Lava on Thursday launched its Icon
smartphone in India at Rs. 11,990. The
smartphone is exclusively available on
Snapdeal starting Thursday. The first
500 orders on Snapdeal will get a free
selfie-stick along with the smartphone.
The dual-SIM (Micro-SIM) Lava Icon
runs the company's Star OS based on
Android 4.4 KitKat. It features a 5-inch
HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display that
uses Asahi Dragontrail glass protection.
The smartphone is powered by a 1.3GHz
quad-core (unknown chipset) processor
coupled with 2GB of RAM and ARM
Mali-400 MP2 GPU. The Lava Icon
comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage,
which is further expandable via microSD
card (up to 32GB).
The Lava Icon sports a 13-megapixel
(Sony Exmor sensor) rear camera with
dual-LED flash, while there is a
secondary 5-megapixel front-facing
camera also onboard.
On the connectivity front, the Lava Icon
includes 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/ A-GPS,
FM radio, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, and
Bluetooth options. The smartphone
packs a 2500mAh battery, which
according to company can deliver up to
20 hours of talk time on 2G and 9 hours
of talk time on 3G networks. The handse
measures 143.41x70.56x7.7mm, and
weighs 143 grams.
Commenting on the launch, Navin
Chawla, Vice President & Head Product,
Lava International, said, "In line with our
constant endeavour to offer products
with great value to the consumers, we ar
delighted to announce the launch of our
new premium smartphone - Icon. This is
a beautifully designed product with a
high quality camera featuring Sony
Exmor sensor and other in built features.
This marks the beginning a new segment
for Lava smartphones wherein we will be
coming up with a new range of
experience driven devices."
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