Spice Devices launches budget smartphone in India
New Delhi, June 27: Spice Devices, a brand from China-based Transsion Holdings, on Wednesday launched a new smartphone "F311" in India.
Priced at Rs 5,599, the new smartphone is powered by Android Oreo "Go Edition".
The device comes with a 5.45-inch screen, full screen display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. It sports 5MP auto-focus (AF) rear camera, 5MP selfie camera with flash, social share key and on-the-go (OTG) support.
"The device 'F311' is a perfect confluence of aspirational features for first time smartphone users with high social media usage," Pankaj Madaan, Deputy General Manager, Marketing, Spice Devices, said in a statement.
"We have joined hands with MediaTek and Google for Android Oreo 'Go edition', to deliver high-quality devices at the right price point," Madaan added.
The dual-SIM budget phone is powered by a 64 bit quad-core processor, 2400mAh battery, 1GB RAM and 16GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB.
The multi-functional fingerprint sensor of the new handset would allow users to take pictures, answer and record calls, quickly access to applications.
The device also comes with features including face detection, smile detection and beauty mode.
The smartphone is available in three colours -- rose Gold, black and phantom red.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
