The Indian market is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world, purely driven by the barrage of entry level Android smartphones. The market is so big that even Nokia wanted a slice of it, so it is not surprising to see the unending release schedules the companies resort to. One of them is the Indian manufacturer Spice, known for its low and mid range Android smartphones. In that line, we have here the Spice Stellar Mettle Icon for unboxing. This phone, priced at a low Rs. 6,999 in the market is one of the very few phablet sized devices in that price range. From the front, it unmistakeably looks like the HTC One, sans the loudspeakers. Watch it in action in our unboxing video here –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVwEkw7pZcM
Box contents –
- Silver Spice Stellar Mettle Icon
- In-ear earphones with mic, styled like the ones that come with the iPhone
- Scratch guard
- micro USB cable
- USB wall charger
- Flip case
- User manual, warranty and safety information
The best thing about the Spice Stellar Mettle Icon is its build quality. At that price, the sturdy aluminium body is a bonus, and it is even removable. The phone has a 5 inch FWGA display and a 1.3 MP front facing camera over at the front, a 8 megapixel camera at the back along with a LED flash and a 1.3 GHz Dual Core processor with Mali 400 MP GPU inside. Here are the complete specifications of the device –
Spice Stellar Mettle Icon (Mi-506) Specifications
- 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
- Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
- 1.3 GHz dual-core processor with Mali 400 GPU
- Dual SIM (3G + 3G) with dual standby
- 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash
- 1.3 MP front-facing camera
- 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
- 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / aGPS
- 1800 mAh battery
As you can see above, this is pretty decent specifications for the price, but we are not sure which compromises we will face while reviewing this phone. So stay tuned for that, and keep an eye on our YouTube channel for all the impending coverage of this phone. Have any questions? Let us know in the comments section below and we will try our best to answer.
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