Scared by the success of Motorola Moto E, India's Lava and Micromax launch their own cheap Android KitKat phones
posted by Florin T.
/ May 26, 2014, 9:09 PM
Lava’s handset is called Iris X1. It will be available starting May 28, costing around $136 (7,999 INR). Its features include a 4.5-inch IPS display with 480 x 854 pixels, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor, 1GB of RAM, and 4GB of expandable internal memory.
Micromax’s KitKat smartphone is called Unite 2, and can already be purchased for the same price as the Moto E. The handset offers a 4.7-inch display with 480 x 800 pixels, 5MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing camera, quad-core 1.3GHz MediaTek MT6582M processor, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory, and microSD card support.
sources: Lava Iris X1, Micromax Unite 2, Moto E via AndroidOS.in
Related phones
- Display 4.3" 540 x 960 pixels
- Camera 5 MP
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, Dual-core, 1200 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 4 GB + microSDHC
- Battery 1980 mAh
52 Comments
1. sriuslywtf
Posts: 297; Member since: Jul 09, 2013
Iphones.. Iphones everywhere...
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:11 PM 1
41. The_Z
Posts: 2; Member since: May 27, 2014
Still....it looks better than your phone..!
posted on May 27, 2014, 8:47 AM 0
2. ckoch125
Posts: 193; Member since: Oct 29, 2012
Looks like an iPhone knock off
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:12 PM 4
8. RaKithAPeiRiZ
Posts: 1488; Member since: Dec 29, 2011
no one will buy a thing that looks like a knock-off , people will surely buy more of the Moto E
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:48 PM 2
4. zennacko unregistered
Lava = iPhone copy
Micromax = Moto G + Lumia's baby lol
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:22 PM 4
5. Arte-8800
Posts: 4562; Member since: Mar 13, 2014
Who and why would anyone buy this cheap phone?
Yuck cheap and low graded
If I was poor I'd rather save up and buy a midrange or a highend phone.
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:25 PM 0
6. Commentator
Posts: 3722; Member since: Aug 16, 2011
A lot of other people would rather save up and feed their families.
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:29 PM 33
9. g2a5b0e unregistered
Priorities, man. Not everyone is aware of what that word actually means.
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:59 PM 6
15. a_merryman
Posts: 749; Member since: Dec 14, 2011
Considering there is a sizable population of people in this world who live on less than $1 a day.....I don't think they're going to be wasting their money on $700 phones or even $400 phones.
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:25 PM 1
7. Planterz
Posts: 2120; Member since: Apr 30, 2012
The Lava looks nice, if a bit (or more than a bit) derivative.
This is what the market needs. Quality phones that can be had for not much money. I only hope that these companies aren't just taking Motorola's lead in offering decently spec'd phones for cheap, but also keeping the interfaces as light as possible, which allows them to operate without the lag and frustration of a heavy skin and useless bloatware like TouchWiz.
posted on May 26, 2014, 9:41 PM 0
35. Kamehameha
Posts: 44; Member since: Apr 21, 2014
Their interfaces are quite light. Not only in terms of features but also optimizations. I wouldn't count on getting a decent experience from these phones.
posted on May 27, 2014, 3:58 AM 0
10. Awalker
Posts: 1967; Member since: Aug 15, 2013
The Moto E will be updated as newer versions of Android are released. I doubt the other phones will be updated at all.
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:04 PM 8
22. anuragudaybhat
Posts: 3; Member since: Nov 08, 2013
micromax announced that it will offer a guaranteed update to at least one future version.
posted on May 26, 2014, 11:38 PM 0
11. gaara6775
Posts: 738; Member since: May 20, 2014
there ui is hideous and after 8-9 months you see /feel lag like anything .it's impossible to use micromax or lava phones after 10months,there touch response gets bad and gameplay sucks. one of my friend has habit to buy 2nd hand phone and most of the time he chooses lava or karbonn as he can't afford micromax. I advised him to buy a 2nd hand HTC Sensation XE that is still better than any of these garbage phones. now it is even running on sense 5,but he never listen to me
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:11 PM 1
14. Pravas
Posts: 3; Member since: May 26, 2014
I dont think that they are scared of moto E.These companies have been offering super afordable smartphones from begining.Specially micromax offers nexus5 like spec at half of its price...So make sure to checkout their website before writing such article.
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:21 PM 0
17. shuaibhere
Posts: 1986; Member since: Jul 07, 2012
But they have no phone to compete with moto E...
moto E will be updated constantly..and gives better experience, better battery life, better screen..don't forget built quality....
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:54 PM 2
20. StraightEdgeNexus
Posts: 3689; Member since: Feb 14, 2014
Nexus 5 like specs? By that if you mean crap mediatek octa core then LOL.
posted on May 26, 2014, 11:18 PM 7
16. AfterShock
Posts: 4146; Member since: Nov 02, 2012
I don't know if Moto has much to be worried about here with these releases.
Pretty stout package without mediatek or broadcom.
posted on May 26, 2014, 10:33 PM 1
19. StraightEdgeNexus
Posts: 3689; Member since: Feb 14, 2014
All this crap boasting dual and quad cores, everything is powered by crappy mediatek chipsets. Thats why motorola is clear winner here.
