launches S60 smartphone at Rs 12,999: 5-inch display, 13MP camera, Snapdragon 410

Lenovo has added another affordable smartphone to its S-series dubbed Lenovo S60 at a price of Rs 12,999 in India. The smartphone will be available on the company’s brand storeas well as on e-commerce portals such as Flipkart and Amazon starting today. The device will be available in a Graphite Grey variant.

In terms of specifications, the Lenovo S60 sports a 5-inch HD IPS display with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. It is powered by a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor paired with 2GB RAM. It includes an inbuilt storage of 8GB which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card.

The smartphone comes equipped with a 13MP rear auto-focus camera with LED flash and has a 5MP  fixed-focus front facing camera. The camera also includes features such as scene detection, face recognition, low light enhancement, Panorama, geo-tagging, burst shot, smile shot and HDR. The dual-SIM based smartphone runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with Vibe 2.0 UI on top. The company states that the device will be upgraded to Android Lollipop soon but no time-frame has been announced.

In terms of connectivity, the device includes 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth 4.0. The Lenovo S60 comes with a 2,150mAh battery which offers up to 17 hours of talk time and up to 240 hours of standby time on 3G networks, as claimed by the company. It also packs in features such as accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor and a magnetometer.

Yu Yuphoria launched in India at Rs 6999: Cyanogen OS 12, Snapdragon 410, 5-inch display and more!

Micromax’s subsidiary brand Yu has launched the all new Yuphoria, a successor to the Yureka in India. Priced at Rs 6,999, it’s the company’s second Cyanogen-based smartphone and claims to bring features seen in a flagship device at an affordable price.

The smartphone sports a 5-inch IPS display with 720 x 1080 pixels resolution with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The Yu Yuphoria smartphone comes with metal body. Yu’s Co-founder and CEO Rahul Sharma revealed the metal stamping process for the phone and physical vapour deposition used for the multi-colour along with polishing and anti-fingerprint coating. The device promises better grip and a flagship feel.

It runs Android Lollipop-based Cyanogen OS 12. It comes with an app themer that allows users to customise the look and feel of the device. Also, users can expect a Truecaller integrated dialler.

The device is 8.25mm in thickness and weighs 143 grams. Under the hood, it gets a true 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 clocked at 1.2GHz coupled with 2GB RAM. It also gets 16GB onboard storage. The dual SIM smartphone supports most sensors found in flagship devices. It also supports Bluetooth and 4G LTE.

The device is designed by Yu and is assembled in India. Initial few batches will come from the factories, but the rest will be from India. It will be available in steel with Buffed black and Champagne gold with white.

On the camera front, the device sports an 8MP rear snapper and a 5MP front-facing camera with an f/2.0 aperture. For audio, it gets Cirrus Logic Wolfson Stereo chip. A 2230 mAh battery completes the package. It also features the Quick charge ability seen mostly in high-end phones.