Hands-on review: Microsoft Lumia 630

This is a flash hands on review to give you the chance to see what the phone is all about as soon as possible. Stay tuned as we'll be expanding and upgrading this review very shortly with more info.

Microsoft took to MWC 2015 to announce it's next addition to the mid-range Lumia range, the Microsoft Lumia 640, and we got a bit of time to play around with the new handset.

Don't expect the world to change with this new handset, the same design language as the Nokia Lumia 635 is here with the plastic backing coming in either vibrant the Cyan or Orange, or the much duller black or white.

This time around the corners have been a little more rounded off but it still feels a little slippery in the hand with not the best grip available at this range.

The thickness of the handset has been knocked down a little but Microsoft has yet to confirm the exact dimensions of the new handset, but the buttons and features all remain in the same place with the power button sitting comfortably on the right for your thumb and a volume rocker just above.

The back panel is removable allowing access to insert your SIM or a microSD card up to 128GB. A Microsoft representative confirmed to TechRadar that it will come with 16GB of internal storage but that has yet to be confirmed by Microsoft officially.

On the front is a Full HD 1080p 5-inch display which is a stand out feature for this level of handsets.

It looked beautiful to play through the apps and it was one of the brightest Windows Phone handsets I've ever used, and that's including flagship devices.

Microsoft's logo is now emblazoned on the back with the rear camera sitting in the middle right at the top.

We've yet to play around with the camera properly but it has an 8MP sensor with an LED flash and the Lumia camera software right out of the box.

The device has a front facing camera but no details for it have been confirmed yet – we can expect it to be reasonably powerful considering it'll need to cope with Skype video calling and selfies galore.

Under the hood sits a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset clocked at 1.2GHz with 1GB of RAM included as well.

There is also a 2500mAh battery that Microsoft claims will keep the handset going all day long but we can't speculate on its lasting power just yet.

It is currently running Windows Phones 8.1 with all the features you'd come to expect to such as Office 365 and Cortana but it'll be getting the update to Windows 10 before the end of the year.

Each phone will be either a 3G or LTE version with single or dual-SIM versions of both handsets also available.

Microsoft revealed the handset will be launching around the world in April 2015 with the 3G version costing €139 (about £100, $155, AUS200) and the LTE version costing €159 (about £115, $180, AUS225).

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