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Coolpad Mega 2.5D

Coolpad has been working on a new phone that will be exclusively available in India via Amazon.in. The company just announced the Coolpad Mega 2.5D. The phone features a 2.5D curved glass display before a 5.5 inch 720p screen. The handset is powered by a MediaTek MT6735P CPU which is a quad-core chip running at 1 GHz.

The Mega 2.5D also runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, has two 8 MP cameras: one on the front for selfies, and one on the rear, paired with an LED flash. There is dualSIM support with 4G LTE capable radios, and support for VoLTE. VoLTE allows subscribers to make calls entirely through the LTE data connection - A coexisting version of VoIP, if you will.

The CoolPad Mega 2.5D will be available through Amazon.in as of August 24 in a flash sale with registrations for the sale already open since yesterday. The smartphone will come in gold, white, and black and will carry a price of Rs 6,999 (US$ 105).

With Coolpad’s “Make in India” initiative, the first phase of production will be taking place in China and later, the manufacturing process will be moved to India. The company sees the market segment of sub-8,000 growing at really fast rates and aims to take 13-15% of that segment.

Here are the full specs for the Coolpad Mega 2.5D:

•          5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display
•          1 GHz Quad-core MediaTek MT6735P processor with Mali-T720 GPU
•          3 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory, memory up to 32 GB with microSD
•          Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) OS with CoolUI 8.0
•          Dual SIM
•          8 MP autofocus rear camera with LED Flash, SONY sensor, f/2.2 aperture
•          8 MP front-facing camera, 83.6-degrees wide-angle lens, f/2.2 Aperture
•          Dimensions: 153x76.8x7.85 mm; Weight: 143 grams
•          4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
•          2,500 mAh battery