The Lava Iris 401e an Android-based handset, has been smeared with an online price, going up for sale showing off colors like blue and grey. In spite of having crafted the device with an intention to appeal to those on the lookout for entry-level smartphones, Lava has included some components in the handset which may prove to its disadvantage.
One of the phone’s major drawbacks happens to be its Gingerbread OS which has begun to drift to the back seat, owing to the dominance of Android ICS and Jelly Bean in low-budget smartphones. The Lava Iris 401e stretches as much as 124mm x 63mm x 10mm to accommodate a 4-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen bearing an ability to reproduce visuals at a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels.
An aspect that may also speak against the handset while meddling with competition is its inbuilt storage capacity which merely sums up to 200MB. However, the silver lining in this field is that the manufacturer has planted a microSD card slot on the device which should facilitate expansions of up to 32GB.
Comparing the Lava Iris 401e with Samsung’s most affordable smartphone known as Galaxy Star that falls under the same category, it can be understood that both are fueled by a 1GHz single core processor. The former has been fitted with 256MB of RAM, whereas system memory of the latter stands to be slightly a step ahead at 512MB.
There may not be a front-facing camera serving as a medium for live face-to-face conversations, but the rear-mounted snapper comes with decent features like an LED flash and zoom. Going by the e-retailers’ word, the integrated 1,500mAh battery should be sufficient to render up to 6 hours of talk time.
The Iris 401e has been put up on display by Flipkart and Saholic at Rs 4,249. The former e-retailer is giving additional discounts to buyers, cutting down the retail value by Rs 212.
The handset’s specifications comprise of the following:
– 4-inch capacitive touch screen display
– 480 x 800 pixel resolution
– 1GHz processor
– 256MB of RAM
– 200MB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB with microSD
– 3MP rear camera with LED Flash
– Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
– 1,500mAh battery
– Dual SIM card slots