Lumia 530 vs Lumia 435 vs Lumia 532 comparison:

	Lumia 532	Lumia 435	Lumia 530
Display	Lumia 532 has a 4-inch, 800 x 480 resolution display	Lumia 435 has a 4-inch, 800 x 480 resolution display	Lumia 530 has a 4-inch 854 x 480 resolution display
Navigation	Lumia 532 has hardware touch buttons	Lumia 435 has hardware touch buttons	Lumia 530 has on-screen touch buttons.
Processor	Lumia 532 is powered by a quad-core Snapdrgon 200	Lumia 435 is powered by a dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor	Lumia 530 is powered by a quad-core Snapdrgon 200
Battery	Lumia 532 has 1560 mAh battery	Lumia 435 has 1560 mAh battery	Lumia 530 has 1430 mAh Battery
Storage	8GB of memory as well as the ability to house a micro-SD up to 128GB	8GB of memory as well as the ability to house a micro-SD up to 128GB	4GB of memory as well as the ability to house a micro-SD up to 128GB
RAM	1GB of RAM	1GB of RAM	512 MB of RAM
Sim	Dual-Sim support	Dual-Sim support	Dual-Sim support
FFC	0.3 MP VGA FFC	0.3 MP VGA FFC	No FFC
Rear Camera	5 MP rear camera	2 MP rear camera	5 MP rear camera
Glance Screen	Yes	No	No
Pricing (RRP in India)	Rs 6499	Rs 5999	Rs 6199
Pricing UK	£85 (expected)	£74.98	£76

It may seem for the price it commands, Lumia 532 is perhaps the unbeatable package here, because of its processor, cameras and unique features like Glance screen. Lumia 530 is better than Lumia 435 in terms of quad-core processor and 5 MP camera but Lumia 435 beats it with its 1 GB RAM, 8 GB internal storage and FFC. So it may be better to go for Lumia 435, if you want better app availability, while for camera Lumia 530 may be better.

Source: nokiapoweruser.com

1) That expandable action center is great and also the fact that you can access so many quick-access buttons by expanding it. But if you long press on any of these quick-access button it will take you to the settings of that button. For example in above screenshot I long pressed on “Brightness” quick action button to go to “Brightness” settings.

2) If you copy text and then lock your phone on Windows 10 for Phones you don’t loose it. What that means you can unlock your phone and can still find the text copied and retained to clipboard to paste it anywhere you want. That looks quite useful.

3) 

Download US Engligh Keyboard and get the speech to text option. Its userfriendly and very fast. we love it.

We reported sometime ago via our sources that Split View and Actionable notifications will arrive with Windows 10 for Phones. Actionable notifications are already here with first preview build9941.12498 of Windows 10 for Phones.

Now, split view has appeared in API documentation and as you can see in the above screenshot needs “Windows Phone Threshold” or Windows 10 for Phones as the minimum requirement.

SplitView class

Represents a container with two views; one view for the main content and another view that is typically used for navigation commands.

Application view Title Bar API reveals some enhancements and even hints at hover interaction and while we have reported it appearing in Windows 10 Desktop APIs, it is supported for Windows 10 for Phones now, reveal the documentation.

ButtonHoverBackgroundColor	Read/write	Gets or sets the background color of a title bar button when the pointer is over it.
ButtonHoverForegroundColor	Read/write	Gets or sets the foreground color of a title bar button when the pointer is over it.

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An XDA developer has created a process that tricks the Windows Insider app into thinking any Windows 8 phone is viable for the preview. Essentially it fools the app into thinking that the phone is a Lumia 635, which allows it to download and install the Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones.

However, doing this process requires the user to change the phone's id, and initial reports indicate that if you are successful upgrading to Windows 10, minor updates through 'phone update' setting are not accessible; to get any minor updates requires repeating the 17 step walkthrough, you also have to know the correct country code for your device which requires a bit of googling or luck, if it's already mentioned in the (so far) fourteen page thread.

Despite the complicated process, people have reported being able to upgrade their HTC 8X and One M8 for Windows as well as Huawei variants; the hack also does not require phones to have a SD-card slot which means the 930, 925 and 920 flagships are 'supported', with people reporting successful upgrades.

Although we strongly advise against this modification, it could be a fun way to test a device that isn't your main phone. But if you don't mind waiting, Microsoft is working hard not only to ensure that more devices get added to the program but that Windows 10 runs more or less smoothly on those devices. Installing it on a wholly unsupported phone might lead to major issues which currently have zero support.

Nokia Software Recovery Tool can help you to reset and recover your phone software at home, if your phone is experiencing software related or software update problems. With Lumia Windows Phone models, you can also use Nokia Software Recovery Tool to recover your phone in case your phone is not responding, it appears to be stuck, or it is not starting. Today, Nokia updated the Nokia Software Recovery tool to v5.0.5 with support for latest products, some bug fixes and layout improvements.

During installation process, it now installs some drivers named ‘Blue Drivers’ and it now displays OS versions of the device  in the below format.

8.10.12393 is now being displayed as 9561.12393

Download it here from Microsoft.

We just reported via our sources that Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 is alive and may get pushed to users enrolled to developers preview and still on Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1.

New features:

• Video Over LTE support
• Security/AntiTheftMode
• Route an SMS message to a partner application
• More Phone languages,
  • Bangla (Bangladesh)
  • Khmer
  • Kiswahili
  • Lao

Welcome to the Partner Documentation for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 and Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2. The changes since the December 2014 documentation update are listed here.

Partner application development

New or updated topic	Description
Route an SMS message to a partner application	Updated. Describes how to specify an optional port attribute on the SMSInterceptBodyFilter element if you are using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
TelReportException	New. Reports an arbitrary exception for any thread in any process.  Optionally, does not terminate target process.
Restricted platform allow list	Updated. Three new API to support Domain Name Services:DnsQuery, DnsQueryEx, and DnsRecordListFree.

Customization and runtime configuration

New or updated topic	Description
Video over LTE	New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to set specific settings and behaviors for Video over LTE to meet mobile operator needs.
Restore Start tile layout	New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to append a partner-defined Start screen layout to the user backed up Start screen layout when the user restores their device from a backup.
Remove the trailing MSISDN digits on a SIM card	New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to set remove the trailing MSISDN digits that are appended to the service provider name (SPN) in the phone UI.
Use voice domain for emergency call branding	New. Added instructions, sample customization answer file, and testing steps. Use this customization to enable the voice domain to decide whether to use Emergency calls only or No service in the phone UI branding.
Start tile layout for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1	Updated the section Changes to the Start tile layouts in Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 to include information about two new dual SIM layouts. Dual SIM Layout Two – Uses two medium phone tiles. When enabled, the featured tile slot is overridden to show the other medium phone tile. OEMs that have a dual SIM phone can enable this by selectingLayout Two for the StartLayout setting value. Dual SIM Layout Four – Does not contain any small tiles. OEMs that have a dual SIM phone can enable this by selecting Layout Four for theStartLayout setting value.  Note There is no Dual SIM Layout Three.
Phone languages	Updated to include information about the new display languages supported in Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.
Set languages and locales	Updated to include the recommended default phone languages and regional formats for the new markets added inWindows Phone 8.1 GDR2.
Time zone priority list	Updated the list of time zones and their corresponding IDs. These changes apply to Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 and later releases.
Variant selection during runtime	Updated the section Selecting the variant to describe the ordering changes made in Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.
IMS retry	Updated the description for 3GPP/IMS/AttemptThresholdForIMS to clarify that partners must set this setting to 1 or higher to enable SMS over IMS.
Registry values for mobile operator IDs	Added a new MOID: NYP-US

Provisioning and device management

New or updated topic	Description
PolicyManager configuration service provider	Added the following new policies: Connectivity/AllowManualVPNConfiguration Connectivity/CellularAppDownloadMBLimit Connectivity/WLANScanMode Experiences/AllowTaskSwitcher Security/AntiTheftMode DataProtection/RequireProtectionUnderLockConfig DataProtection/EnterpriseProtectedDomainNames
VPN configuration service provider	Changes: New AlwaysOn value in ConnectionType. New Policies/AppIdleTimeout setting in the CSP.

Testing

New or updated topic	Description
LBS test API	New. Describes the location-based services (LBS) test library API.
Use Field Medic from a command prompt	New. Describes how to use Field Medic from a command prompt (Field Medic Helper).
Gathering custom Qualcomm modem logs with Field Medic	New. You can add custom modem logging profiles to Field Medic.
SSM firewall plug-in for Qualcomm modem logging in Field Medic	New. You can create an SSM firewall plug-in for Qualcomm modem logging.

The official documentation of Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 (which was said to be skipped) has now shown up for the OS update on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OEM dev centre.

A variety of new features appear to be supported, but nothing ground breaking.  New is Video over LTE, support for additional languages including Bangla (Bangladesh), Khmer, Kiswahili and Lao, a new anti-theft policy, and a variety of other features which can be seen below.

Microsoft has been promising am anti-theft feature to rival that of iOS and Android by the middle of 2015, suggesting we will see devices running the new update well before then.

Software changes

Customization and runtime configuration changes

These customization and runtime configuration changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

New or updated feature	Description
Video over LTE	Customize specific settings and behavior for Video over LTE to meet mobile operator requirements including: Showing or hiding the LTE video calling switch Setting the default value for the switch Customizing the name/label of the switch and the description Specifying the timeout, in milliseconds, for the phone to remain in video transition state Enabling video conferencing Specifying the amount of time before a video call is downgraded to a voice call due to low video quality Hiding the video charges dialog that is displayed when the user turns on the LTE video calling switch
Restore Start tile layout	Append the OEM-defined Start screen layout to the bottom of the user's backed up Start screen layout when the user restores their device from a backup.
More phone languages	Include support for these additional phone languages: Bangla (Bangladesh) Khmer Kiswahili Lao
Remove the trailing MSISDN digits on a SIM card	Use to remove the trailing MSISDN digits that are appended to the service provider name (SPN) in the phone UI.
Use voice domain for emergency call branding	Use to enable the voice domain to decide whether to useEmergency calls only or No service in the phone UI branding.
SimbldIccidTable.xml	Create a SimbldIccidTable.xml to allow certain SIMs to disable one or more languages. For more information, see the Use SIMBLD to disable languages per ICCID section in Variant selection during runtime.
Key handling and ProvXML ordering improvements	For more information, see the Selecting the variant section inVariant selection during runtime.

Provisioning and device management updates

These provisioning and device management features are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

New or updated feature	Description
PolicyManager configuration service provider	Added the following new policies: Connectivity/AllowManualVPNConfiguration Connectivity/CellularAppDownloadMBLimit Connectivity/WLANScanMode Experiences/AllowTaskSwitcher Security/AntiTheftMode DataProtection/RequireProtectionUnderLockConfig DataProtection/EnterpriseProtectedDomainNames
VPN configuration service provider	Changes: New AlwaysOn value in ConnectionType. New Policies/AppIdleTimeout setting in the CSP.

Manufacturing changes

These manufacturing changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

New or updated feature	Description
MMOS image definition	You can enable TShell in MMOS.

Testing changes

These software tracing changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

New or updated feature	Description
Use Field Medic from a command prompt	New parameters were added to FieldMedicHelper.
LBS test API	New location-based services (LBS) test library API.
Gathering custom Qualcomm modem logs with Field Medic	Use to add custom modem logging profiles to Field Medic.
SSM firewall plug-in for Qualcomm modem logging in Field Medic	Use to create an SSM firewall plug-in for Qualcomm modem logging.