Karbonn A36, A6+, Titanium S5i smartphones launched in 'Kochadaiiyaan' series
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By Robin Sinha | Updated: 28 February 2014 20:34 IST
Karbonn has announced three new Android-based smartphone series
dubbed as 'Karbonn Kochadaiiyaan Signature Phone Series' focussing on
Rajnikanth, a popular south Indian actor, and his upcoming movie
Kochadaiiyaan. Two features phones in the same Rajnikanth-inspired
series were also announced. All five phones feature Rajnikanth's
signature on their back covers, and will be available in limited
quantities in the market, once they are launched on March 9.
All
five phones for now aren't listed on the company's official site,
however, and none of the devices have yet been given pricing by the
company. Pricing will be given around the March launch date. The
smartphones included in the Karbonn Kochadaiiyaan Signature Phone Series
are Karbonn A36, Karbonn A6+ and Karbonn Titanium S5i, along with the
two feature phones, dubbed Karbonn Legend 2.8 and Legend 2.4.
The
Karbonn A36 is a dual-SIM handset and runs on Android 4.0 Ice
Cream Sandwich. The handset houses a 5-inch qHD (540x960 pixel) IPS LCD
capacitive touch screen display. The handset is powered by a SC6825
dual-core processor (clock speed unspecified) that's paired with 512MB
of RAM. The optics include a 2-megapixel rear camera with flash, and
0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Karbonn A36 comes with 4GB of
inbuilt memory with an expansion option up to 32GB. The connectivity
options for the smartphone includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, FM radio and USB.
The handset misses out on 3G support. The smartphone is powered by an
1800mAh Li-ion battery.
The Karbonn A6+ smartphone runs
on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The handset features 4-inch WVGA (480x800
pixel) IPS display and packs in a WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) resolution.
Karbonn A6+ is powered by an unspecified 1GHz processor along with 512MB
of RAM. Also onboard, is a 2-megapixel rear (with LED flash) and a VGA
front-facing camera is supported by the handset. The Karbonn A6+ bears
4GB of inbuilt storage, and comes with microSD card support up to 32GB.
The device also comes with Wi-Fi, WAP and Bluetooth connectivity, with
no support for 3G. The A6+ is backed up by a 1400mAh battery capacity.
The
Karbonn Titanium S5i, which was spotted online last month,
offers dual-SIM (2G+3G) support, and runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The
new Android smartphone from Karbonn comes with a 5-inch display with a
FWVGA (480x854 pixel) resolution. The smartphone is powered by a 1GHz
dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM. The smartphone sports an
5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and also houses a
0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
The Titanium S5i
handset comes with 4GB of inbuilt storage, and can be expanded up to
32GB via microSD card. The Karbonn Titanium S5i supports 3G, Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth, Micro-USB, and GPS connectivity options. It is backed by a
2000mAh battery.
The Karbonn Legend 2.8 features
a 2.8-inch TFT screen with 240x320 pixel resolution. The camera options
for the Legend 2.8 include a 1.3-megapixel shooter (with LED) with no
front-facing shooter. While there is no word on the internal storage,
the feature phone can additionally support 16GB of external storage. The
handset is backed by a 1800mAh Li-ion battery.
The
Karbonn Legend 2.4 is a dual-SIM supporting handset and
features a 2.4-inch QVGA (240x320 pixel) resolution display. The handset
is powered by a MediaTek processor (MTK6260A) paired with 64MB of RAM.
The optics for the Legend 2.4 includes a 0.3-megapixel rear shooter,
which features a flash. The feature phone has low storage of 64MB, with
no word on its expandability via microSD card. Backed by a 1100mAh
battery, the handset can offer up to 6 hours of talk time and 300 hours
of standby time.
The firm, besides these five handsets,
will also be releasing a 4GB microSD card which includes an exclusive
Kochadaiiyaan content along with some other movies and songs.