The Intex Aqua Octa went on sale in India earlier today. Now Intex has official launched the smartphone today. It was unveiled back in November 2013 and packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on One-Glass-Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the Aqua i7.
It comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby. It also comes with Matrabhasha multilingual application, Intex Cloud with 5GB of storage, Intex Play, Intex Game Club, BigFlix, NQ Mobile Security, OLX and Opera mini.
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head – Mobile, Intex Technologies Ltd. said,
The launch of ‘Aqua Octa’ reinforces our brand’s promise to bring premium smart devices at the leading edge of technology, to improve the quality of life of people at large. With the True Octa Core processor, Intex achieves another industry first by bringing the fastest 6-inch Android smartphone ever for the technically savvy customer. The incredibly responsive touch screen and innovative user interface adds that ‘plus one’ that our customers have come to expect from every Intex device.
Intex Aqua Octa specifications
- 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display
- 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with 700 MHz Mali 450-MP4 GPU
- Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
- Dual SIM (WCDMA+GSM)
- 13MP auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p Full HD video recording
- 5MP front-facing camera
- 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, dual Yamaha 1420 speakers with 1.2W output
- Dimensions – 161.06×80.86x7mm; Weight: 180 grams
- 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, aGPS
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory
- 2300 mAh battery with up to 6 hours talk time and up to 180 hours standby
The Intex Aqua Octa comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 19,999. It would be available across 40,000 plus retail outlets, more than 42 INTEX SQUARES (exclusive retail stores), several hypermarkets and other leading e-commerce portals from January 15th on wards.