A new super-affordable 4G LTE with VoLTE capable android smartphone under its expanding ‘F’ series. Reliance Retail’s subsidiary consumer electronics arm LYF brand has launched yet another budget-friendly 4G VoLTE android smartphone – LYF F8.
First, to the pricing the LYF F8 smartphone comes with a price tag of Rs 4,199. This makes it one of the cheapest, yet feature-rich 4G VoLTE android smartphone in Indian market. The mobile will be available for purchase from Reliance Digital, Digital Xpress Mini, and other third-party retail stores across India.
LYF F8 spec & features
The budget friendly LYF F8 smartphone flaunts a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS LCD display with a pixel density of 218ppi. The screen is further protected with Asahi glass coating. Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 processor coupled with 1GB of RAM and Adreno 304 GPU.
For storage, the LYF F8 smartphone packs 8 GB of internet storage that can be further expanded up to 128GB using microSD card. On the photography side, the mobile carries an 8-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash support. Whereas on the front for selfie lovers the smartphone carries a 5-megapixel camera.
Connectivity wise the dual SIM LYF F8 got true 4G LTE supporting all Indian 4G bands along with VoLTE for HD voice and video calling. Other connectivity option includes 3G and 2G networks along with USB OTG, WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0. The smartphones run on almost stock Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 OS.
Some extra features LYF F8 smartphone includes the gesture controls. By just drawing the gestures (example c, e, o etc) allow you to launch the camera, control music player and access apps directly from the locked screen.
On the way, if you are buying an LYF android smartphone, then you can try out the Reliance Jio. Which also comes with Jio welcome offer that offers unlimited voice calls (VoLTE), messages (SMS) and 4G LTE data usage.