I love this phone, bought one as a backup phone to my Lumia 830 and use it most days. I'm running the Windows 10 preview and it's been great, almost perfect in fact. Be aware it IS a budget phone, but it's a great budget phone, far better than some of the cheaper Android devices I've used in the past. When I was replacing my 830, I used this as a daily driver for a few weeks and didn't mind it at all. So good was it that I bought my Daughter one as a first phone (disposable).

After decades of using Android, I moved to Windows Phone, no regrets at all. I won't be back.

Buy it and try it......

Rich

No Windows 10 for this yet, description is a bit misleading.

Looks like a good phone apart from the lack of front camera.
I ended up getting one of the Blu Windows phones for my daughter in an Amazon deal.
From my research it seems that Windows phones at the low end are a lot better than equivalent low end Android phones. But I could be wrong of course. :-)

windows phones at any end are better. I have a Nokia 920, a moto g 3 rd gen and used to have a iPhone 5s. Windows OS is by far the easiest to use and most stable. ios and android have more apps but no where near as good to use. Looking forward to next years surface phone.

Love this phone, got 2 in our household. Hoping Microsoft phones are a sucess in the future as wouldn't want to go back to Android now!

Thank you for posting. Merry Christmas.

It's £39....

anyway, at the price I can't see why anyone would go for this over the brand new Lumia 550 from 02 at £49

I love this phone, bought one as a backup phone to my Lumia 830 and use it most days. I'm running the Windows 10 preview and it's been great, almost perfect in fact. Be aware it IS a budget phone, but it's a great budget phone, far better than some of the cheaper Android devices I've used in the past. When I was replacing my 830, I used this as a daily driver for a few weeks and didn't mind it at all. So good was it that I bought my Daughter one as a first phone (disposable).

After decades of using Android, I moved to Windows Phone, no regrets at all. I won't be back.

Buy it and try it......

Rich

Good news, Lumia 435 does have a front camera!

My mistake, I meant no rear camera. :-(

Carphone Warehouse were selling these on PAYG to "upgrade" customers earlier this year for £9.95 so I'm not convinced £39.95 is that much of a bargain.

My son used this for about 6 months before moving to a hand-me-down Android phone - it's a small screen, and its very bulky - think 1cm+ thick. The back and sides all come off as one part. It doesn't have the widest range of apps, and those that you pay for seem considerably pricier than their equivalents on Google Play.

Better options at this price IMO.

So gutted they stopped selling these PayG on O2 website for £29.99 last week, now I'm gonna have to shell out an extra tenner :disappointed:

535 available as a PAYG upgrade here for about the same price
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/microsoft-lumia-535-o2-payg-upgrade-39-99-carphone-warehouse-2354575

It has a rear camera too! Not a great one though. Apart from that it's a superb phone, I'm happy with it.

I think 4p falls well within the term 'about'.

Is it not locked to Virgin??

These where a fiver on virgin and 10 on t mobile cpw. This will be locked too ... cold from me. Im not sure they are worth what they are asking

Just collected one from Argos ,nice little phone for the money too . Not locked , just had get my standard giffgaff SIM card cut down to size [micro] for it too fit . It's responsive and the screen is not too bad. I've never had a new Windows phone so it take me a few minutes to get used to it :-)

I don't see why would anyone go for it if Lumia 535 is same price on o2 pay as you go.

lumia 535 on o2 locked this deal unlocked.o2 pay as you go say keep the phone for 12 months then pay £15 to unlock there phones.

get the blu 5 inch HD
its alright , are you coming from android or ios

640 or bust worth the extra £10 , most agree ?

Superb
(face palm)
OK
:confused:

boulderdash
otherday same shop
sim free 5 inch 8gb 1gb kitkat quadcore 1.2
WITH a £10 credit
look harder
:stuck_out_tongue:

640 or blu HD, 535 no better

care to explain / ?

No fragmentation, no horriffic speed differences, everything just works the same. Flagship, mid-range, all works the same.

Yes? That is two major versions out of date, and 1GB means that even Chrome and Facebook are going to struggle. If anything, this proves the point.

A midrange Android phone can be great, but the bottom end is no fun.

Wont using this on the net ..............got no data , wont be using any apps either ,got Android tablets for all that . Just wanted a decent 4" phone . Already got a 5" twin Sim Android phone but these are just too big for jean pockets etc .The 435 is a nice size and a decent phone to boot . I like it a lot already and for the price it's a bargain .