HTC Desire 310 dual-sim launched at Rs 11,700

HTC Desire 310, the Taiwanese handset giant’s budget smartphone is now available in India at a price of Rs 11,700.

The phone was earlier listed for purchase on e-commerce retailer SnapDeal at a price of Rs 11,350.

Desire 310 was listed on HTC's China website, earlier this month.

The dual-sim smartphone sports a 4.5-inch TFT screen sporting a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. Desire 310 is powered by a 1.3GHz Cortex A7 processor and Mali-400MP2 graphics, part of MediaTek MT6582M chip, with 512MB RAM.

It sports a 5MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera.

The phone runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with HTC Sense UI 5.1 on top and also features BlinkFeed, HTC's news and social updates feed. It comes with 4GB storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card and a 2,000mAh battery which the company claims offers a talktime of 11 hours and standby time of 852 hours, on 3G.

In terms of connectivity, the phone offers support for Wi-Fi, 3G, Blueooth 4.0 and A-GPS. The phone also features FM radio with recording facility.

The phone would compete with the likes of Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini, Motorola Moto G and Xolo Q1100.

HTC recently announced its new flagship smartphone, HTC One (M8). The phone will be available in India in April.

LG L90 Dual, L70 Dual smartphones launched in India

LG has launched its two mid-range dual-sim Android smartphones, L70 and L90, part of its L Series III, in the Indian market. Both the phones are now listed on the company's official website. The L70 is available at a price of Rs 15,000 while L90 is selling at a price point of Rs 19,000.

E-commerce website SnapDeal has already started selling the phones with LG L70 available at a selling price of Rs 14,500 (with Rs 16,990 mentioned as the MRP) and L90 bearing a price tag of Rs 17,499 (with Rs 19,990 quoted as the MRP).

LG L70 and L90 phones were unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The smartphones come with Android 4.4 KitKat, the latest version of the OS. These phones also include a feature called Knock Code, which lets users unlock the phone by tapping the phone in a specified manner.

LG L70 sports a 4.5-inch display (400 X 800p) and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, Adreno 302 graphics processor and 1GB RAM. It comes with 4GB internal storage expandable via microSD card, and a 2,100mAh removable battery. The phone sports an 8MP rear camera and a VGA front facing camera.

LG L90 sports a 4.7-inch display (540 X 960p) and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor, Adreno 305 graphics processor and 1GB RAM. It comes with 8GB internal storage expandable up to 32GB via microSD card, and a 2,540mAh removable battery. The phone sports an 8MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front camera.