The price of the Spice Stellar Virtuoso Mi-495 has been revealed and the OEM claims to be the first company in the country to have pushed forth the slimmest smartphone yet. The device has been made available for purchase through more than 50,000 retail outlets.
The Spice Stellar Virtuoso, dubbed the Mi-495, has dual SIM ports and it is 9.4mm slim. It may be the thinnest smartphone revealed by an Indian company. But outside the geographical boundaries, it faces competition against the Vivo X1 which is said to be the leanest Android phone with a 6.55mm thin form factor.
A 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels takes refuge on the front panel, while a 1.3MP camera shares space with the screen and allows face-to-face chats. Sitting on the flip side is an 8MP snapper completed with auto focus. The phone has been optimized for Android Ice Cream Sandwich and there is no word concerning a possible upgrade to 4.1. This means that the company might have to move fast considering that Jelly Bean has been laying claim over many devices.
A dual core processor with a clock speed of up to 1GHz together with 512MB of RAM, have been fitted under the hood. Apart from the onboard storage capacity of 4GB, users can further expand the memory using a microSD card of up to 32GB. Connectivity features such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 have naturally been included.
Moreover, there is Wi-Fi tethering which is more commonly known as mobile hotspot and let’s not forget GPS navigation. People can also keep an eye out for a G-sensor as well as proximity and ambient light sensors. Under the hood, a 1,700mAh battery has been fixed and it renders up to 6 hours of talk time or 200 hours of standby.
The price of the Spice Stellar Virtuoso Mi-495 amounts to Rs. 10,499. Buyers can also take it home through online shopping portals such as Saholic and Sulekha.com. It will tag along a leather cover worth Rs. 1,000 offered for free by the company.
Let’s swiftly go through the smartphone’s significant specifications:
– 4.5-inch qHD touchscreen display
– 1GHz dual core processor
– Android 4.0 OS
– 8MP main snapper and 1.3MP front-facing webcam
– 4GB flash memory, expandable up to 32GB and 512MB of RAM
– 1,700mAh battery
– 9.4mm thin body