They are now available for €150 and €220, respectively

Apr 28, 2015 11:03 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL smartphones back in February during Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 and promised they will go on sale in Q2.

They are already available for purchase in many countries, and earlier this week the Redmond-based company officially introduced the Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 XL in Romania.

Although they have already been put on sale for a few days at online retailers and local carriers, Microsoft confirmed the availability of the smartphones only yesterday.

The Lumia 640 is now available for purchase for only €150 outright, while for the Lumia 640 XL customers will have to pay around €220 upfront.

Obviously, those who agree to commit to a long-term contract can grab either of the two smartphones for free via Orange or Vodafone carriers.

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Moving on to specs, the Lumia 640 comes with a 5-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports HD (720p) resolution, while the XL model has a much larger 5.7-inch display with the same resolution. Both displays feature Corning Gorilla Glass 3 coating.

On the back, Lumia 640 packs an 8-megapixel camera with full HD (1080p) video recording and LED flash, while the Lumia 640 XL features a much better 13-megapixel rear-facing camera with Carl Zeiss optics, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording.

It's also worth mentioning that the Lumia 640 has a 1-megapixel camera in the front, whereas the Lumia 640 XL boasts a much better 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

The smartphones are equipped with 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processors, 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card slot.

Software-wise, Microsoft Lumia 640 and Lumia 640 ship with Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2, which brings several features that are not included in other Windows Phones for the moment.

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Microsoft Lumia 640 XL

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