iBall, a day after introducing its Slide
Brace-X1 tablet at Rs. 17,999, has
reportedly made two smartphones - the
iBall Xotic and iBall Cobalt Oomph 4.7D
available at Rs. 7,999 each in India. The
smartphones are supposedly 'in stock'
with one of the Mumbai-based retailer
Mahesh Telecom.
The Facebook posts by the retailer also
reveal the specifications of the handsets
However, not all the details are available
The iBall Xotic, which was first teased
earlier this month, runs on Android 4.4
KitKat and is upgradeable to Android 5.
Lollipop. The smartphone is equipped
with a 5-inch qHD (540x960 pixels)
resolution IPS display and houses 2GB
RAM. The image however fails to reveal
any information about the SoC.
Besides an 8-megapixel autofocus rear
camera with BSI sensor and LED flash,
the iBall Xotic also includes a 3.2-
megapixel front-facing camera. 16GB of
inbuilt storage and a 2000mAh battery
are also onboard. Details on the
smartphone's dual-SIM capability,
storage expandability and connectivity
features are yet to be known.
As for the iBall Cobalt Oomph 4.7D, the
handset's design appears to be copied
from the iPhone 6, as seen in the image.
The dual-SIM dual-standby smartphone
features a 4.7-inch HD (720x1280
pixels) resolution IPS display with pixel
density of 312ppi. Like the iBall Xotic, th
Cobalt Oomph 4.7D also runs on Androi
4.4 KitKat and is upgradeable to Androi
5.0 Lollipop. Powered by a Cortex-A7
based quad-core 1.3GHz processor, the
smartphone houses 1GB of RAM.
An 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera
comes equipped inside the handset alon
with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Other specifications shown are 8GB of
inbuilt storage and a 1650mAh battery.
GPS, A-GPS, FM radio, Wi-Fi, 3G,
Bluetooth 4.0, and Wi-Fi Direct
connectivity options are also featured.
iBall is yet to announce the smartphones
officially and confirm the specifications
suggested by the retailer. The India-
based tech firm is said to have surpasse
Samsung in India in terms of tablet
shipments during Q4 2014, as per figure
by IDC.
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