Karbonn has launched the two entry-level smartphones – Karbonn A1+ Super and Karbonn A5 Turbo in India at an initial price tag of Rs. 3,490 and Rs. 3,290. Both smartphones runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and offers best-in-class experience, providing consumers the freedom of smooth multitasking.
Commenting on the launch, Mr. Sudhir Hasija, Chariman of Karbonn Mobile and Mr. Shashin Devsare, Executive Director of Karbonn, says,
“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. This is the basis on which our new launches – the Karbonn A1+ Super and A5 Turbo are based upon which offers brilliant specs and greater functionality to the user and thus create a great choice in this segment.”
On the specifications front, the Karbonn A1+ Super features a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen and it is powered by 1.3GHz dual core processor. It has 256MB RAM and internal memory can be expanded further up to 32GB via microSD card. On the imaging front, it has 3MP front-facing camera and 0.3MP (VGA) camera on front. It has dual SIM support and connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Edge, USB Support, G-Sensor and Proximity Sensor. It has 1,250mAh battery capacity and has dual SIM support.
On the specifications front, Karbonn A5 Turbo features a 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touch screen and it is powered by 1GHz processor and paired with 256MB RAM. It runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and internal memory can be expanded further up to 32GB via microSD card. On the imaging front, it has 3.0MP front-facing camera and it has dual SIM support. The battery capacity not known yet and it has connectivity features like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Edge, USB Support, G-Sensor, and Proximity Sensor.