Kazam
Thunder 450W
Kazam’s
Thunder 450w is a low-mid range Windows Phone produced by the eponymous
UK-based OEM. The specs of the device are slightly similar to the Lumia 640
with a 720p HD screen, a Snapdragon 200 and 1 GB of RAM.
The
design of the Kazam Thunder 450W is reminiscent of the HTC One series of
phones. It is thin and light, and
provides a different feeling from Lumia devices.
Unlike
the HTC One series and more like traditional Windows Phones, the device is made
of colourful plastic. It’s a cheerful design. Like many low-end devices aimed
at the EMEA region, it comes with dual-sim support, a user-replaceable battery
and a micro-sd slot with support for up to 32 GB. Unsurprisingly, the back comes
off to expose all these slots. The battery cover is very secure, although it
doesn’t quite create the illusion of a seamless unibody handset like Lumias do,
it’s quite sturdy and firm in the hand.
The
handset comes with capacitative Windows buttons as opposed to software powered
ones. However, these ones do not light up in the dark, and they are quite dull
and blend in with the handset, making them hard to find sometimes. To be fair,
this is just nit-picking.
The
Kazam Windows Phone ships with Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1. This means that it
has live folders, Cortana for most of the world, and the expanded VPN settings
that shipped with 8.1.1. Unlike devices shipped by larger OEMs, it is
completely and utterly stock Windows Phone with not a single manufacturer app or
customization in place. The Thunder 450w comes with a 2200 mAh, Li-Ion battery,
which sits between the Lumia 535 and 640 in terms of capacity.
