Budget smartphones that offer a decent performance, with a good specs-sheet – at least on paper – have become the norm in India, most notably with the Redmi 2, which set the new bar in this category.
Most Indian smartphone manufacturers have been trying to do the same with their own devices, by adding a host of customisations, and offering ‘high’ specs at minimal price. Swipe Elite with its own Freedom OS is the latest entrant to this category.
Spesfication: 5-inch HD display| 1.3 GHz MediaTek MT6582 quad-core processor| 2GB RAM, 16GB storage expandable to 32 GB| 13MP rear camera and an 8MP front camera| 2500 mAh battery| Dual-SIM| Freedom OS based on Android Lollipop 5.0| 3G connectivity.
Price: Rs 6, 499, launch price was Rs 5999
The Swipe Elite smartphones in a regular run-of-mill looking device with its matter plastic cover. It’s not particularly bulky or heavy and Swipe has kept the rear camera in the centre for the Elite. The camera panel juts out quite sharply, and the battery is removable.
The back-cover is prone to smudges and by the end of the week, I had left quite a few of these on the device. But then this a budget phone, so it is harsh to expect premium quality build. as a slogan in hindi-(AB HAR HATH ME HOGA ANDROID)