5G networks have been operating in India for several days, so it is not surprising that a budget 5G smartphone dedicated to this huge, but not very prosperous market appeared immediately. This is Lava Blaze 5G!
The Lava Blaze 5G smartphone was presented by the Indian Minister of Telecommunications Ashwini Vaishnaw, and he did it during the Indian Mobile Congress 2022. The date of the Indian 5G launch, the launch of the fair and the launch of the Lava Blaze 5G did not coincide by accident. All together is to show the dynamic development of the Indian telecommunications sector. To ensure that the development does not bypass the less affluent part of society, an affordable smartphone is needed to test the new web standard. Such a model is the Lava Blaze 5G announced today.
Lava Blaze 5G is expected to cost about 10,000 rupees, or $ 122. This means that we are dealing with one of the cheapest (if not the cheapest) 5G smartphone on the market. Despite the low price, the specification of Lava Blaze 5G is not tragic at all. The phone looks quite tolerable - apart from the unfashionable frame around the 6.5-inch IPS screen. This screen has a resolution of only HD+, but it refreshes the image at a frequency of 90 Hz. The heart of the smartphone is the MediaTek Dimensity 700 processor, supported by a modest 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB flash memory. Both memories can be increased, with RAM of course virtually by 3 GB.
Lava Blaze 5G has an 8-megapixel selfie camera (in an on-screen notch), as well as a 50 Mpx rear camera. Next to it you can see two additional lenses, but since they were not praised during the premiere, it can be assumed that it is a macro camera and background blurring with a resolution of at most 2 Mpx. The phone works under the control of the current Android 12, it draws energy from a 5000 mAh battery. Fast charging was not mentioned, so let's assume that its power is at most 15 W. However, the side fingerprint reader and the DualSIM operating mode with Dual VoLTE were mentioned. I'm afraid that this model is unlikely to jump over the Indian border - but we would probably not be offended for a similar smartphone, costing around $ 120...
