Kobian, a firm best known for manufacturing computer peripherals, has
launched a 6-inch phablet under its Mercury brand. Called the Mercury
Glitz, it has been priced at Rs. 7,799 and will go on sale from July 15.
The
Mercury Glitz is a dual-SIM smartphone that runs the now-dated Android
4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box, but Kobian promises an upgrade to Android
4.4 KitKat soon. It features a 6-inch IPS display with a qHD (540x960
pixel) resolution. The Mercury Glitz smartphone is powered by a 1.3GHz
dual-core MediaTek MT8312 processor coupled with 1GB of RAM.
The
smartphone sports a 5-megapixel rear camera with an LED flash and also
includes a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Mercury Glitz
comes with 8GB of inbuilt storage that can be expanded via microSD card
(up to 32GB).
The large-screen smartphone or phablet packs a
2000mAh battery and comes with 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, and GPS
connectivity options. The Mercury Glitz smartphone comes in Black colour
variant only. The smartphone weighs 240 grams and has a thickness of
8.2mm.
Sushmita Das, Vice President Business, India at Kobian Pte
Ltd said, "Keeping in the global and South Asian trends, Mercury is
presenting Glitz to the smartphone buyers across India. Glitz is
featured with dual core, 1GB DDR3 RAM and 8GB internal storage at an
unbeatable price of Rs. 7,799."
Last week, Lava Mobiles had also
launched
a large-screen smartphone, a 6-inch phablet called the Magnum X604, at
Rs. 11,999.
The dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) supporting Lava Magnum X604
runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box, features a 6-inch HD (720x1280
pixel) IPS display and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core (unspecified
chipset) processor with Videocore IV GPU coupled with 1GB of RAM.
It
sports an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera along with LED flash and a
2-megapixel front-facing camera. The Magnum X604 supports storage
expansion via microSD card (up to 32GB), with 8GB of inbuilt storage
already on the device. It packs a 2600mAh battery.
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