes it possible to instantly share your photo masterpieces without binding to the location. The target audience of Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim is, of course, young people.

Equipment

The standard set with the purchase consists of a very modest list of components:

• The smartphone itself;
• user guide;
• Charger with micro USB connector.

Well, the case for Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim and, moreover, the USB-cable and the headset will have to be bought separately. The assortment of useful accessories is quite wide, special attention should be paid to smart wireless charging. It comes in the same colors as the smartphone, and glows when its charge level is low or flashing when you miss a call or SMS.

This model has a powerful Bluetooth 4 transmitter, with which the work of wireless devices will be reliable and stable.

"Stuffing" Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim

The characteristics of the smartphone is quite impressive - it has a quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC processor with a frequency of 1.2 GHz to quickly solve most of the average user questions. A RAM in 1 GB and even the video processor Adreno 350 provide him with the proper support and distinguish this model from its predecessor under the number 720, which has only 512 MB of memory.

A long battery provides a battery capacity of 2,200 mA.

The 8 GB model has its own memory, about half of which is occupied by system files. But it is possible to support microSD-cards up to 128 GB. Plus, Microsoft gives you 15 GB of memory on your One Drive cloud storage. So you are unlikely to run into the problem of a lack of free space on the Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim.

Overview of appearance and body

The smartphone has a classic "Nokiev" strict and minimalist design.

This model is not large, it can be said to have standard sizes of -13.5 x 6.8 cm. The thickness is 0.9 cm, the total weight is only 130 g. With these parameters, the Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim smartphone lies comfortably in the hand, despite Sharp corners, and it is convenient to carry around.

The case is made of plastic, there is a choice of 4 colors:

• Classical: dark gray, white;
• Bright - glossy orange and matte green.

The smartphone is equipped with Corning Gorilla Glass version 3.

The screen protrudes slightly above the body. Above him are a camera and a speaker for conversations.

From the ports of Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim has only two - for mini-USB and standard for headphones. They are located in the middle of the bottom and top of the smartphone, respectively.

On the back of the case you will find a camera, as well as a speaker located at the bottom right. This somewhat degrades the sound quality of the latter, because when the phone is on the surface, the sound is muffled. In addition, there are practically no basses. So the speaker is loud, but for listening to music it is of little use.

The volume "rocker" button and the on / off button are on the right and conveniently protrude above the level of the case, so they can be easily found to the touch.

Please note that there are no buttons at the bottom of the screen.

In this model, two micro SIM cards are used, the slots for which you will find by pulling out the battery. There is also a slot for microSD cards. Unlike one of the predecessors of this model - Lumia 1520, the battery can be removed by a regular user, without special tools. To do this, you need to put the smartphone in a vertical position, press your thumb under the camera lens and with your index finger gently bend the panel. Do not use sharp objects, the entire procedure should be performed only with nails.

Screen

In the model line "Lumii" the manufacturer can be justly proud of their screens. Without a separate mention of the HD OLED display Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim review will be incomplete. Its parameters are in figures:

• Diagonal of 4.7 inches;
• It transfers 16 million colors;
• Resolution of 720 x 1280 at 316 pixels per inch.

The colors on the display are bright and vibrant, the dark is quite saturated, so with a smartphone you can safely work even in bright light on the street. Viewing angles are also quite comfortable.

Interface

Initially, the Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim mobile phone was released with the updated Windows Phone 8.1, known as Denim. It gives the user all the advantages of tile design with the elimination of some flaws in the first version. Required applications, calendar, voice assistant "Cortana", a gallery of your images, missed calls, SMS - all this is available on the start screen. Of course, it is customizable. An interesting feature that users liked was the ability of some applications to "mask" under the background image, only the inscriptions on the selected squares indicate their presence. The brightness of the screen is adjusted manually and using an automatic sensor, and you can change its sensitivity - for example, put it on maximum for working with the smartphone, even in winter gloves.

Conveniently, there is a separate tile for each sim card, which makes it easy to track calls and messages for each of them.

But it soon became clear that Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim is included in the official list of smartphones that are suitable for installing Windows 10. This means that Microsoft guarantees its stable operation on this model. Therefore, lovers of new products can safely update their device.

Price

How much is Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim? The price for a smartphone in October 2014, at the beginning of sales in Russia, was about 12-13 thousand rubles. Then there was a rise in price, caused by the fall of the ruble. But today the Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim price has slightly decreased and you can find offers from 12 to 14 thousand rubles. For a smartphone.

Cameras

These are separate items of pride in the Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim. Front there is a 5 megapixel camera with a wide-angle lens. She is on guard so that you and all your friends "get in the frame." Behind you will find a 6.7 megapixel camera, with a flash and a microphone for recording sound for video, which, by the way, can be shot in HD-quality.

Both cameras are well focused, you can use auto or manual focus, the position of which is easy to change on the touch screen. The quality of the pictures is pleasantly surprising, although there are small difficulties with the white balance, and when shooting with insufficient lighting there is a lot of noise.

Software for cameras

In addition to the standard application that is part of Windows Phone 8.1, the Nokia 730 Dual Sim has applications designed specifically for Lumii:

• Lumia Camera-has 3 modes: photo, video and Smart Mode. The latter allows you to make changes to the frame right in the process of shooting - remove objects, change faces, etc.
• Lumia Cinemagraph - allows you to create GIF images.
• Lumia Creative Studio is a program for simple photo editing, for example for applying filters, cropping, gluing panoramas, and so on.
• Lumia Selfie is the "highlight" of the model. The application works with both front and main cameras. It has a timer for delayed shooting, a face recognition system (though glasses often become an insurmountable obstacle for it), as well as opportunities for retouching the face, for example, increasing the smile, whitening the teeth, increasing the eyes and changing their color, and changing the brightness of the picture. In addition, it has functions for working with a monopod.
• Lumia Storyteller is a program for creating virtual photo albums. In Windows 10 is missing, because its functions are absorbed by a special OS application.

Customer Reviews

According to the statistics of large stores, on Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim reviews in 90% of cases are positive. Many note its compact size, thanks to which they can use even one hand, and a bright design. Older people with pleasure use a laconic dark gray smartphone Nokia Lumia 730 Dual Sim gray.

In general, applications run quickly, but their launch often lasts more than a second (including those that are designed to work with the camera). But even games that are demanding of resources do not hang in the process.

One glance is enough screen to assess the current situation: calls, weather and much more.

Free preinstalled Microsoft Office is also useful to many users.

Assistant "Cortana" though inferior to "Siri" from Apple, but still can solve simple problems: call numbers from contacts, find answers to questions on the Internet. However, it should be noted that while it is available only to residents of the United States and China. You can "deceive" the system and ask your location in one of these countries, but Cortana will still not be able to speak Russian.

The speakers are loud and clear. The smartphone signal and the interlocutor's speech are well audible even in noisy places.

Convenient maps make it easier to orientate on the terrain, and they work even without the Internet.

Cameras allow you to make very good staff, the quality of which is comparable to the performance of smartphones with 12 megapixel camera from other manufacturers.

The battery holds a charge of about 1.5 days during normal operation, which can not but please customers.

Disadvantages of the model

Complaints cause a non-standard way of removing the back cover: not all users find the courage to do it themselves and the procedure is not very convenient. Nevertheless, buyers argue that the plastic does not leave a feeling of fragility and certainly does not break down in the process. But to change SIM-cards "on the fly" will be inconvenient.

Many were surprised by the lack of the usual camera shutter button on the right, now this function is completely transferred to applications.

But most of the time users were disappointed that still not all applications available on Android or iOS can be found on models with Windows Phone. Many companies do not want to increase budgets for application development for the sake of releasing their versions for so far not so many fans of Windows.

Rarely users complain about system crashes without any apparent cause and heating the smartphone while working with Wi-Fi.

Summing up

Advantages of the model:

• Very good, bright display;
• Convenient size;
• 2 excellent cameras;
• Good battery life.

Disadvantages:

• All the same in Windows there are many missing applications;
• Performance could be higher.

Lumia 730 not only performs the declared functions, but also gives the user much more than promised, at an affordable price. Thanks to this, the phone became popular not only among young people, but also among the older generation. It took its place between the top-end smartphones Lumia 1020 and 1520 and the budget Lumia 520. This makes it one of the best among the "vindovsfonov" on the market. In addition, the Lumia 730 is one of the latest phones released under the Nokia brand, which many probably have a lot of warm memories.

In general, for those who are satisfied with Windows OS, or for those who choose their first smartphone, this is an excellent solution. And ardent fans of Android and iOS should think well before buying.