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BenQ comes back into the game with A3 smartphone

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BenQ A3
BenQ A3 photo: BenQ

Do you know BenQ? As you may remember, some time ago that Taiwanese manufacturer produced mobile phones, at one point it even took over the appropriate division of Siemens. Then it disappeared from the telecommunications market to return today.

BenQ produced phones in the pre-smartphone era, and trying to get back into the game today, the company had to put on a more advanced model than before. BenQ A3 is an android mid-range price phone. It was equipped with a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8225Q processor, supported with gigabyte of RAM. The debut BenQ smartphone has a size of 4.5 inches, and its display has a resolution of 960x540 pixels and is made with IPS technology.


BenQ A3
BenQ A3
photo: BenQ

The smartphone has received only 4 GB of memory, but fortunately it also has a microSD card slot up to 32 GB. In the press release also a lot of space was devoted to the camera. It has an 8-megapixel BSI autofocus system, face and smile detection and the option of serial and panoramic photography.


BenQ A3
BenQ A3
photo: BenQ

The phone supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and WCDMA 900/2100 MHz. It also has a GPS module, Wi- Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth. There is also DLNA, minijack output and a battery with a capacity of 2000 mAh. On Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean the manufacturer pre-installs Facebook, WhatsApp, MX Player and Avast.


BenQ A3
BenQ A3
photo: BenQ

BenQ A3 has a slim casing with a fairly simple form. Mostly it was covered with a glossy varnish, the phone will be available in black and white. So far there was only announced its availability for the home market, where it will cost the equivalent of about 200 U.S. dollars. Furthermore, we know that it will come to China Telecom's offer, where it will be offered with a contract and a small fee. Unfortunately, at the moment we do not know anything about the wider distribution of this model.

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