Microsoft  launched its affordable 4G smartphone in India - Nokia Lumia 638. The handset made its debut in China earlier this year in June.

The Nokia Lumia 638 will be the first handset to be available exclusively on the newly-launched Microsoft Brand Store on Amazon India priced at Rs. 8,299 ($130) and will go up for pre-orders from Wednesday.

Microsoft will offer Lumia 638 consumers on Airtel post-paid in Bengaluru up to 5GB of free data on 4G for 2 months post activation of their sim. The offer will be available until 31 March 2015. 

The phone comes with onscreen soft keys for back, search and Home instead of hardware, capacitive keys. 


Specs of Lumia 638

• 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) ClearBlack LCD display with Gorilla Glass 3
• 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC
• 1GB of RAM
• 8GB of built-in storage with microSD card Suppot (up to 128GB)
• 5-megapixel rear autofocus camera
• 1,830 mAh battery.
• SensorCore', low-power motion sensing for fitness apps
• 4G TD-LTE (support for Indian bands), Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, Wi-Fi, and A-GPS
• Windows Phone 8.1