Lumia 735 will go on sale October 2 with Cortana in tow

Lumia 735
Saviour of the selfies?

Microsoft has announced when you can buy its new Lumia 735 smartphone, and the good news is that you won't have to wait long, with it launching on October 2.

It shouldn't set you back much either, as contracts with the Lumia 735 included for free are expected to start at around £19.99.

One Microsoft for all, all for one Microsoft

Other Microsoft services integrated with the Lumia 735 include Skype, Microsoft Office and Microsoft OneDrive, which comes with 30GB of free cloud storage.

Outside of Microsoft services, the Lumia 735 comes with a quadcore Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor running at 1.2GHz, a 4.7-inch HD OLED display, a 2220mAh battery and a 5 megapixel front facing camera designed with taking 'selfies' in mind.

Perhaps conscious that a phone packed with Microsoft services such as Microsoft Office might make it feel a bit dour and business-like, the Lumia 735 can be bought in a number of bright colours.

Whilst the Lumia 735 makes a big deal of its Microsoft background, there is one name that is conspicuous by its absence: Nokia.

This ties in with what we've heard about Microsoft planning to ditch the Nokia brand name.

Matt Hanson
Managing Editor, Core Tech

Matt is TechRadar's Managing Editor for Core Tech, looking after computing and mobile technology. Having written for a number of publications such as PC Plus, PC Format, T3 and Linux Format, there's no aspect of technology that Matt isn't passionate about, especially computing and PC gaming. He’s personally reviewed and used most of the laptops in our best laptops guide - and since joining TechRadar in 2014, he's reviewed over 250 laptops and computing accessories personally.