Microsoft's most affordable Windows 10 4G phone enters market

Microsoft has started sale of its most affordable 4G Windows 10 phone. The Lumia 550 went on sale in select markets in Europe on December 7, 2015 at a price of $140 (Rs 9,100 approximately). It is expected to be launched in India early next year.

The Microsoft Lumia 550 sports a 4.7-inch HD display. The Lumia 550 sports a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with f/2.4 aperture and single LED flash light and a 2 megapixel front camera.

The smartphone has a 1.1 GHz Snapdragon 210 quad core processor. It has 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of inbuilt memory and an expandable storage slot that could support a micro SD card of 200 GB capacity.

The Microsoft Lumia 550, which measures 136.1 x 67.8 x 9.9 mm, weighs 141.9 gram with its 2100 mAh removable battery. The Lumia 550 offers Microsoft apps such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Cortana, OneDrive, Outlook Mail, Outlook Calender and Skype.