The vibrant design does its best to distract from some of the Lumia 535’s niggling issues but it won’t fool you all the time. The shiny orange version that we have is our least favourite, but the matte plastic options – black, grey, white and cyan – are especially pleasing on the eye. The vibrant replaceable covers are available in orange, black, grey, green, white and cyan and give the Lumia 535 a more premium look than its low price would suggest. Related: best smartphone Microsoft Lumia 535 – Design & Features It’s disappointing to see, then, that a handful of careless mistakes cost it dearly. Available SIM-free for under £70 there aren’t many 5-inch smartphones that will beat it on price either.

On the surface the Lumia 535 appears to be a great budget phone and with a dual-SIM version available in some regions appears to strike all the right notes. The front camera has also had a boost and is now a selfie takers dream, since it packs a decent-sized 5-megapixel sensor. This was rubbish at taking pictures and has thankfully been replaced with a camera that packs both autofocus and an LED flash. The most sought-after change, though, is the removal of the awful fixed-focus camera. The small 4-inch screen makes way for a larger 5-inch display as Microsoft seeks to deliver what it thinks is the definitive budget smartphone. The Lumia 535 is Microsoft’s 5-inch follow-up to the disappointing Nokia Lumia 530. First reviewed 23rd December, 2014 What is the Microsoft Lumia 535?

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