Intex has added yet another variant in its “Aqua flagship” and they have named this handset as “Aqua Costa”. It is going to be an entry level smartphone and company has even listed this smartphone on their website. This handset will be made available at the price of INR 5,499. One can buy this handset in any if the mentioned color variants: grey, white and Champagne.
USP of this handset is that it is going to be one of the most affordable set of handsets coming up with Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS out of the box. One may feel a little disappointed that even though it has latest OS but it doesn’t support 4G LTE connectivity which is seen in almost every handset, offered at the lower as well as middle price range.
In the past company has come up with the handsets like Intex Aqua Q7N Pro, Intex Aqua Sense 5.1, Intex Aqua Cloud Tread, Intex Aqua Pride and Intex Aqua Q7N. All of these smartphones were supporting 3G connectivity. Looks like Intex Aqua Costa has turned out to be the costliest among all.
Talking about the specs of this handset then it sports 5” FWVGA Display delivering screen resolution up to 480X854p. Instead of Multi-touch panel it just offers two-touch display panel with 196 ppi as pixel density and 16.7M color depth.
It will be powered by Quad core Cortex A7 processor clocked at the clock frequency of 1.3GHz and also incorporates Mali 400 as the Graphic Processing Unit. It will be paired along with 2GB of RAM and bears 8GB of storage on the board as internal memory. Memory can be further expanded up to 32GB via MicroSD card slot.
It entails 5MP autofocus camera at the rear along with LED flash while mounts 2MP of snapper at the front for clicking selfies and for video calling. Camera is paired along with some features like face beauty mode, Gesture Capture, HDR, Self Timer and Zero Shutter Delay.
It carries 2200mah battery capacity at the rear which promises talk time up to 11h and stand by time up to 200h. It is a dual SIM smartphone with connectivity options like WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0, GPS with A-GPS, FM radio, 3.5mm ear jack, FM radio etc.
Competitors:
It will compete against the handset like xiaomi Redmi 3S or Reliance Digital Lyf Wind 1, both of them are available at the price of INR 6,999 and INR 6,899 respectively.
Key specs:
- 5” FWVGA display with 198ppi pixel density
- 3GHZ Quad core processor
- Mali 400 as the GPU
- 5MP AF camera at the back
- 2MP front facing camera
- Camera features like face beauty mode, Gesture Capture, HDR, Self Timer and Zero Shutter Delay.
- 2200mAh battery capacity claiming talk time up to 11h and standby time up to 200h
- Connectivity options like WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth V4.0, GPS with A-GPS, FM radio, 3.5mm ear jack, FM radio etc.
- Dual SIM smartphone with 3G connectivity
