Lava Iris 410 Mobile Price List in India

Lava has already gained surplus reputation in the market for its top quality XOLO brand smartphones and now it has come up with a new smartphone belonging to the Iris series of smartphone. This new smartphone Lava Iris 410 belonging to the low price segment comprises of user friendly interface and has the scope of providing much better services to the customers than its predecessor Iris 409. Whether there is any point in purchasing this product or not, the review will shortly answer to that question.

Features and specifications

The new Lava Iris 410 is a dual sim smartphone which arrives with a TFT WVGA capacitive touchscreen of 4inches with maximum pixel resolutions of 480 x 800 and pixel density of 233 ppi. Inside, it is powered with a dual core processor of 1.3 GHz and a low RAM of 512MB. It runs on Android v 4.4 KitKat operating system and there is no update from the firm to upgrade the OS. The device also sports a primary camera of 3MP and a secondary VGA camera. It comprises of 4GB OF internal memory which can be expanded with the help of micro-SD card. It gets the power from a removable Li-Ion battery of 1700 mAh and includes a series of connectivity features like Bluetooth, Edge GPRS, Edge and Wi-Fi.

Design and quality

From the design perspective, the smartphone is not so majestic or magnetic in appearance but imparts an ordinary look before the users. Movie and video watching experience could have been much better if the display screen was 5 inch long. Though the screen is touch responsive, it is lacking in providing crystal clear visual experience with color brightness and high notch clarity. You will be certainly disappointed for the absence of HD support that could have been a boost in this budget price. Featuring a dimension of 124 mm x 64.5 mm x 9.9 mm, it enables easy handling for the customers. The back panel can be easily opened to view the battery and micro-SD slot. The 3.5 mm audio jack is located on the top side and the power button along with the volume rockers is situated to its right.

OS and tech

This budget smartphone runs on Android v 4.4 KitKat operating system providing decent user interface to customers. The user interface experience could have been much better if it ran on Android Lollipop operating system. Inside the hood, it is powered by thedual core processor of 1.3 GHz and a 512MB RAM. Although you can shift easily from one application to another quite comfortably, but when it comes to playing games you will be disturbed by its frequent lagging. The performance of the pre-installed apps likes Google Search, Whatsapp, Facebook though satisfactory but the limited screen size has made it tough to enjoy the fun of online amusements. Connectivity options include the standard EDGE, Bluetooth, Hotspot, USB ports, GPRS and Wi-Fi.

Camera and multimedia

Lava Iris 410 arrives with a primary camera of 3MP with pixel resolutions of 2048 x 1536. It also supports LED flash and contains features like digital zoom, auto-focus, panorama, touch- focus, geo-tagging and so on. It is perfect in capturing photos and videos in bright daylight but can offer less than satisfactory performance in the dim and dark environment. The front VGA camera is appropriate for making video calls and for capturing occasional selfies. From the multimedia perspective it supports audio and video recording in every format excluding the HD format. The availability of options like Clear Bass, Clear Stereo provides some clarity to the voice quality in the songs and music of the phone.

Battery and memory

Lava Iris 410 is a dual smartphone which remains active on drawing power from the removable Li-Ion battery of 1700 mAh. It promises talktime duration of 9 hours in 2G network and standby duration of 250 hours in the same network. At least there is some sort of satisfaction for the users from the battery perspective which does not require frequent charging. The internal memory of 4GB works perfect at this budget price which can be further expanded up to 32 GB with the help of micro-SD card.

Pros and cons

Pros:

·         Affordable cost.

·         Dual core processor.

·         Android operating system.

CONS:

·         Absence of 3G

·         Lower size of RAM.

·         Absence of HD format.

Verdict

Lava Iris 410 smartphone is mainly for those who cannot afford to purchase costly smartphones but areeager to flaunt possessing such phone. It is a sub Rs.5,500 segment phone which can offer stiff competitions to products like Micromax Bolt D320 etc.