The Lava Z1 is reported to be the first smartphone designed in India. Aside that, there’s not much to talk about – this is a basic phone with a 5 inches, 480 x 854 px display. interestingly, it still has Gorilla Glass 3 just like the Z2, Z4 and Z6.
Speaking about the camera department, it has a single 5MP camera both on the front and back (limited to 720p video capture).
The phone does run Android 10 Go Edition. It is limited by the 2GB of RAM and 16GB storage. And there’s no microSD slot this time around. Also, the MediaTek Helio A20 chipset is a 12nm part with four Cortex-A53 cores (at 1.8 GHz) and a PowerVR GE8300 GPU.
The phone is fueled by a 3,100mAh battery charged over microUSB. It offers 4G connectivity plus Wi-Fi b/g/n, GPS/GLONASS and a 3.5 mm headphone jack with an FM radio receiver.
Lava Z1 Specifications
Network Properties
- 2G bands: GSM 900 / 1800 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
- 3G bands: HSDPA 900 / 2100
- 4G bands: 1, 3, 5, 8, 40, 41
- Speed: HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
- Announced: 2021, January 07
- Status: Exp. release 2021, January 26
Design
- Dimensions: 145.1 x 73.3 x 10.3 mm (5.71 x 2.89 x 0.41 in)
- Weight: g
- Build: Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
- Colors: Blue, Red
- SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
- Type: TFT
- Size: 5.0 inches, 68.9 cm2 (~64.8% screen-to-body ratio)
- Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~196 ppi density)
- Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Operating System
- Android 10 (Go edition)
Hardware
- Chipset: Mediatek MT6761 Helio A20 (12 nm)
- CPU: Quad-core 1.8 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: PowerVR GE8320
- RAM: 2GB
- Internal Storage: 16GB
- Memory Card slot: No
- eMMC 5.1
Cameras
- Main Camera: Single – 5 MP, f/2.2
- Features: LED flash
- Video: 720p@30fps
- Selfie Camera: Single – 5 MP, f/2.2
- Video: 720p
Multimedia
- Radio: FM Radio
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
Connectivity
- WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
- GPS: Yes, with A-GPS
- NFC: No
- USB: microUSB
Features
- Sensors: Accelerometer
Battery
- Battery Type and Capacity: Li-Ion 3100 mAh, non-removable
Lava Z1 Price and Availability
The Lava Z1 will go on sale at a later date from January 26 with a starting price tag of INR5,499 ($75).
