Lava has launched the Iris 350 budget smartphone, which is now listed on the company’s site at a price of Rs. 3,499. The official listing of the Lava Iris 350, without revealing an exact release date, notes that the handset will soon be available in stores.
The dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) Lava Iris 350 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It comes with a 3.5-inch (320×480 pixels) HVGA TFT display, and is powered by a 1GHz single-core (unspecified) processor coupled with 256MB of RAM. The smartphone bears 512MB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB).
The Iris 350 sports a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard.
On the connectivity front, the Lava Iris 350 offers 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB, and Bluetooth options. The smartphone packs a 1400mAh battery, which according to the official listing is rated to deliver up to 12 hours of talk time and up to 244 hours of standby time on 2G network.
It measures 113.45×60.5×12.4mm; weighs 110 grams, and is listed in White colour.
The company earlier this month launched the Iris Alfa, priced at Rs. 6,550. The Lava Iris Alfa comes bundled with the Truecaller premium app and includes Rs. 2,000 worth of free downloads with the also bundled Hungama Music app. The smartphone also comes preloaded with Adaptxt keyboard app that supports 11 Indian local languages.
The Android 4.4 KitKat-based Iris Alfa supports dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) support. The company has announced that the smartphone supports FOTA (firmware over the air) updates. It features a 5-inch (480×854 pixels) IPS full lamination display, and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core (unspecified chipset) processor that’s coupled with 1GB of RAM.
