My new mobile: Microsoft Lumia 535

I need a new phone badly. My current Nokia Lumia 800 has served me well for the past 2 years but it's time to upgrade. The battery is dying and needed recharge twice daily. Answer the phone for 5 minutes will leave the better to almost below 20%.

So I looked around for a suitable and worthy replacement phone. I always wanted to own a Nokia Lumia 735 because of the superior front and bad camera, but at RM899 RRP, I found it a bit on expensive side as I don't have much money to burn. Even though this model was released for few months already, the price hasn't dropped too much. At most you could get it around RM839,

So I decided to look for a budget phone that priced no more than RM500. Among my considered choice was Huawei Honor 3C lite, RedMi 1S. The problem with RedMi is was hard to purchase as it's always out of stock online although the price is quite attractive at RM419 with a decent hardware specs and HD screen. Even though DirectD sell it, it was AP set and the price slightly jacked up so it's a no go.

Next comes the Huawei Honor 3C lite. It's has all the bell and whistle as its' older sibling, Huawei Honor 3C but with lesser 1GB of RAM. I seriously considered buying this as the price is so attractive at RM399 when purchase directly from the online store without any additional shipping cost.

Then came along the first Microsoft branded phone, Lumia 535. Although the screen is not HD, I'm so tempted to get this because of the low RRP at RM429 with extra gifts and getting this won't be needing me to switch camp to Android.

After much deliberation, I've decided to get myself a Lumia 535. From the research at lowyat.net, one shop sells it at the lowest price at RM389 together bundled with Christmas gift set. So yesterday, I went to the shop which located at Digital Mall, PJ. To my disappointment, the seller quoted me RM459 together with bundled CNY gift pack. I'm quite furious at him because he obviously wanted to con me, trying to convinced me the price is up because of the new CNY pack. So everyone, please be wary of Nokia shop located on G Floor, Digital Mall, PJ.

Well, I'm not a waterfish and also as an informed consumer as I know the RRP for Lumia 535 as stated in their facebook is always RM429 no matter which gift pack it comes bundled with. After telling him off, I immediately login to the lowyat.net to check for the price offered by another shop. I'm not sure whether it was my luck but a forumer just posted a sale for this phone for a mere RM320 less than one hour before. Furthermore it was a brand new and sealed unit.

The box

Immediately I sprung into action. Luckily he live in Subang Jaya. So I arranged to meet in in one hour for COD. Thanks to an awesome lowyat forumer (name undisclosed for privacy), I managed to get this awesome phone at unbelievably low price. He said he won it during company event and don't need it because he has an iPhone already.

Gifts included inside

So what I got was a black color Microsoft Lumia 535 with bundled Christmas pack. Free gifts included was:

• Screen protector
• Power Bank 2200 mAH
• Christmas notebook
• Class 10, 16GB microSD card
• Microsoft keychain

This is a one hell of worthy purchase because of the bundled gifts can easily cost you almost RM70 if purchased separately, even if you purchase it at RRP of RM429.

Overall I'm quite happy with my purchase. Now, I can enjoy the true potential of Windows Phone with Windows 8.1 Denim.