Lumia 630 review: A Windows Phone on Android hardware

The first Windows Phone with on-screen buttons enters the battle for the low end.

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No ambient light sensor? How much could this have possibly saved?
For something you use in settings as diverse as a phone, this is sure to annoy users heavily. I think I'd personally go for this instead of a RAM upgrade if these were my options with the phone.

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Hattori HANZo[/url]":26lflhk9]No ambient light sensor? How much could this have possibly saved?

Such things rarely are about saving a few cent but about differentiating your product lines and giving people a reason to spend more on better models.

Well yes, but I question that Microsoft is in a position on the handset market that would make this a viable option to differentiate its handsets. If your market share is rather low in comparison and your platform is less attractive because of that, crippling cheap handsets by leaving in real annoyances that could be fixed for another 50ct is not going to attract consciously deciding customers and not going to retain any.

They should try to make even their cheap phones a reasonably good experience. Saving on RAM and storage to cut costs is something most people should be able to understand, at least in principal.