Battery can last more than 32 hours.
By Dileep Thekkethil
BENGALURU: Indian smartphone manufacturer Lava is back with a new handset named Iris Fuel 60 that offers the best backup in budget segment with a heavy 4000 mAh battery.
The new Iris Fuel 60 is the latest addition to the “Fuel series†of smartphones with long lasting batteries and it is priced at Rs. 8,888 ($139).
Lava International Vice President & Head Product, Navin Chawla said, “With smartphones becoming part and parcel of everyday life, battery life has become a matter of concern for smartphone users.â€
He also said that the new device is aimed at reducing the hassles of the smartphone users who are forced to carry power banks due to frequent low battery alerts.
The Dual SIM Lava Fuel 60 has a 5 inch IPS touch screen with 720 x 1280 pixels protected with the latest Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The device is powered by a 1.3 Ghz MediaTek MT6582 processor and Mali 400 GPU coupled with 1 GB RAM.
The Iris Fuel 60 has an 8 GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32 GB using external microSD card.
One of the main advantages of the new Iris smartphone is its impressive 4000 mAh battery, which according to the company can last for more than 32 hours of 2G calls in a single charge. Also, the battery is built in such a way that it completes charging within 3 hours and 15 minutes after plugging in.
The smartphone runs on the previous version of Android OS, KitKat 4.4.4 out-of-the-box and Lava is promising an OTA update to Android Lollipop later next year.
One of the major differentiating factors of lava Iris 60 from other smartphones is its solder-less making. According to Lava it has used a new technology to connect different components of the smartphone using PCBA connectors making Iris 60 defect free and easy to repair for engineers in case want to service it in the future.
Lava is inching closer to beat Karbon to acquire the second spot in the race to become the best smartphone manufacturer in India. Lava successfully launched a series of new smartphone under the brand name Iris during the year 2014. Some of the bestselling Lava smartphones are Iris X5, Iris Pro 30 and Iris 500.