14 DAY TRIAL // The cheapest Windows 10 smartphone that will soon be available on the market, Lumia 550 stars in the first official video. Although Microsoft wasn't too clear about the exact release date of the smartphone, word is that the Lumia 550 should hits shelves sometime in December.
This means that Microsoft still has a lot of time to raise the hype around the most affordable smartphone that ships with Windows 10 Mobile operating system right out of the box.
The 45-second video highlights some of the most important features that the Lumia 550 has to offer thanks to the new Windows 10 Mobile platform.
Cortana, built-in Office apps, OneDrive, 4G LTE connectivity, and much more will be at your disposal if you decide to go for Microsoft's Lumia 550.
Even though many customers are more interested in getting Microsoft's high-end Lumia 950/950 XL smartphone, the Lumia 550 is likely to sell much better due to its lower price.
But does the Lumia 550 has potential to become another Lumia 530, one of the most popular Windows Phone handsets available on the market?
Since the handset has been recently spotted at European retailers with a price tag of €130 attached to it, Lumia 550 has great potential everywhere Microsoft decides to make it available.
A cheap phone with decent specs
That being said, here is a quick rundown of what the Lumia 550 has to offer in terms of specs. First of all, the smartphone sports a 4.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution.
When it comes to hardware, the affordable handset is equipped with a 1.1GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 graphics processing unit, an Adreno 304 graphics processing unit and 1GB of RAM.
Although it comes with only 8GB of storage inside, users will be able to further expand storage up to 200GB via microSD card slot.
Microsoft Lumia 550 comes with a 5-megapixel camera on the back, which features autofocus, LED flash and HD (720p) resolution, as well as a secondary 2-megapixel camera in the front.
It's also powered by a 2,100 mAh battery and offers many connectivity options including 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, microUSB 2.0 and GPS with AGPS support.
