Mobile phones launched this week

The mobile phone market is the most dynamic market of India with more than a dozen of new devices being launched every month. Infact last month more than two dozen devices (smartphones and tablets combined) were launched in India (read the full story here). The first week of February though wasn't that eventful but it too saw several new mobile phones which we have listed below.

Lava Iris X1 Grand - Rs 7,100

Though it was announced about a month back, Lava launched it this week only. The Lava Iris X1 Grand features a 5 inch IPS screen which has 854 X 480 pixels resolution. The phone offers a 1.3 GHz MediaTek quad core processor, It is based on Android KitKat operating system but is upgradable to Android 5.0, Lollipop version; though the company has not announced any specific date for the same.

The Lava Iris X1 Grand features an 8 megapixel auto focus rear camera with BSI sensor and two LED flash lights while a 2 MP camera is in its front for video calling and selfies. On connectivity front the phone supports micro USB v2.0, Bluetooth v4.0 and Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), ensuring full time connectivity for people on the move. The phone has dedicated 1GB RAM & 8GB of inbuilt memory that is expandable up to 32GB. It has a 2200 mAh high capacity Li-Polymer battery.

Lava Iris X8 - Rs 8,999

Lava Iris X8, which will be exclusively available via Flipkart from 9th of this month, has a 5 inch HD display, an octa core processor, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of inbuilt memory and operates on Android v4.4 KitKat system. Lava has though promised to upgrade it to Android 5.0 Lollipop version.