Lava Iris 351 Available Online At Rs 3,899

Lava Iris 351, a low-cost Android smartphone has made an appearance on online retail websites, including Flipkart andSaholic. Available for a price of Rs. 3,899, the dual-SIM (GSM) smartphone is powered by a 1GHz processor, and comes with 256 MB of RAM on board. The phone runs Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread. Lava has not officially launched the phone, though.

The Iris 351 sports a 3.5-inch touchscreen which has a resolution of 320X480 pixels, and also features a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera. While the phone's internal memory is limited to 110MB, it does offer an SD Card slot, and the sales package includes a 4GB SD card. 

It supports memory cards of upto 16GB. The Lava Iris 351 doesn't offer support for 3G data but can connect to the Internet via GPRS/Edge. The handset also offers FM radio and FM radio recording. While the lack of 3G connectivity is a bit of a downer, the phone's essentially targeting feature phone buyers, who might not really care about the omission.

Lava had announced the Iris range of sub- Rs.10,000 Android smartphones, last year, and had introduced two smartphones, the Lava Iris N320 and Lava Iris N350 that time. A few days back, itlaunched the Iris N501, a phone that features a large screen (5-inches), priced at Rs. 9,999. 

The Iris N400 is another phone in the Iris range, that features a 4-inch screen, and is available at a price of Rs. 6,499. The company had said that it would launch seven Iris handsets till January 2013, and would add five more phones to this portfolio between January to March 2013.

Key Specifications for Lava Iris 351

• -3.5-inches, HVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 480 Pixels
• -1GHz Processor
• -256MB RAM
• -110MB internal storage, Supports Micro SD cards of upto 16GB
• -2 megapixel rear camera
• -Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/GPRS-Edge
• -1300mAh battery
• -Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread
• -Dimensions: 62x115.3x11.8 mm

Lava launches the Iris N501 smartphone with 5-inch display at Rs.9,999

It seems every Indian manufacturer now goes by the ideology- “The bigger, the better” and following the same trend is Lava which has unveiled it’s 5-inch Iris N501 smartphone in India  and the phone is now available via all the major online stores and retailers across India at a price of Rs.9,999.

The Lava Iris N501 sports a 5-inch WVGA display (800 x 480 pixel resolution) and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor coupled with 512MB of RAM. The smartphone has a dual-SIM card slot and runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which is a tad bit of disappointment as we expect every smartphone launched now to ship with Jelly Bean at least.

Quick specifications of Lava Iris N501:

• -1GHz dual-core processor, 512MB RAM
• -Android Ice Cream Sandwich
• -5-inch WVGA display
• -4GB internal storage, micro-SD card slot
• -2,300 mAh battery
• -3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS
• -dual-SIM card slot
• -5MP rear camera, 0.3MP front camera

The Iris N501 houses a 5 megapixel rear snapper with LED flash and a 0.3 front facing camera which can be used foe video calling. the smartphone comes with 4GB of internal storage and has a micro-SD card slot for storage expansion by up to 32GB. The Lava Iris N501 comes with all the standard connectivity features like 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS.

The smartphone comes with an impressive 2,300 mAh battery which according to the company, can give up to 7.8 hours of talk time. To lure more customers towards this new device, Lava has included an additional back cover and a 4GB micro-SD card for free with the Iris N501.

As far as the competition is concerned, the Iris N501 has tough task at it’s hand as the market is already crowded with many smartphones offering similar specifications at this price point like the Zync Cloud Z5, Intex Aqua 5.0, iBall Andi 5c and arguably the most popular smartphone in this segment, the Micromax A110 Canvas 2.