Intel 4-inch Xolo A500

Lava International has quietly rolled out another smartphone as part of its Xolo A-series. Dubbed as the Xolo A500, it comes with 4-inch TFT Capacitive Touchscreen and has a resolution of 480X800 Pixels. It is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Krait processor along with 512MB RAM. Xolo A500 comes with 4GB of internal storage, which can be expanded to up to 32GB via microSD card, 5-megapixel rear camera and VGA front camera.

It is a dual-SIM smartphone (GSM+GSM) and supports 3G on the primary SIM. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with a 1,500 mAh, which the company claims to give 9 hours of talk time on 2G and a standby time of 310 hours. Xolo A500 is available in the market for Rs. 6,999.

The company is currently offering four smartphones under the Xolo brand and the price range varies between Rs. 6,999 to Rs. 17,500. The first device in this series was the Intel-powered Xolo X900, which was launched in April 2012 and is now retailing for Rs. 17,500.The company also recently launched the Xolo A700 and Xolo A800. Xolo A700 is a dual-SIM smartphone, which is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor, runs on Android 4.0 and comes with a 1,700mAh battery.

 


Xolo A800 on the other hand, features a 4.5-inch screen, a dual-core 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This smartphone is available for Rs. 11,999.Lava International is also planning to launch its second Intel-powered smartphone in India, Xolo X500 for Rs. 8,999.

The Xolo A500 comes powered by a dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8225 processor with 512MB RAM, 4 inch LCD screen and 5MP fixed focus camera. The handset is priced at Rs. 6,999 but you can get it for as low as Rs. 6,500 from local market.I believe the hardware and most of the specs are almost similar to the Videocon A30 that is also priced at around the same. This is a low cost dual core handset by Xolo sold by Lava International.

Xolo A500 is a dual-SIM Android ICS based touchscreen handset, coming to users with 1GHz dual core Qualcomm Krait processor, which is seconded by a 512MB RAM. The 4 inch WVGA screen of the handset is quite capable playing HD videos. In the camera section, there is a 5MP camera on the rear side of the body, supported by an LED flash, and a 0.3MP camera on the front. For Internet, there is GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, and Wi-Fi; for data transfer, the handset has USB and Bluetooth connectivity. The 1500 mAh battery of the device lets the users stay connected for long. Other features include, GPS, 4GB internal & 32GB expandable memory, and Adreno 203 GPU.