LAVA International, which is a fast growing Indian company in the mobile handset industry, today added one more smartphone to its flagship ‘iris X’ series of smartphones with superior hardware and features. The new smartphone is Iris X8 and features a 5 inch HD IPS display with ASAHI glass. It is powered by an Octa-Core processor and 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory, and runs on Android v4.4 KitKat, FOTA upgradable to Android 5.0 Lollipop.
LAVA Iris X8 is available in white & black colour for Rs. 8999. It will be available for sale across all national retail stores and multi-brand outlets. Iris X8 will be available online exclusively on Flipkart.com starting 12:00 noon from 9th Feb. Lava is also offering with this device Airtel free bundle offer for 500 MB of 3G data per month for two months in 3G network circles and on 2G in 2G network circles.
The LAVA Iris X8 is packed with a 2500 mAh battery, and comes with an Intelligent Flip cover that allows users to access applications like music, calling, camera, messaging and few other functions directly without the need of switching to the main screen.
The Iris X8 is equipped with primary camera of 8 megapixel with Dual LED flash, Auto focus and BSI-III sensor and also houses a 3 megapixel front camera. It also supports full HD Video recording and digital zoom with built in auto-focus, panorama, HDR mode, face detection, smile shot and voice capture. On connectivity front, the dual SIM equipped Iris X8 supports 3G connectivity apart from Wi-Fi, Bluetooth v4.0. It also offers OTG support that enables file transfer through USB drive on the move.
This phone also has a gesture recognition functionality with Smart Wake-up and Gesture controls which allows consumers to directly jump to applications from the locked screen.