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Mango Phone, or mPhone's promoters Anto Augustine, 32, and Josekutty Augustine, 24, both brothers from Kalpetta in Wayanad district, got arrested today for allegedly duping the Kalamassery branch of Bank of Baroda. They were arrested from the venue of the launch of “iPhone killer” in Kochi. Read the full report here. We take a look at few devices listed on the mPhone.in website.
mPhone 11 Plus is the flagship smartphone from the company, the most expensive of them all. Like the price, it claims to have top of the line specifications too. The mPhone 11 Plus features a never heard before 5.5-inch 2K FHD screen. It is powered by unknown 1.85GHz octa-core processor coupled with 4GB RAM and 128GB ROM. On the camera front, there is 21MP primary camera and 8MP secondary camera. The smartphone supports NFC, OTG and fingerprint scanner. The device is priced at Rs 39,990. Read more here
mPhone 9 Plus 3D is mPhone's take on Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus. The 5.5-inch smartphone comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB ROM and is powered by quad-core processor. The smartphone has 21MP and 8MP camera setup and is backed by a 3050mAh battery. The smartphone is priced at Rs 34,990.Read more here
The mPhone 5S is priced at Rs 11,999, features a 5-inch HD display with a resolution of 1280x720. This one comes with 3D touch and a fingerprint scanner at the back. The smartphone has a metal frame and double sided glass. It sports an 8 megapixel rear camera and 5 megapixel front camera. It is powered by 1.3GHz Mali-T760 coupled with 2 GB RAM 1and 6 GB ROM. The phone is backed by 2600 mAh battery and is available in gold, white and black colour variants. Read more here
mPhone 6 is priced slightly higher at Rs 16,999 and sports a 5.5-inch FHD screen. This one too has a fingerprint scanner at the back. Under the hood, the smartphone runs on 64bit MT6735A quad-core Mali - T720 MP1 processor with 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM. It runs on Android 5.1 and has a battery of 3200 mAh. The device is listed on the website in black, white, dark blue, rose golden and grey colour variants. Read more here
Next device listed on the website is mPhone 7 Plus that runs Android 5.1 and features a 5.5-inch FHD screen. It is powered by MT6753 64bit octa core processor. This one has 3 GB RAM and 32 GB ROM. It features capacitive multi-touch, 16 megapixel rear camera and an 8 megapixel front camera. Under the hood, mPhone 7 Plus is backd by 2600 mAh battery. The smartphones is available for Rs 22,999. Read more here
M2 Watch is the only smartwatch from the Kerala based company. The watch is unique in many aspects. For instance it is powered by Swiss movement and copies Withings' Activite exactly. The smartwatch does sleep monitoring, had pedometer, sedentary reminder, remote picture. It also does call reminder and alarm reminder. The smartwatch is priced at Rs 12,990 and has a battery life of 3 years. Read more here
mPhone 8 is priced at Rs 27,999 and boasts of some high-end specs. It supports USB Type-C, OTG and quick charging. The smartphone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, features 21 megapixel rear camera and 8 megapixel. mPhone 8 sports a 5.5-inch LCD screen and is backed by a huge 3050 mAh battery. Read more here
