After giving out the Coloud Bang Speaker to one of our readers, Microsoft Devices surprised us with one Lumia 530 phone to again give out to another lucky reader. So we have been thinking on what criteria to use, since we love all our readers. And this is what we are going to do. Through the comment section the person who will tell us the best selling points or features that make Lumia 530 suited for the Kenyan market will walk away with brand new Lumia 530. The winner will be announced on Thursday 20th November 2014
So with that we are not going to say more about the phone.. your turn tell us something about it. But here are some information about the Lumia devices and Microsoft:.
Microsoft has entered into partnership with Kenya Orient Insurance Limited to provide our users with an insurance cover for the smart phone range. Users can now protect their devices from accidental damage â screen repair or liquid damage repair. The package ranges from 1.5% for a Kshs 70,000 or 2% for a Kshs 20,000 device. No excess fee will be charged. To register, users are required to send and SMS with their respective IMEI numbers to 70707. Two verification messages will be sent with further registration details.
The insurance deal covers devices that not older than two years from date of purchase, user can only make a maximum of two claims per device per year. When registering, one must have proof of purchase and the insurance value will based on catalogue price as well as applicable depreciation.
Those with old Lumia devices and have not upgraded to the Lumia Cyan software, It is advisable to do it now. Go to the SETTINGS > UPDATE PHONE
And finally any new Lumia device being bought over the next 3 months will be coming with 3 months free Skype.
There are about three selling point for lumia 530.
First, a powerful quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor to deliver a super-fast
and lag-free user experience especially for resource hungry apps, gaming and
internet such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat, plus games such as Asphalt 8,.
More than 90% of kenyans uses microsoft OS and Offices thus it will be a seamless integration with Microsoft services such as Skype and Microsoft Office, available in their laptops and desktops.
The Dual SIM support is another great feature which will enable switching between two SIM cards,
helping people look for affordable services across different networks in kenya.
Many kenyan will also go for a device where they can enjoy more content and apps enabled by enough memory – 4GB of on-board memory, plus SD cards up to 128GB.
And finally a suggested price of around ksh 11000 will be affordable to many Kenyans.
It has a 854 x 480 pixels screen, and a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor making the Windows Phone experience a fast one. It offers a removable back cover and battery allowing people travelling to swap batteries if needed and also has expandable memory. It has a 5 MP camera and ships with Windows Phone 8.1 out of the box. At its price it makes for a great entry level smartphone.
The fact that the smartphone comes with an insurance cover is a big plus. This sets it apart from other phones considering that apart from theft, damage is the worst thing that can happen to a phone
1). The pricing-The Lumia 530 is much affordable to most Kenyans who are sticking to their tight budgets, it retails for only 9,999/- at the orange shops across the country that also come with FREE coloud bang speakers which retails for 2,400/- plus FREE unlimited internet for one month which makes it a very good deal.
2). The Dual-SIM Variant – This gives the users of the Lumia 530 freedom of using services from different mobile providers without using two phones.
3). The Storage- The Lumia 530 comes with the internal storage of 4GB and a memory card slot that support up to 128GB storage capacity, this proves to be very convenient when it comes to acting as a portable storage. Free cloud storage makes it even more appealing
4). The connectivity speed- The Lumia 530 has a much faster internet connectivity speed of 3G .
5). The looks- The Lumia 530 feels and looks great in the hand, the screen size of 4.0″ is good enough when one is working on or typing on the MS word on the phone and viewing the videos on the device, plus it comes with great colours : Bright orange, Bright green, White, and Dark grey.
6). The Apps- The Lumia 530 comes packed with high end apps that proved to be popular among the Kenyan masses: Facebook, and twitter among others that are available from the market for download. Oh wait! Free Skype when you purchase, makes things great.
7). Ease of Availability- Lumia 530 device is available in all Orange shops across the country eliminating the worries of purchasing fake devices from the unscrupulous business men.
8). The 5mp Camera at its price range makes it enticing to Kenyans who are willing to try the WP8.1 ecosystem without breaking the bank :)
1). The pricing-The Lumia 530 is much affordable to most Kenyans who are
sticking to their tight budgets, it retails for only 9,999/- at the
orange shops across the country that also come with FREE coloud bang
speakers which retails for 2,400/- plus FREE unlimited internet for one
month which makes it a very good deal.
2). The Dual-SIM Variant –
This gives the users of the Lumia 530 freedom of using services from
different mobile providers without using two phones.
3). The Storage-
The Lumia 530 comes with the internal storage of 4GB and a memory card
slot that support up to 128GB storage capacity, this proves to be very
convenient when it comes to acting as a portable storage. Free cloud
storage makes it even more appealing
4). The connectivity speed- The Lumia 530 has a much faster internet connectivity speed of 3G .
5).
The looks- The Lumia 530 feels and looks great in the hand, the screen
size of 4.0″ is good enough when one is working on or typing on the MS
word on the phone and viewing the videos on the device, plus it comes
with great colours : Bright orange, Bright green, White, and Dark grey.
6).
The Apps- The Lumia 530 comes packed with high end apps that proved to
be popular among the Kenyan masses: Facebook, and twitter among others
that are available from the market for download. Oh wait! Free Skype
when you purchase, makes things great.
7). Ease of Availability-
Lumia 530 device is available in all Orange shops across the country
eliminating the worries of purchasing fake devices from the unscrupulous
business men.
8). The 5mp Camera at its price range makes it
enticing to Kenyans who are willing to try the WP8.1 ecosystem without
breaking the bank :)
This are my favorite features and reasons and why i feel the Lumia 530 is the best windows phone ever to land in the Kenyan market.
1. Itâs affordable
With a starting price of Ksh. 9,999/-
at all Orange shops and outlets in Kenya the potent Lumia 530 is not
only the cheapest Lumia to date, itâs also the most affordable way to
get Windows Phone 8.1 on a new Lumia device.
2. Itâs bursting with high-end features
With
the lumia 530 i can enjoy fantastic features such as the
type-trendsetting Word Flow, the efficient swipe-down Action Center,
changeable Start screen backgrounds
3. Itâs powerful
As
well as the 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that will
make light work of internet browsing, using your favourite apps and
playing your favourite games, i donât need to worry about running out
of storage space either (a common trait with similarly priced smartphones), the Lumia 530 has expandable memory via MicroSD, up to 128GB andâŠ
4. âŠitâs cloud ready
Buillt on 15GB of free OneDrive cloud storage and i;ve got bags of space to store photos, documents and much more.
5. It loves apps
With
Windows Phone 8.1 at the helm, i will have access to thousands of
quality apps such as Skype, Instagram, WhatsApp and Evernote at my
disposal, with many more being added each and every day.This will
definitely give me complete life change.
6. Itâs got a dual personality
âŠin
a good way! The Lumia 530 isnât just restricted to one network the
(smart) dual-SIM version will allow me to run on two different SIM cards. For
anyone running a brace of phones for work and pleasure, the all-in-one
dual-SIM Lumia 530 provides a great way to consolidate your tech and
free up pocket space.
7. It loves taking photos
It has
5-megapixel camera, Glam Me app with a clever voice-guided feature for
taking your own selfies and brilliant software such as Creative Studio
and Cinema graph. The former is a mufti-faceted photo-editing app
that will turn basic shots into impressive creations worth sharing with
friends, family and on the wide array of social network channels that
can be used with the Lumia 530.
8. I can get great mapping out of the box
Once
youâve used your smartphone to find your way around, youâll never go
back. Itâs like using broadband for the first time. Powered by HERE
Maps, the Lumia 530 will not only direct you anywhere but will also
allow to you download maps âofflineâ to avoid roaming charges, if abroad.
9. You can work and play
Being
a Windows Phone and part of the Microsoft ecosystem, the Lumia 530 has
access to mobile Office apps like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint that can be used right on the device and
documents can be automatically synced with the cloud,
allowing you to finish your work on another device. Clever!
And
just like on all other Lumia smartphones, it has access to Mix Radio
that gives you unlimited, ad-free streaming of music and itâs available
offline too. Hit Play Me for instant access to your own personalized
radio station, discover new music through curated mixes, or create your own mix and dance the night away.
10. It looks great
Finally,
being seen with your new communications companion also has to fit the
style bill. Smartphones are a lifestyle choice, after all; just as
important as the clothes we wear.
Both single and dual-SIM versions of the Lumia 530
come in a multitude of stand-out colors, such as bright green and
bright orange, but can also be customized with changeable shells (also
available in white and dark grey) to fit your mood and personality.
I just love this phone!
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WHY YOU SHOULD BUY LUMIA 530
1.its a budget-conscious handset going for ksh 9999
2.a single rear-facing 5 megapixel camera which will enable you capture your photos and best of kenyan features
3.the best free music streaming app on any mobile platform: MixRadio.This will surely enable you not miss latest music on the go (i love music so much)
4.Windows 8.1 The platform packs in tons of new features that older versions of Windows Phone lacked, including the Action Center, a hub where you can see all of your notifications and alerts in a single spot â just swipe down from the top of the display to access it. Another noteworthy feature is the inclusion of actionable notifications â when a new message or email arrives, a notification will pop up, with options to respond or ignore, without the need to launch and navigate through your messaging app.
5.Cortana. One of the biggest additions to Windows Phone 8.1 is Cortana, a digital-assistant app that pushes alerts to you and responds to voice commands. When you launch Cortana on the Lumia 530, you can use verbal commands to perform a variety of actions, such as setting a reminder, retrieving the weather forecast or performing a quick Web [email protected]
1. it has dual Sim capability which is ideal for most Kenyans who have more than one Sim card because of various reasons like reduced tariffs at night.
2. it has a 3G network which is ideal for Kenyans because Kenyans love their internet and especially social media.
3. it is relatively light therefore befitting most Kenyans who don’t like carrying big and heavy thing around.
4. it is a touch screen which has multitouch capability this is ideal for most Kenyans because touch screens are the in thing now who still has a phone with a keypad?
5. it supports mp3 and this is ideal for Kenyans because Kenyans love to listen to their music on phone and also like to have their favorite songs as their ringtones
6. it has good memory capacity with 4 GB internal memory and an expandable memory of up to 128 GB this is ideal for most Kenyans because we love to store our music and photos on our phones
7.it has a powerful quad core 1.2 GHz processor and 512 MB of ram and this comes in handy for Kenyans who love to multitask between apps eg chatting while playing angry birds and still listening to their music
8. it has WiFi and we know Kenyans love free things so they can use free internet ina WiFi zone.
9. it has Bluetooth and this is ideal for Kenyans because they can share their data be it music, or photos or documents
10. it has a 5 mp camera and this is ideal for Kenyans because Kenyans love to take photos and videos of either their treasured moments or when something happens around them
11. it uses windows 8.1 and this is ideal for Kenyans because most Kenyans use windows on their computers and thus they can relate easily to the lumia 530
12. it has an FM radio and this is ideal for Kenyans because they can listen to their favorite shows on radio eg maina and king’ang’i in the morning.
13. the lumia 530 has a long battery life(Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G) )and (Up to 51 hrs music play) this is ideal for Kenyans especially in the rural areas who have no direct access to electricity.
14. it is very affordable and this is good for Kenyans because we like affordable and quality products and the Nokia lumia 530 perfectly fits this bill.
15.it has an insurance option and this is ideal because in case of theft or any mishap you can get the same type of phone back and that is just awesome.
One Bob Richer
There are many ways a Kenyan can use 10K. You can spit at your discretion and since itâs your prerogative to spit, you can pay for it with the same discretion. After all, a spatula of saliva is worth 10 K in Eldoret.
You alight from a matatu wrongly in Nairobi and the âKanjuâ will be there to collect charges worth 10K due to the damage youâve caused to their beautifully decorated pavement. Never mind that the stage is another 10,000cm away and going by the current traffic jam you will get there in just about 10,000 seconds. So hey rather than salivate on the street and pay 10,000 KES, buy the Lumia 530 and while away all those 10,000 seconds for the 10,000 cms on facebook or twitter plus you will be 1 bob richer.
Warehouse Stores
You probably know the closest location of your local National Cereals and Produce boardâs warehouse, Coffee processing warehouse, Tea collecting factory, Milk processing plant, Kenya Meat Commission Slaughter house or any other storerooms where they collect and store agricultural produce.
If you donât, then stop harbouring those dreams of being a large scale farmer owing 4 tractors, 128 hectares of land and over 15 different product lines. Just go buy a Lumia 530 and enjoy the storage capacity it has of 4GB internal memory and up to 128GB Expandable memory. Get your head out of the clouds of farming and only take it back there once you have located the closes warehouse stores. In the meantime you can be enjoying cloud storage offered by the lumia plus you wonât have to cloud your judgement while at it.
Discovery Trail
Letâs face it; we are a country running amok due to the current craze of selfies. What, with the president taking selfies with expectant journalist, high school students and random wananchi on the streets to advertisers of rexona roll on and golden fry advertising their products with a thousand selfies in between. Clearly the selfies generation is here.
But letâs make a deal, the Lumia 530 will not give you the selfies option of a front camera. It will however give you the selfless option of exploring the world with your boys or/and girls be they family or friends. Go hiking, or fishing or rock climbing or horse racing or to the KCB Mbenki safari rally or to the football match. The 5MP back camera will capture crisp memories of the good times which you can still reminisce even when you are 58.
Granted, the photos of your dandelion flowers and the rock badgers you took might not make it to the discovery channel or your atomic like cloud of dust left behind by that rally driver win you a Pulitzer. However, they will be decent enough to give you boasting rights on social media as a world traveller, an adrenalin packed adventurer on a discovery trail and a voyage for world domination… that is if anybody cares, and the number of likes on FB photos might not proof enough that anyone does.
The Legend Lives
A story is told of an old man who discovered a broken mirror. He was not aware what this new technology was but he was fascinated by it. So he hid it in one of the places of his expansive ranch and used to visit it daily. His wife became suspicious of his numerous disappearances and so she followed him one day and caught him red handed in the act of staring at a mirror. She snatched it away from him looked at it, and not knowing what it was she turned irately to her husband and said âSo this is the old damsel that you come to hang out with leaving me all alone?â The old man looked at her and was like âHuh? I only come to look at that thing because I can clearly see my father no matter how far he is. Problem is he talks as I talk and I never get to hear what he is saying!â
Well thanks to Skype the legend lives… talking with our loved ones across the âmirrorâ and actually getting to see and hear what they are saying is a reality. And yes you guessed it right. Lumia 530 has Skype installed plus you get one month unlimited orange internet. So get one and skype away your legend.
Fallacy Demystified
The long held erroneous fallacy that men canât multitask has been demystified. Men can and do indeed multitask. They can listen to the TV while reading a newspaper all the while browsing on their phones as the madam is speaking to him. The only thing that men canât do while doing this intense, nerve wracking, excruciating and action packed multitasking is talk or rememberafterwards what was said? So please donât ask him a question that requires a more than Yes or No answer and donât hold him up to his answers later as he wonât even have the foggiest of what you are talking about.
The Lumia 530 however will allow men to multitask but keep a record of it for future reference. A blend of work ânâ play is domiciled on the same device. Work out that missing shilling on the excel sheets, type that speech on word, plus put finish touches on the presentation which you will be presenting to the board in which the single CEO whom you have a crush on will be in attendance.
All the while you are progressing on levels for the various games you are playing and your stats are looking impressive.
Plus hey if the guys call you on your social line to go test drive your palâs new Subaru youâll be on point. Should that CEO gal call you on your business line asking you to be a part of a small strategy team sheâs going with for a strategy session at Diani Beach, you can always ditch the guys. Ooh the beauty of a dual SIM variant phone.
Suicide Note
Forget all the techie jargon on smart phones. Ati 1.2GHZ Qualdcore snapdragon processer, ati windows 8.1 Windows OS, downloaded offline maps, latest features like word flow, sijui 4 inch screen, unlimited ad free streaming music, cortana, oooh the phone is beautiful and colourful , ati HSPA+ 4G connectivity forget all that techie gobbledygook.
Just know this; you wonât have to commit murder on yourself by hyperventilating when your phone hangs. So rather than compose that suicide note youâve been contemplating lately, remember your weak heart and see a doctor…. and get a Lumia 530.
You might also be accused of murdering that innocent bystander or passerby who will be hit by an unidentified flying object which in the cause of investigation the pathologist will conclude that death occurred due to shock and massive internal bleeding. The police will reveal that the previously unidentified object was in fact a smart phone moving at a velocity that defied human strength. Your weak argument that you threw your phone in frustration due to slow speed wonât hold water in a court of law. Whereas the judge and the court might be impressed with you bullâs eye accuracy whilst throwing objects and even suggest that you might have had a career had you joined the military snipers or the free range sharp shooters team, he will most definitely ask you to cool your tempers for 10,000 years in a small cage for second degree murder. Meanwhile, we will all be wondering how comes you never heard of Lumia 530, a very fast phone that doesnât hang.
Prince Hanniel
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