Lava 3G 356 and 3G 402 Cheaper Android smartphones launched for Rs 4,499/- and 5,499/-

By Vijay @ 09:45pm

Lava has launched two new entry-level smartphones named Lava 3G 356 & 3G 402, which run on Android and also offer 3G connectivity as it names suggest, at an affordable price point.

Coming to specifications, Lava 3G 356 comes with a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 480X320 pixels resolution. It consists of  MediaTek dual-core Cortex A7 processor clocked at 1GHz. Other features, include a 1.3-megapixel rear camera, a VGA front-facing camera, a 1,500mAh battery with up to 5 hours of talktime and 200 hours of stand-by time, and a proximity sensor.

And the Lava 3G 402 comes with a 4-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen with 480X800 pixels resolution. This smartphone is also powered by a MediaTek dual-core Cortex A7 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, and sports a 3-megapixel primary camera and a 1.3-megapixel secondary camera, with  1,500 mAh battery.

Both the phones run on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with OTA upgrade and come with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and 3G support. On the memory front, both offer 256MB of RAM, 512MB of internal memory, and external memory support for up to 32GB through a memory card.

The Lava 3G 356 is priced for Rs 4,499/- and the 3G 402 for Rs 5,499/- and are available in grey, white and black for the Lava 3G 356 and white, grey and red for the Lava 402.

 

Intex i-Buddy Connect II 3G tablet launched with 7-inch display, 3G-SIM a dual-core processor for Rs 7,500/-

By Vijay @ 007:42am

Intex has discreetly announced the i-Buddy Connect II 3G tablet, its a toned down model of its previous version i-Buddy Connect

Coming to features, the Intex i-Buddy Connect II 3G comes with single-SIM which as the name suggests is 3G compatible. The tablet has a 7-inch WVGA display with 800×480 pixels resolution. On software front, it runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich as seen on its previous variant and many of its competitors.

The hardware includes a 1GHz dual-core Cortex A5 processor with 512MB of RAM, while the older variant came with 1GB of RAM. Other features on the tablet include a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front camera, 4GB of internal storage, 32GB of external storage support on microSD card, voice calling support and a 3,000mAh battery which the company claims will offer up to 5 hours of talk time and up to 300 hours of standby time.

This tablet also comes with Educlass which is a smart school application with content from NCERT text books for class 1- 12 as well as other interactive educational content.

The tablet will be competing against the likes of Swipe Halo Value which offers a better set of features including Android Jelly Bean and is available for Rs 7000, and Celkon CT910+ HD tablet which is available for Rs 7,999 with similar set of feature but a better OS version.

Source: BGR