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Weekly roundup: Smartphones launched this week

Besides the most talked about Xiaomi Mi4i and Asus Zenfone 2, several lucrative smartphones were also launched this week.

It has been a busy week for us at The Mobile Indian, with plenty of exciting news all through the week. Karbonn, Oppo, Intex, Micromax, Lenovo and Lava all added to their ever expanding portfolio, but the biggest news of this week was the launch of the worlds first phone with 4 GB of RAM. Alongside the “Made for India” Xiaomi Mi4i. Read on to find out more about this exciting past week.

Karbonn Alpha A120 – Rs 4,590

The Karbonn Alpha A120 has a 4.5 inch IPS display with a of 480 x 854 pixels. The phone runs on KitKat and has a dual-core 1.3 GHz processing unit, which runs with 512 MB of RAM. The internal memory stands at 4 GB, to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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The primary camera of the Karbonn Alpha A120 is a 5 a megapixel unit with flash, while the front has a VGA camera. The dual-SIM Karbonn Alpha A120 is a enabled phone with GPS, Bluetooth, and WiFi for connectivity. The power is provided by a 3000 unit.

Oppo Joy Plus – Rs 6,990

The Oppo Joy Plus has a 4 inch display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. It runs on Android KitKat and has a dual-core 1.3 GHz processor, which runs with 1 GB of RAM. The Joy Plus has 4 GB of internal memory to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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It has a 3 megapixel primary camera with flash, while in the front there is a VGA camera. The dual-SIM Oppo Joy Plus is 3G enabled and has WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS for your connectivity needs. The 1700 mAh battery can provide up to 5 hours of or 240 hours of standby.

Intex Cloud M6 – Rs 5,699

The Intex Cloud M6 has a 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The phone runs on a combination of Android KitKat operating system, quad-core 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB RAM. For storage, there is 8 GB of ROM and an expandable slot that can accomodate a 32 GB micro SD card.
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The Cloud M6 has an 8 megapixel rear auto-focus camera and a 5 megapixel selfie taker. The dual-SIM Intex Cloud M6 is a 3G phone with Bluetooth, GPS, and WiFi. It is armed with a 2000 mAh battery that can provide up to 6 hours of talk time or 250 hours of standby.

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Micromax Canvas Spark – Rs 4,999

At Rs 4,999, the Micromax Canvas Spark is currently the cheapest Android Lollipop smartphone and it has a 4.7 inch HD IPS display. The phone runs on a quad-core 1.3 GHz processor with the help of 1 GB RAM. The internal memory stands at 8 GB, to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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The Micromax Canvas Spark offers an 8 megapixel rear camera with flash and a 2 megapixel selfie taker. The Micromax Canvas Spark is a dual-SIM phone with 3G, GPS, WiFi and for connectivity. The 2000 mAh battery can provide up to 7 hours of talk time or 335 standby time.

Gionee Pioneer P4S – Rs 7,799

The Gionee Pioneer P4S has a 4.5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The phone runs on Android KitKat and has a quad-core 1.3 GHz processor, which runs with 1 GB of RAM. The internal memory of the Gionee Pioneer P4S stands at 8 GB, to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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The primary camera is a 5 megapixel unit with auto-focus, face detection, smile shot, face beauty, and flash. The front has a 2 megapixel selfie taker. The dual-SIM Gionee Pioneer P4S has 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and NFC for connectivity. The 1800 mAH battery can provide up to 12 hours of talk time or 340 hours of standby.

Asus ZenFone 2 (Rs 12,999-Rs 22,999)

There are numerous versions of the Zenfone 2, which all seems very confusing. Hopefully things will be clearer in a couple of minutes for you. The Zenfone 2 comes in four versions – one model with 4 GB RAM and 32 GB ROM priced at Rs 19,999, another with 4 GB RAM and 64 GB at Rs 22,999, another with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB inbuilt storage at Rs 14,999. All these three models come with full HD display. A fourth version has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB inbuilt storage but has a HD display and this is priced at Rs 12,999.
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The 4 GB RAM based models have Intel Atom Z3580 that has a 2.3 Ghz quad core processor while the 2 GB models have the Intel Atom Z3560 chipset comprising of a 1.8 GHz quad core processor. ll models though have the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop version. It has a huge 5.5 inch IPS display and 3 protection. To power up the smartphone, there is a 3000 mAh Li-Po battery which is unremovable. The Asus Zenfone 2 has a 5 megapixel fixed focus front camera with wide angle lens and PixelMaster picture technology while in the rear there is a 13 megapixel auto focus camera with the same PixelMaster camera technology.

The Asus Zenfone 2 measures 77.2 x 152.5 x 3.9 ~ 10.9 mm (WxDxH) and weighs 170 grams. It has a micro SD card slot with 64 GB capacity and two SIM card slots. Note that the Zenfone 2 comes with connectivity and has WiFi (a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, and micro USB port. It has GPS with for navigation.

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Xiaomi Mi4i – Rs 12,999

The Xiaomi Mi4i has a 5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The phone runs on Android Lollipop, with MiUI 6.0. The is an octa-core unit clocked at 1.7 GHz. The internal memory of the Xiaomi Mi4i stands at 16 GB, which is non expandable.
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The primary camera of the Xiaomi Mi4i is a 13 megapixel unit, with auto-focus, face recognition, smile detection, HDR, burst mode, face beauty, flash, and video recording at 1080p at 30 fps. The front meanwhile, has a 5 megapixel selfie taker. The dual-SIM 4G enabled phone has GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth for connectivity. The power is provided by a 3120 mAh battery.

Lenovo A5000 – Rs 10,250

The Lenovo A5000 has a 5 inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. The phone runs on Android KitKat, and has a quad-core 1.3 GHz processor, which runs with 1 GB of RAM. The internal memory stands at 8 GB, to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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The primary camera of the Lenovo A5000 is an 8 megapixel unit with auto-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, and flash. The front of the Lenovo A5000 has a 2 megapixel camera. The dual-SIM 3G phone has GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth for connectivity. The power is provided by a giant 4000 mAh battery, which can provide up to 35 hours of talk time or 765 hours of standby.

Lava Iris Alpha L – Rs 8,000

The Lava Iris Alpha L has a 5.5 inch IPS display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels. The phone runs on Android Lollipop, and has a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, which runs with 1 GB of RAM. The internal memory stands at 8 GB, to which you can add another 32 GB via a microSD card.
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The primary camera of the Lava Iris Alpha L is an 8 megapixel unit with auto-focus, PurCel sensor, HDR, panorama, burst mode, flash, and video recording at 1080p at 60 fps. The front has a 2 megapixel selfie taker. The dual-SIM Lava Iris Alpha L has 3G, GPS, WiFi, and Bluetooth for connectivity. The 3000 mAh battery can provide up to 13 hours of talk time on 3G, and up to 288 hours of standby time.

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