Today, Idea Cellular has announced a new Android smartphone called Aurus. Aurus comes with Dual SIM feature and is priced at Rs. 7,190.
It features a 3.5 inches capacitive touchscreen display with 320 x 480 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 800 MHz processor with 256 MB RAM. It runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It also features a 5 megapixel camera that can also record good quality videos. It also features a front VGA camera for video calling
Aurus comes with 4 GB onboard storage which is expandable upto 32 Gb via microSd card. Connectivity features of this smartphone includes GPS, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, EDGE and GPRS. It also comes with all social media and popular instant messaging apps. These apps includes Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, Google apps and Youtube. Other bundled apps include Android Manager, augmented reality app Layar, Currency Converter, photo editor PicSay, Pinball game, Ringdroid and Shazam. This smartphone also comes preloaded with its own App store called Idea App mall
It is packed with 13,000 mAh battery.
Features of IDEA Aurus
- Android v2.3 Gingerbread
- Dual SIM (GSM+GSM), Dual Standby
- 800 MHz MediaTek MT6573 processor
- 3.5 inch display with 320×480 pixels resolution
- 0.3 MP front camera
- 5 Megapixel rear camera
- 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
- 32GB expandable storage
- WiFi 802.11a, b, g, n, Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G, Edge
- Standard 1300 mAh battery Li-Ion
Idea is also offering data and voice calls worth up to Rs. 2,300 bundled with the new smartphone. Prepaid users will get 10 minutes free calls daily for 90 days with the recharge of Rs. 259/269. Users will also get 2GB of data and Idea TV service subscription free for three months. If users exceed its limit of 2GB, Idea will charge 5 paise per 10 KB.