From DailyTech: If you're sick of hearing about selfies, or you're a celebrity with a penchant for risqué "private" photography, this may come as bad news for you -- Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) has become the latest phonemaker to offer up a "selfie phone". The announcement came on Thursday at the IFA 2014 (Sept. 5-10th) mobile electronics trade show in Berlin, Germany, after weeks of teasing.
Following in the line of certain Android phonemakers, including HTC Corp. (TPE:2498) and Sony Corp. (TYO:6758), the Lumia 730 and 735 feature 5 megapixel (above average) resolution front-facing cameras, to aid in taking sharper self-images -- a picture format known as the "selfie". Microsoft's selfie camera is somewhat special in that it's also wide angle. Microsoft brags that its devices are "built for Skype and selfies".
Rival phonemaker HTC offered perhaps the most compelling defense of "selfie phones" a few months back, arguing that whether you love or hate them, the image format demands OEM attention due to its popularity. HTC claimed up to 90 percent of photos taken on mobile devices in some regions are now selfies.
A minor point of confusion may be that the lower numbered edition -- the Lumia 730 -- is actually the dual-SIM instance in this case, where as with the Lumia 53x and 63x lines, it's the Lumia 535 and 635 models that are the dual-SIM variants. Instead of adding dual-SIM, the Lumia 735 actually drops that feature, but adds LTE 4G cellular support. The Lumia 730 relies on the aging HSPA+ advanced 3G standard.
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