ITVoice News: One more ‘open source’ technology based affordable phone comes in the Indian market with advanced features like dual-SIM facility, dual camera and multi-lingual support.
Spice has announced to launch its first Firefox OS powered smartphone, named as Spice Fire One Mi -FX 1. Priced at just Rs 2,299, the phone will get officially launched on 29 August. The phone will be available on Snapdeal.com for a short phase and then it will be available at retail stores too, including Spice HotSpot and www.saholic.com.
The phone sports 8.89-cm (3.5-inch) HVGA capacitive touch display, dual-SIM support, 1GHz processor, 2MP rear camera and 1.3MP front-facing camera. The phone doesn’t support 3G but other connectivity options like Wi-Fi, Edge and Bluetooth are supported. Several Indian languages like Hindi, Tamil and Bangla are supported in the phone. Its software features include Adaptive App Search or the Single Window Search which enables users to find relevant information and apps from the web altogether.
Spice Mobility Ltd CEO Prashant Bindal said, “This is a step towards enabling the dreams of the small town masses of connecting with their aspirations through affordable smartphones. With the ultra-low cost Spice Fire One, we at Spice, aim to change the feature phone users into smartphone users, thereby, aiding them with the power of internet. Our intentions are clearly to synthesize technology and style in our products and make them available at affordable prices. This partnership with Mozilla showcases our commitment to providing the best technological innovations first hand to our customers. This joint undertaking with Mozilla is a breakthrough in product offering and a brand new concept for smartphones.”
