We all know both Asha and the Nokia X series have been discontinued. Microsoft did target those consumers as future Lumia users, and now are offering discount through an exchange offer, if you switch to Lumia 435.

Lumia 435 Review

Offer Validity: The Smart Exchange offer is valid from till April 15, 2015 or till stocks last across the country.

List of Eligible Asha Devices: Existing consumers of Asha 500, Asha 501, Asha 502 and Asha 503 an assured discount of Rs. 1,500/- and an assured discount of Rs. 1,000/- for Asha 305, Asha 306, Asha 308, Asha 309, Asha 310 and Asha 311 consumers. This discount is applicable on MRP of Lumia 435 which is Rs. 5,999/-.

Offers: Apart from getting a new Lumia at discounted price, Microsoft has partnered with Paytm. The service will offer all Lumia 435 owners Rs. 1,250/- cashback of recharges through the Paytm app during the offer period (Rs. 250 per transaction)

Overall its a very good offer keeping in mind you are able to re-sell your device for a price of maximum Rs 1500 and grab a Lumia 435 in Rs 4500. Also, if you are able to take up the Paytm offer, you get further discount of Rs 1250 over five months.

If you are interested in this offer, but are doubtful on how the Lumia 435 is, please checkout our detailed review of the device here. Lumia 435 houses a 4 inch screen with resolution is 800 X 480 with 233 PPI on a LCD panel. The PPI made sure that sharpness is good enough to please a general consumer and its better than the Lumia 530. The phone comes with 1 GB RAM, 8 GB internal storage and Snapdragon 200 DUAL Core processor.

There are two things that is not know yet. One, if the consumers need to produce the bill, and second if the device condition will be evaluated as well during the exchange offer. We have reached out Microsoft on this and will update this post accordingly.