Chinese smartphone maker Phicomm entered India back in June with the launch of its Passion 660 smartphone for Rs. 10,999. Today the company has announced a Rs. 2,000 price cut for the smartphone, which will be available for Rs. 8,999 on Amazon.in starting from today. To remind you, the Passion 660 has a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, runs on Android 4.4 KitKat with Expect OS 5.0, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has unibody premium magnesium alloy build and 4G LTE support.
Phicomm Passion 660 specifications
- 5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
- 1.5 GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB with microSD
- Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Expect OS 5.0
- Hybrid Dual SIM (second nano SIM slot can also be used as microSD slot)
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX214 sensor, f/2.0 aperture
- 5MP front-facing camera
- G-sensor, L-sensor，P-Sensor, E-compass, Barometer, Step-counter sensor, Gesture sensor
- Dimensions: 139.5 x 69 x 7.4mm; Weight: 110g
- 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- 2300mAh battery
With the price cut Passion 660 now competes with the YU Yureka Plus, Lenovo K3 Note and other smartphones in the similar price range. Hope the company would offer an upgrade to Android Lollipop soon, since it still runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), while most other competing smartphones were launched with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box.