Budget Android phones

Karbonn mobiles launches 3G enabled Android phone A1 for Rs.6999

Karbonn mobiles has launched their first Android phone A1 that is 3G enabled. This is a budget phone that runs Android 2.2 (FroYo) and comes with 3.2 MP Camera, Mobile TV, Bluetooth and lots of other features.

Features of Karbonn A1

• 2.8 inch (240 x 320 pixels) 256k TFT touch screen display
• Accelerometer sensor
• 3.2MP camera
• 600 Megahertz processor
• 14.0mm thick and weighs
• Audio (MP3, MIDI, WAV,AMR, AAC, AAC+) and video player (H.263, H.264,AVI,3GP,MP4)
• 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• 150MB internal memory and expandable memory up to 32GB with MicroSD
• 1100mAh battery with 4h talk time and 250h standby

The phone comes with pre-installed Swype keyboard for easy typing, customizable home screen with widgets, task manager app, Handwriting recognition and zoom to view stack of photos in the picture gallery.

The Karbonn A1 comes in Black color and priced at Rs. 6,999. They plan to introduce 3 more smartphone models that would suit wide range of customers.

Micromax A70

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 2100
	Announced	2011, Q2
	Status	Available. Released 2011, July

SIZE	Dimensions	111 x 58 x 13.5 mm
	Weight	85 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
	Size	320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
		- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, Polyphonic(64), MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Phonebook	1000 entries, Photocall
	Call records	Yes
	Internal	160 MB
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA	GPRS	Yes
	EDGE	Yes
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus
	Video	Yes
	Secondary	Yes, VGA

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
	CPU	600 MHz processor
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
	Radio	FM radio
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
		- SNS applications - MP3/WAV/AAC player - MP4/H.263 player - Organizer - Image/video editor - Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) - Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration - Voice memo - Predictive text input

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1450 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 168 h
	Talk time	Up to 4 h

Micromax 

A60

GENERAL	2G Network	GSM 900 / 1800
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100
	Announced	2010
	Status	Available. Released 2010

SIZE	Dimensions	106.8 x 59.2 x 14 mm
	Weight	105 g

DISPLAY	Type	TFT resistive touchscreen, 56K colors
	Size	240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
		- Accelerometer sensor

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration, Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes

MEMORY	Phonebook	Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
	Call records	Practically unlimited
	Internal	150 MB storage
	Card slot	microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory

DATA	GPRS	Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
	EDGE	Class 10, 236.8 kbps
	3G	HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
	Bluetooth	Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
	Infrared port	No
	USB	Yes, v2.0

CAMERA	Primary	3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
	Video	Yes
	Secondary	No

FEATURES	OS	Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair)
	CPU	600 MHz processor
	Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email
	Browser	HTML
	Radio	Nо
	Games	Yes
	Colors	Black
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
		- SNS integration - MP3/AAC+ player - MP4/H.263 player - Organizer - Document viewer - Predictive text input (Swype)

BATTERY		Standard battery, Li-Ion 1280 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 240 h
	Talk time	Up to 4 h