Karbonn Mobiles has introduced two
new budget smartphone for the Indian for the Indian market, the Karbonn A16 and
Karbonn A99. Both the handsets have been listed at ecommerce site, Saholic. The
Karbonn A16 is available for Rs. 5,990, while the Karbonn A99 comes for Rs.
6,190. The ecommerce site clearly mentions that both the handsets will be delivered
next week i.e. October 17.
Both the handsets interestingly come
with identical specifications; the only difference is that the Karbonn A99
packs a 1400mAh battery while the Karbonn A16 includes a 1350mAh battery. Both
the Karbonn A16 and A99 are dual-SIM devices with support for GSM+GSM.
Other specifications of the two
budget smartphones include 4-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) display, dual-core
1.3GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of inbuilt storage further expandable upto 32GB
with microSD card, a 5-meagpixel camera, and a VGA front-facing camera. Both the
handsets, the Karbonn A16 and Karbonn A99 are operated on Android 4.2 Jelly
Bean out-of-the-box.
Some preloaded apps included on both devices are UC Browser,
Opera Min, Kingsoft Office, Karbonn Live, WhatsApp and Flipboard.
Prior to this, Karbonn rolled out
the Smart A51 budget device for Rs. 3,499. The Android 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich-based Karbonn Smart A51 features a 3.5-inch TFT LCD display with 320x480
pixel resolution. It is powered by a 1GHz processor, though chipset has not
been specified in the listing and includes 256MB of RAM. It is a dual-SIM
(GSM+GSM) device with dual standby time. There is a 3.2-meagpixel rear camera accompanied
by an LED flash while there is a VGA front-facing camera. It runs on a 1.100mAh
battery, though standby time and talktime have not been detailed.
