Reach Cogent
Reach Mobile, an India-based tech
company, on Friday launched a budget smartphone called Cogent at a price tag of
Rs. 2,999. The handset is exclusively available online from ShopClues, an
e-commerce company.
The Reach Cogent smartphone supports
dual-SIM dual standby functionality and runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop
out-of-the-box. This also makes it one of the few handsets to run the OS in the
sub-Rs. 3,000 segment. It features a 4-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) resolution
display, which calculates to a pixel density of 233 ppi. It is powered by a
quad-core processor clocked at 1.3 GHz, clubbed with 1 GB RAM.
The 3G-enabled budget smartphone houses
8 GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via a microSD card (up to 32 GB).
The Reach Cogent features a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, along
with a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The device comes backed by a 2,000 mAh
Li-ion removable battery, which is rated to deliver up to 7 hours of talk time
and up to 200 hours of standby time.
The Reach Cogent is available to buy in
Gold, Red, Black, and White colour variants. On the connectivity front, the
smartphone sports all the regular options such as 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, FM
radio, and Micro-USB connectivity. It measures 118.7 x 64.3 x 9.8 mm, and weighs in
at 105.2 grams.
