Lava Iris 450 Colour: Budget Dual-Core Android Smartphone Launched in India

Indigenous smartphone maker Lava International Ltd. has launched budget Android smartphone Iris 450 Colour in India.

Earlier this week, Iris 450 made an appearance on the company website. Now the device's price has been revealed as ₹7,999 and it is expected to hit stores soon.

Lava Iris 450 Colour sports a 4.5-inch FWVGA (854x480p) IPS screen and ships with Android v4.2 Jelly Bean OS, 1.3GHz dual core processor paired with 512MB RAM and 4GB inbuilt-memory (expandable up to 32GB) and 1800 mAh battery.

Other stipulated specifications include 5.0-megapixel main-camera (with LED flash, HDR mode, digital zoom), 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front camera for video chat and 1800 mAh battery, which powers the phone close to 9 hour 15 minutes talk time.

As the name suggests, Lava offers multiple shades of interchangeable panel accessories for Iris 450 Colour, just like Nokia's mid-range Lumia smartphones. The device comes with black and white hued models with options of blue, ivory white, pro black, raspberry pink and tan brown.

Earlier in the week, Lava had launched the feature-rich budget quad-core smartphone Iris 406Q for ₹6,999. It boasts Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core CPU, 400 MHz Adreno 302 graphics engine, 1GB RAM and 4GB (expandable up to 32GB) and ships with the stock Android v4.3 Jelly Bean OS with a guarantee of receiving the latest v4.4 KitKat software update. [For more information, click here]

Key specifications of Lava Iris 450 Colour:

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