After Reliance Jio recently announced the Happy New Year offer that allows both existing as well as new subscribers to enjoy free 4G LTE internet along with free voice calls and free of cost text messages, local brand Micromax has announced a new budget range of smartphones that come bundled with the Happy New Year offering. These ultra low-cost phones would be available for offline purchase from next week.
The newest range of Micromax Reliance Jio-ready budget phones are the Vdeo1 and Video 2; both of which are priced less than Rs 6,000 in India. Micromax has also stated that there would be future additions to the Video smartphone series; with the highest price point going up to Rs 7,500. These handsets would also be released shortly.
These newest launches from Micromax come at a time when Chinese brands threaten to dominate the Indian smartphone segment. As per recent data, Lenovo displaced Micromax to become the second biggest smartphone brand in the country; these statistics also indicate Xiaomi potentially overtaking Micromax shortly.
Now, as far as Micromax's actual Vdeo 1 and Video 2 are concerned, these feature average technical specifications such as:
- 4-inch display having resolution of 480 x 800 pixels
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) operating system
- 1.3Ghz quad-core SoC
- 5 MP rear camera
- 2 MP front snapper
- 1GB RAM
- Dual SIM-card slots
- 1600mAh battery
Micromax Vdeo 2
- 4.5-inch display having resolution of 480 x 850 pixels
- Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) operating system
- 1.3GHz quad-core SoC
- 5 MP rear camera
- 2 MP front camera
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB internal storage
- MicroSD card slot for expansion of internal storage
- Dual SIM-card slots
- 1800mAh battery
Both the above Micromax Vdeo1 and Vdeo 2 will offer free Reliance Jio 4G LTE internet, voice calls over LTE and unlimited messages till March 31 2017.
