By Rich W Woods

Today, we discovered that AdDuplex noticed a new Windows Phone with a 5.7″ 1080p display. We also saw that the Nokia Lumia 635 is the most used Windows Phone in the United States. This news comes two days after I received the successor to the Nokia Lumia 635, the Microsoft Lumia 640.

Microsoft announced the Lumia 640 in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress. It is my understanding that the device will be sold for $99.99 in the United States, or at least the carrier locked models will. If that is in fact the case, the Microsoft Lumia 640 will deliver a heck of a lot of value.

The 6xx series of Lumias has historically hung on the border between the low end and the mid-range. Lately, I’ve considered the Nokia Lumia 635 to be a high quality low end device that packs a lot of value for its price tag, rather than a mid-range that doesn’t quite deliver on what a mid-range should. The Microsoft Lumia 640 promises to be a full fledged mid-range device.

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By Rich W Woods

My process for putting the Microsoft Lumia 535 through its rounds by comparing it to different phones got thrown through a hoop when Microsoft asked for the Nokia Lumia 830 back. I had to compare it to the 830 early. I’m back on track. I compared it to the Nokia Lumia 530 and when I proved that the Lumia 535 is superior, I compared it to the Nokia Lumia 520. Now, it’s time to compare the Microsoft Lumia 535 to the Nokia Lumia 635.

The Microsoft Lumia 535 is Microsoft’s first Lumia since dropping the Nokia brand after Microsoft acquired Nokia’s devices and services division. The Microsoft Lumia 535 has some camera features that the Nokia Lumia 635 but the Lumia 635 has a better processor than the Lumia 535 does, so we’ll get into that in a bit.

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