Launchpad: First Firefox smartphone

First Firefox smartphone

Spice has launched India’s first smartphone running on the FireFox operating system at a price of Rs 2,299, which is cheaper than the cheapest Android smartphone available in the market currently. Called the Spice Fire One Mi – FX 1, the smartphone houses a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen along with a 2 MP rear camera and 1.3 MP front camera. Powered by a 1 GHz processor, the phone has dual-SIM functionality with 2.5 G connectivity.The device is aimed at the masses that are looking forward to use a cheap smartphone to make calls, messages, email, and stay connected on social media.

Product Name: Karbonn Titanium S19

Price: Rs 8,999

Phone with selfie camera

Karbonn Titanium S19 comes with a Sony 13 MP rear camera and a 5 MP front camera enabled with IR film to enable users to take good selfies. The camera features Voice Capture and Live Photo Mode, a built-in BSI Sensor to take clear pictures in extremely low light conditions along with F2.0 big aperture support for 1080P quality images. The Titanium S19 has a 5-inch HD IPS OGS screen and is powered by Android KitKat 4.4 OS, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB, 1.3 GHz Quad Core processor, Dual SIM support, Wi-Fi, powerful 2000 mAh battery and 3G-network.

Product Name: Lava Iris Pro 30+

Price: Rs 11,990

Flagship upgraded

Lava has launched an upgraded version of its Iris Pro 30 smartphone, which was launched earlier this year in January. Called the Iris Pro 30+, the smartphone comes with a 4.7 inch HD IPS display with 1280×720 pixels resolution at 312 ppi. Ironically, the upgraded model runs an older Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS out-of-the-box. The dual-SIM Lava Iris Pro 30+ runs on 1.5 GHz quad-core Mediatek 6589 turbo processor and is powered by 1 GB RAM along with PowerVR SGX544 GPU clocked at 357 MHz. It comes with 16 GB of internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB.

Product Name: Panasonic Eluga A

Price: Rs 9,490

Zenfone competitor

Panasonic India has added another smartphone called the Eluga A to its Eluga smartphone series. The new smartphone sports a 5-inch IPS FWGA display at a resolution of 854×480 pixels. Based on a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, the device runs on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system and houses a Qualcomm Adreno GPU with 1 GB of RAM. The smartphone has an 8 MP auto-focus rear camera and also has support for leading Indian languages that allows the user to browse the web, chat and navigate the phone menu in his or her local language.