Indian hansets maker Intex Technologies, has launched today its first ever dual functionality smartphone, Aqua QWERTY. This smartphone has a combination of a touch-sensitive screen and a user-friendly typing qwerty interface. This is targetted for the first time users of smartphone who are not comfortable with touch screen.
The Aqua QWERTY sports a 3.5 HVGA display touch screen coupled with a smooth and well spread Qwerty keypad. According to Intex, the reason for bringing out the smartphone with dual functionality screen is based on the facts that the handset market is flooded with myriad touch screen phones, and few market studies suggest that 10 million, out of 50 million-plus smartphone users in India, prefer physical keypads as a majority of the pro-keypad population comprises middle-aged corporate honchos who answer hundreds of emails a day. Interestingly, a touch-and-type combo smartphone is a bonus for an increasing number of women smartphone users who can now adapt to new age technologies and indulge in the world of multimedia and social networking.
Other Key features of INTEX Aqua Qwerty:
Dual SIM
1.2 GHz dual core processor
4.2.2 Jelly Bean OS
1500 mAh Li-Poly Battery
Connectivity:
3G /EDGE/HSPA/BT/wi-fi hotspot
RAM: 512MB
Internal Memory: 4GB (expandable upto 32 GB via micro SD card)
Camera: 5MP Rear and VGA front
Commenting on the launch Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head- Mobile, Intex said “Intex has always been at the forefront in bringing innovative products to its customers. Aqua Qwerty is one such product which offers the convenience of both touch and type features for users who are Qwerty lovers but wish to explore the touch experience at the same time.We have stepped into the qwerty keypad smartphone segment after a lot of market research, and we believe that the Aqua Qwerty will be a vehicle of smartphone adoption in the highly untapped segment of women smartphone users in India,also meeting the needs of professionals who want to send error-free texts, without stressing too much on switching the keypad between signs, symbols, numbers and alphabets”
