A new range of affordable, yet having decent hardware 4G LTE with VoLTE supported smartphones are here from India’s emerging LYF brand smartphones.
Reliance Retail’s subsidiary company and Indian mobile vendor LYF has launched two new 4G android smartphones under the affordable FLAME series – LYF Flame 2 and mid-range WIND series – LYF Wind 4.
The more affordable of the two LYF Flame 2 4G smartphone is priced at Rs 4,799 and the much more powerful LYF Wind 4 is priced at Rs 6,799. Both smartphones are available on Reliance Retail stores online and offline across India.
LYF Flame 2
Currently the most affordable 4G LTE smartphone under the entire LYF brand, LYF Flame 2 comes with fairly decent hardware specification. The smartphone flaunts a 4 inch WVGA TN display and powered by a 1.0 GHz Quad-core MTK 6735M MediaTek processor coupled with 1GB RAM.
On the storage side, the LYF Flame 2 comes with 8GB internal storage that can be easily expanded using microSD card. On the photography side, the mobile got a 5-megapixel camera on the back and a 2-megapixel camera on the front.
Coming to connectivity, as it’s a Reliance smartphone, dual-SIM LYF Flame 2 supports every 4G bands in India with its True 4G LTE along with VoLTE for HD voice calling. Other connectivity options include 3G, 2G, WiFi, and Bluetooth. The smartphone runs on almost stock Android Lollipop 5.1 operating system with pre-loaded Reliance Jio apps.
- 4 WVGA TN display (480 x 800 pixels)
- 1.0 GHz MTK 6735M Quad-core processor
- 1GB RAM
- 450 MHz MaliT720-Mp1 GPU
- Android Lollipop 5.1
- 8GB internal storage and expandable using microSD card
- 5MP rear camera with flash support and 2MP front-facing camera
- dual SIM (4G+2GB)
- True 4G with VoLTE 3G, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth v4.1
- 1500 mAh, Lithium-ion battery
LYF Wind 4
Carrying a better hardware and better display, LYF Wind 4 is a budget-friendly 4G LTE smartphone under LYF Wind series. The smartphone flaunts a 5-inch IPS LCD HD display and powered by 1.1 GHz Qualcomm SnapDragon 210 MSM8909 processor coupled with 1GB RAM.
The smartphone comes with 8GB internal storage that can be easily expanded using microSD card. On the photography side, the LYF Wind 4 got an 8-megapixel autofocus camera on the rear and a 2-megapixel camera on the front.
Connectivity wise the dual-SIM LYF Wind 4 supports every 4G bands in India with its True 4G LTE along with VoLTE for HD voice calling. Other connectivity options include 3G, 2G, WiFi, and Bluetooth. The smartphone runs on almost stock Android Lollipop 5.1 operating system with pre-loaded Reliance Jio apps.
- 5 inch IPS LCD display (1280 x 720 pixels)
- 1.1 GHz Qualcomm SnapDragonTM 210 MSM8909 processor
- 1GB RAM
- 409 MHz Adreno 304 GPU
- Android Lollipop 5.1
- 8GB internal storage and expandable using microSD card
- 8MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera
- dual SIM (4G+2GB)
- True 4G with VoLTE 3G, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth v4.1
- 4000 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Earlier LYF brand has launched smartphones under high-end LYF Earth series, LYF Water 1, LYF Water 2 and LYF Water 5 smartphones under the Water series and a couple of smartphones under entry level LYF Flame and LYF Wind series 4G smartphones.
So if you got the Reliance Jio invite which mandates to buy an LYF smartphone then go for LYF Flame 2, as it budget friendly and comes with all advanced 4G LTE capabilities.