Yesterday, Lava started taking pre-orders for its recently released Lava X3 Pro budget-range smartphone. The device was launched in India last week. Now, the brand has finally revealed that the smartphone will be going on open sale starting December 27.

So, let’s take a look at its pricing, availability, specifications, and other details.

Lava X3 pricing & availabity

The Lava X3 costs Rs 6999 in India for the 3GB + 32GB variant. The smartphone will only be sold through Amazon beginning on December 27.

The Lava X3 is now up for pre-order on Amazon for those who can wait. Pre-orderers of the Lava phone will also receive a complimentary Lava Probuds N11 neckband, valued at Rs 2299.

Lava X3 specs & features

The Lava X3 has a 6.53-inch HD+ quality IPS LCD display. The lower chin is significant, and the top has a waterdrop notch. The pill-shaped camera module and the fingerprint reader are both located on the back panel. Optics on the device include an 8MP primary sensor, a VGA secondary lens, and an LED flash. There is a 5MP selfie camera on the front.

The quad-core Helio A22 processor powers the Lava X3. It includes 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory that can be upgraded with a microSD card. The smartphone has a 4,000mAh battery that can support 10W charging. Android 12 Go Edition is pre-installed on the gadget.

In terms of connectivity, the Lava X3 offers 4G VoLTE, a USB-C port, a 3.5mm headphone socket, Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS.

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It’s been quite some time since Cubot P40 rumours and leaks started popping out. To end all that cycle of all unconfirmed information, the company has finally unwrapped the Cubot P40. The device is officially announced today featuring a Quad-rear camera module, 4GB RAM + 128GB internal storage and full-HD display. Surprisingly, Cubot P40 will start retailing at the exceptional price of $89.99 featuring powerful specifications.

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It is an excellent budget smartphone offering value-for-money. Cubot P40 is a one-in-all device which is globally made available at such a remarkable price. The interested users can grab the Cubot P40 at just $89.99 from June 6 via AliExpress brand activity.

Cubot P40 Specifications

Cubot P40 houses a beautiful 6.2-inch waterdrop display sporting HD+ resolution powering Incell technology. The narrow bezels paved a way for the 90.3% screen-to-body ratio.

There’s a Samsung S5K2T7 20-megapixel front camera sits inside the waterdrop notch display for beautiful selfies and video calling using inbuilt AI Beautify. A Quad-rear camera module featuring Sony IMX486 12-megapixel primary + 5-megapixel macro lens for 2cm close-ups + 2X 2-megapixel other sensors. The camera sensors equip AI scene recognition for high-quality images.

Cubot P40 comes with a 1.8-GHz quad-core MediaTek Helio A22 chipset based on 12nm process, 4GB RAM + 128GB internal storage. The power-efficient chipset can manage power-intensive tasks efficiently and maintains a smooth operating experience.

There’s a huge 4100 mAh detachable battery coupled with AI power management for longer standby times. It is effective enough to pull you through a day of extensive usage. The smartphone runs on stock Android 10 with features like system-wide dark mode, privacy control feature, and much more.

Cubot P40 incorporates NFC which allows the users to make contactless payments via Google Pay. Unlike the flagships, Cubot P40 features a 3.5mm audio jack and USB Type-C port for flawless connectivity. As leaked earlier, the smartphone comes in three colour options of Black, Green and Blue.

In connectivity, the Cubot P40 offers Wifi, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, OTG and GPS. There’s a Face ID, Proximity, Accelerometer, gyroscope, NFC, magnetic and light sensors on the board. The smartphone support Dual-SIM card and an SD card slot for expandable storage.

Cubot P40 Pricing and Availability

Cubot P40 will start retailing for the starting price of $89.99 on AliExpress from June 6. However, the shipments will commence within the next couple of weeks. The interested users can add the smartphone to cart for getting notified once it goes live.

The new smartphone offers impressive specifications at a compelling price. It is the best budget segment device, especially in the COVID-19 pandemic era when there’s a cash crunch throughout the globe.

Cubot is offering the Cubot P40 to 10 lucky trial users for a free trial via the ongoing giveaway. The interested users can head over to the official website to join the Cubot P40  giveaway.

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Following the success of its P-series and S-series chipsets, Taiwanese semiconductor company MediaTek has launched yet another chipset series — Helio A series, which is aimed at “mid-market”. The first chipset in the series is Helio A22 which looks like a cheaper counterpart of the previously launched Helio P22 SoC.

The MediaTek Helio A22 is an entry-level SoC which comes with a simple quad-core A53 design. It seems like the Helio A22 a successor of the MT6738/MT6739. It is also clear that the company is planning to phase out the MTxxxx product numbers and replace it with X/P/A series, making its SoC lot clearer about which market and performance segments it’s meant to fit.

As said, it has Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs with MediaTek CorePilot and flexible LPDDR3/LPDDR4x memory controller. It will be paired with Imagination PowerVR GE8320 GPU, a single cluster GPU design that was released last year. It supports HD+ screen with 1600 x 720 pixels resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio as well as 13MP + 8MP dual camera setup or a single 21MP sensor.

Manufactured using TSMC‘s 12nm process, the company claims that the CPU performance is up to 30 percent faster and GPU up to an incredible 72 percent faster than the direct alternative, which should be the Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon 425 SoC.

It also comes with a few AI-based enhancements such as Face ID (or Face Unlock) and smart photo albums. There’s also MediaTek NeuroPilot support, which allows developers and device makers to have the best possible AI-ecosystem, with support for common AI frameworks and full compliance with Android Neural Networks API.

For cellular networking, the Helio A22 will support LTE Category 7 downloads and Category 13 uploads, allowing for download rates upwards of 300Mbps and upload rates of 150Mbps. It is a dual-SIM product and supports VoLTE on both networks. As for the Bluetooth, it supports Bluetooth 5.0. MediaTek will be offering a cheaper version of the A22 SoC with LTE Category 4 support that doesn’t require carrier aggregation.

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The first smartphone running on MediaTek’s Helio A22 chipset has already been launched. Xioami’s Redmi 6A is powered by Helio A22 SoC, which is currently retailing in China for 699 Yuan, which roughly converts to $106. More entry-level smartphones powered by this chipset are expected to launch this year and next year.

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