Oppo N1 mini launching in India within a week

Until a few hours ago, its been told that it was coming soon, without being treated to any information on the exact release date.

It has been expected that the awkwardly named Oppo N1 mini to hit India soon and the company has confirmed the same through an official tweet on its Twitter account.

Oppo just tweeted today, warned in advance about the ‘little master’ arriving within a week. The company is even will give you the color choices in which the device will be available and these include white, blue and yellow hues.

The mini phone features the same 13MP rotating lens as its larger sibling and while some might call it a marketing gimmick, we don’t see why just having one good quality camera is unreasonable on a handset. The snapper makes an impressive statement with a Sony 6-element lens and a Super Zoom mode to capture photos at 24MP.

 

The Oppo N1 mini should technically be a watered down version of its larger variant judging by its moniker, don’t you think? But it’s not really getting a bad deal considering the phablet-sized 5-inch touchscreen spread across its front and the 2GB of RAM you’ll find under the hood.


Oppo N1 mini main specs at a glance:

- Platform: Android with Color OS
- Camera: 13MP rotating snapper w/ flash
- Memory: 16GB ROM, 2GB RAM
- Display: 5-inch 720 x 1280p HD resolution screen
- Processor: Quad core 1.6GHz Snapdragon 400 chip
- Color options: White, black, pink, blue, yellow
- Dimensions: 148.4 x 72.2 x 9.2 millimeters
- Weight: 151 grams
- Power source: 2140mAh Li-ion battery

We hope you didn’t scroll all the way to down to see if we had anything to say about the price of the Oppo N1 mini? The cost and availability details are yet to arrive and needless to say, we’ll give you a heads-up as soon as we hear more on this.

Karbonn launches A1plus Super A5 Turbo entry-level smartphones

Indian mobile device maker, Karbonn, has launched two new entry-level Android smartphones - A1+ Super and A5 Turbo.

The A1+ Super is priced at Rs 3,490 while the A5 Turbo will sell at Rs 3,290.

Karbonn A1+ Super sports a 3.5-inch HVGA(320x480p) display and is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat and features an external storage slot that supports microSD cards up to 32GB capacity. The phone sports a 3MP rear camera with LED flash and a front camera (unspecified resolution). The company has not revealed the RAM and internal storage capacity for the handset.

Karbonn A5 Turbo also sports a 3.5-inch HVGA(320x480p) display and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat, and is 3G-enabled. The phone sports a 3MP camera and a front-facing camera, and features dual sim support, and a microSD card slot. The company has not revealed the RAM and internal storage capacity, even for this handset.

The two phones come with Wi-Fi support, Bluetooth, Edge, G-sensor, and proximity sensor and customizable menu and widgets options.

Commenting on the launch, Shashin Devsare, executive director of Karbonn, said, "Today, an estimated 117 million subscribers are using smartphones in India, which with an expected 45% increase over the next 2 years is placed to increase to nearly 240 million consumers. With consumer-centric activities being the fulcrum of operations at Karbonn, we understand the varied needs of consumers, and thus seek to capture this upcoming market with a range of smartphones that understand their focused needs."

"Today, a large segment of consumer is shifting from feature phones to smartphones and looks for a smartphone with advanced technology and maximum features at affordable prices. While this growth of the smartphone market is basis the greater availability of affordable devices and quality after sales services by the vendors, we also seek to capture the majority of this nascent market via a remarkable product range, that offers affordability and stylishness to the consumers, providing them a unique and never-seen-before mobile experience," he added.