Spanish company BQ has announced the debut of the Aquaris E4.5 and Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition in India, where there will be sold as Snapdeal-exclusive offerings for Rs 11999 and Rs 13499, respectively. The new open source OS is hoping to rival Google’s Android which is currently dominating the market in the country.
BQ said the Aquaris E4.5 and Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition had done well in Europe earlier this year. They will now be released with India-specific Scopes which are individual quick start-up screens unique to the customizable OS. It prevents people from having to switch from one app to another and provides swift access to all the content used by a person, such as music or news.
Going into its specs, the Aquaris E4.5 has a 4.5-inch IPS qHD (540 x 960p) display protected by Dragontrail glass. It’s powered by a 2150mAh battery and a 1.3GHz quad-core Cortex A7 MediaTek processor coupled with a Mali 400 GPU. The device contains 1GB of RAM and 8GB of ROM, expandable up to 32GB. It houses an 8MP autofocus main camera with dual-LED flash and a 5MP front-facing lens.
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The Aquaris E5 is an upgraded version of the E4.5 handset. It sports a 5-inch 720p screen also encased within Dragontrail glass. It has double the memory capacity at 16GB but is faced with an identical 32GB expansion limit. The phone carries the same amount of RAM and chipset capabilities, but comes with a bigger 2500mAh battery. It further has a 13MP autofocus rear snapper with dual-LED flash and a 5MP front one.
While the Aquaris E4.5 and Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition are officially being launched by the end of the month, they’re both listed on Snapdeal currently. Each page says the devices are sold out and lists prices cheaper than the ones announced.