Intel and India's mobile handset company Lava International Ltd., today announced the general availability of the XOLO X900, the first smartphone with Intel inside.
The device will be available for purchase beginning 23rd
April at a street price of approximately INR 22000
($424). The smartphone will be also promoted and sold by
Croma, a chain of consumer electronics mega storesin
India.
The partnership between Intel and Lava was announced at
Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. The XOLO
X900 is based on Intel's smartphone reference design
featuring the 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor Z2460 with
Intel Hyper Threading Technology and supporting HSPA+ 3G
connectivity. Full 1080p HD video encoding and playback
are powered by a 400 MHz graphics core. It also features
an 8-megapixel camera that suports capturing of 10
pictures per second in burst mode.
The XOLO X900 uses a 4.03-inch high-resolution LCD touch
screen. At launch, it will run on Android Gingerbread,
with a planned over-the-air software upgrade to
Android's Ice Cream Sandwich platform shortly
thereafter. Battery life is up to 5 hours of 3G
browsing, 45 hours of audio and 8 hours of talk time,
according to Intel.
Starting 23rdApril, the XOLO X900 will be available for
purchase to customers from Croma and Xolo.in, followed
by availability in other retail chains, general trade
and online stores from early May.
Specifications
Network |
Frequency Bands |
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900
UMTS/HSPA: 850/900/1900/2100
HSPA+: 850/900/1900/2100 |
Edge/GPRS |
Class 10 |
WCDMA |
Yes |
HSPA+ |
up to 21 Mbps (DL) |
up to 5.7 Mbps (DL) |
Processor |
Chipset |
Intel Medfield |
CPU |
1.6 GHz Intel Atom with Hyper Threading |
Graphics core |
Clock speed |
400 MHz |
Triangles per second |
40 million/second |
Design |
Dimensions |
123 x 63 x 10.99 mm |
Weight |
127 grams |
Hard Keys |
Power key |
Volume key |
Camera key |
Slots |
SIM card slot |
micro USB |
micro HDMI |
3.5 mm audio jack |
Display |
Display Size |
4.03" |
Resolution |
1024 x 600 |
Colours |
16M |
Display Technology |
TFT LCD Capacitive touch |
Corning Gorilla Glass |
Operating System |
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
(upgradable to Android 4.0) |
GPS |
Yes |
Camera |
Rear camera |
8 MP |
Front camera |
1.3 MP |
Flash support |
Yes, single LED |
Auto focus |
Yes |
Touch focus |
Yes |
Digital zoom |
16x |
HD recording rear |
1080p |
Video chat front |
480p |
Burst Mode |
15 fps, 10 images in <1 sec |
Modes supported |
Auto, Sports, Potrait, Landscape, Night, Night Potrait, Fireworks, Text |
Sensors |
Accelerometer |
Gyroscope |
Magnetometer |
Ambient light sensor |
Proximity sensor |
Audio |
Dual Speakers |
Yes, 0.3 W each |
Digital Microphones |
2 |
Ambient Noise Cancellation |
Yes |
Voice Recording |
Yes, 3GPP |
Audio codecs supported |
MP3, MIDI, WAV, WMA, 3GPP |
Video |
Video recording & playback |
Full HD 1080p@30fps |
Video codecs supported |
MPEG4, 3GPP, WMC, H.264, VP8 |
Video Player |
Android Video Player, doubleTwist |
Sync |
Drivers for Windows XP |
Yes |
Drivers for Windows 7 |
Yes |
OTA support |
Yes |
Firmware download via PC |
Yes |
Connectivity |
USB |
2.0 Hi Speed |
Bluetooth |
v2.1 |
Wi-Fi |
802.11 b/g/n |
NFC |
Yes |
NFC Antenna |
13.56 MHz |
WLAN support |
Yes |
Memory |
Internal Memory* |
16 GB |
RAM |
1 GB |
Browser |
HTML5 |
Messaging |
MMS |
Yes |
SMS |
Yes |
Email |
Yes |
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Document Viewer |
Yes |
Battery |
1460 mAh, 3.7V |
Talk time (2G) |
up to 15.5 hours |
Talk time (3G) |
up to 7.8 hours |
Music playback (earphones) |
up to 43.9 hours |
Video playback (earphones) |
up to 6 hours |
Total standby time |
up to 14 days |