Microsoft today announced a “Smart Exchange offer” for existing Asha consumers. The offer will enable existing Asha consumers to upgrade to a brand new Lumia 435.
“The Smart Exchange offer is valid from till April 15, 2015 or till stocks last across the country, giving existing consumers of Asha 500, Asha 501, Asha 502 and Asha 503 an assured discount of Rs 1,500 and an assured discount of Rs 1,000 for Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 308, Asha 309, Asha 310 and Asha 311 consumers. This discount is applicable on MRP of Lumia 435 which is Rs 5,999,” said Microsoft.
Making this offer even more attractive for consumers, Paytm, India’s largest mobile payments service will offer all Lumia 435 owners Rs 1,250 cashback of recharges through the Paytm App during the offer period (Rs 250 per transaction).
Launched in India last month, the Lumia 435 is available in bright green, bright orange, white and black, and comes in dual SIM variant. The Microsoft Lumia 435 features a 4 inch display with 480×800 pixels resolution, Windows Phone 8.1 operating system, 8 GB internal storage, 1 GB RAM, 128 GB micro SD card slot, and a 1.2 GHz Snapdragon 200 dual core processor.
The 3G enabled Lumia 435 has Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, WiFi Hotspot, DLNA, and GPS with A-GPS. The smartphone has a 2 megapixel rear fixed focus camera and a VGA front camera. This 11.7 mm thick handset weighs 134.1 grams and 1560 mAh battery that claims to offer upto 11.7 hours 3G talktime.