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Domestic original equipment manufacturer (OEM) Smartron is set to refresh its budget smartphone line-up with a new device that will be priced at around Rs. 10,000.
Industry sources told IANS that the latest device will feature a mammoth 5000mAh battery and will be exclusively available on Flipkart.
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The device will feature a metal body with 32GB internal memory (expandable up to 128GB). The company last year launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered IoT platform called “tronX” which, it said, helps connect a range of devices.
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Smartron earlier launched srt.phone (srt is intreprated as Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar) in India for Rs 13,999. It was launched by Tendulkar who is reportedly a strategic investor in the company.
In November, Flipkart in collaboration with Smartron launched “Billion Capture+” – it’s first ever smartphone which also houses AI capabilities, courtesy Smartron. The phone has features like dual-rear camera, a long battery life and Quick Charge feature will have free and unlimited Cloud storage via the “tronX” platform.
In the next “tronX” update, users will have access to a range of intelligent and personalised experiences and services. Smartron also aims at partnering other brands across market segments to design and engineer devices.
(Written with inputs from IANS)
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