Lava’s Iris series is made up of entry-level smartphones that include many of the most popular features regularly incorporated into these types of products; Of course, part of its appeal is related to its low price, which gives anyone the opportunity to have a smartphone with a very low investment. Despite its limited performance, this device allows its owner to obtain some entertainment features and applications that will improve the mobile communications of anyone who decides to buy it. By the way, this model was released in January 2013 and is gaining popularity mainly in the Indian market.
Supported Frequency Networks
For 2G networks it works under the GSM standard operating with two frequencies (900/1800 MHz) while for 3G networks it works under the UMTS standard handling only one frequency (2100 MHz), both SIM cards work based on the GSM characteristics and can also work As a VoIP client, calls are handled with Dual Standby (DDS) technology that handles one call at a time by canceling the other line until the current call ends.
External appearance and functions
The dimensions of the phone are: height 5.8″, length: 3.1″ and width: 0.4″ which is a bit big compared to other devices on the market. Its screen has a size of 5 inches, a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels ( WVGA) and a color depth of 16m (24bit – True Colour), the display technology is fairly basic, a TFT LCD capacitive touch screen and the colors available to select from are black and white.
Multimedia
Two cameras are included in this model; the main (rear) camera has a capacity of 5.0MP with a resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus and LED flash included, it also has digital zoom and is capable of recording videos in MPEG4 and 3GP formats. The secondary (front) camera has a capacity of 0.3 MP. Sound-wise, it mainly supports Mp3 and Midi formats, records FM radio, has a speaker and includes a 3.5mm audio jack with earphones, comes with a couple of music apps, and also has polyphonic ringtones. .
Memory and data transfer
For data storage, its internal memory has 4GB, which is expandable up to 32GB by buying a micro SC card, the RAM memory comes with 512 MB and it has unlimited phone book. It works on the basis of EDGE and GPRS (class 12) technologies to transfer data with wide networks and the transfer speed is based on HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps for download) and HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbps for upload); for local connections it works with Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth based on the A2DP protocol that improves the quality of the data of the audio formats and can serve as an access point; to connect with hardware includes a USB 2.0 cable.
internal features
The Android v4.0.4 operating system is pre-installed inside the device, which can be updated to v4.1 (Jelly Bean), it has a 1 GHz Dual Core processor for the CPU and a PowerVR SGX531 for the GPU. In addition, it has a gyroscope, proximity, accelerometer and light sensor that improve the user’s spatial experience, its battery has 2300 mAh that produces about seven hours of 2G talk time.
recommendations
Below we have listed some features of this device so that it can serve as a reference in case someone is looking to buy this smartphone:
Pros: Storage memory above average devices in the same price ratio, it has a dual core CPU processor, it supports 3G and has a GPS, it has a lot of built-in sensors, and the battery life is above the average in standby mode.
Cons: Has limited screen technology and features, with constant conversations, the battery dries up quickly.
