HomeShop18 has rolled out 9 new smartphones, including a Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone in India. This includes Micromax Win W121 and Canvas A82 smartphones that were already launched. Other new smartphones include, Spice Mi-501, Spice Mi-402, Spice Mi-401, Spice Mi-514, Spice Mi-347, Spice Mi-551 and Celkon A356. It has also released Spice M-6115, which is a feature phone. Priced between Rs. 2199 and Rs. 6999, these phones would be available from HomeShop18 starting 14th January.
Talking about the launch of multiple smartphones, Sundeep Malhotra, Founder & CEO, HomeShop18 said
The launch of nine new technologically advanced mobile phones is another step towards our commitment to deliver superior quality smartphones that suits varied specifications and pockets of people across the country. The industry has witnessed highest mobile phone sales in the Rs. 5,000 – 15,000 price category, enabling India’s movement towards becoming the second largest smartphone market by 2016. Thus, with this launch, we are providing our customers a plethora of mobiles from multiple brands that will certainly match their preferences and style.
The Spice Mi-551 has a 5.5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, comes with 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 2200mAh battery. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It is priced at Rs. 6999.
The Spice Mi-514 and Spice Mi-501 have 5-inch FWVGA displays and are powered by a 1GHz processors. These come with 8-megapixel and 5-megapixel cameras with LED flash, respectively and have a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. All these smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and come with 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. These are priced at Rs. 5,999 and Rs. 4,499 respectively.
The budget Spice Mi-401 and Mi-402 smartphones come with a 4-inch WVGA screens, are powered by a 1GHz processor, run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), pack 256MB RAM, 4GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 1300mAh battery.
These have a 2-megapixel and 3.2-megapixel cameras with LED flash, respectively and have a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these have dual SIM support, but only the Mi-402 comes with 3G connectivity. These are priced at Rs. 2599. No details about the Celkon A356 yet.