Microsoft Lumia 435

The Microsoft Lumia 435 is an odd little phone. Immediately recognisable as a Lumia, given its bold colours and polycarbonate body, yet boasting sharper lines, a more boxy design and a Microsoft logo, this is a different breed of Windows Phone.As the...

Microsoft's take on the budget smartphone certainly has its positives, but its negative is pretty severe too, with low 3G speeds and a piddly little camera that just feels so out of place in a modern device, even one with this sort of price...

As one of the latest handsets in a growing lineage of impressively well-stocked budget offerings from Microsoft, the Lumia 435 is a must have for any first-time smartphone user, those prone to breaking or losing their handset or those simply after a...

The Microsoft Lumia 435 is the best phone you can buy under £50, even accepting the tired old Windows Phone apps argument. Bottom of Microsoft's line-up and just £49.99 on PAYG it's by no means a great phone, but for first-time or light users it wipes...

We can only recommend the Microsoft Lumia 435 phone if you find the Windows 8.1 OS preferable to Android. Otherwise stronger alternatives can be found for the...

The Microsoft Lumia 435 is a basic, budget phone, and offers a cut-price introduction to the Windows Phone experience. You get Microsoft extras like Office apps, Mix Radio and HERE Drive +, but you're saddled with a slow processor and so-so camera. The...

As a colourful, fun and eminently replaceable smartphone (in a good way, i.e. if it breaks or gets lost you just buy another), the Lumia 435 takes a lot of beating. I criticised the 530 as something of a compromise too far, but the 435 takes almost the...

In Review Microsoft Lumia 435. Test model courtesy of Microsoft Germany.If you want to pay only 100 Euros (~$112) for your next smartphone, you will have to live with some restrictions The Microsoft Lumia 435 cannot keep up with the much better Lumia...