Swipe Sonic EG 5

Overview

Entry Level Budget Smartphone By Swipe

By Amrit

Swipe Sonic EG 5 is an entry level budget smart-phone announced in May, 2015. It comes with dual SIM, dual standby option for voice calling purpose. If we look at the price it seems a good buy with features such as 5-inch screen, decent processor, 5MP rear camera and wide connectivity. Let's have a look at the features and specifications discussed below.

Display and Dimensions

The smart-phone has 5 inches display with 480 x 854 pixels resolution and the technology used for screen is IPS capacitive multi-touch screen. It has a pixel density of 196ppi and color depth of 16 million. It is preparing by having a bar format and measurements wise it has got a height of 125mm, a width of 80mm and a thickness of 12mm. It has the support of accelerometer sensor and proximity sensor.

Processor and Operating System

The dual smartphone has used a 1.2 GHz Dual core processor which is based on Mediatek chipset. Working together with the processor is Adreno 203 GPU and 512MB RAM. It works on Android v4.3 (Jelly Bean)operating system, an outdated version of OS.

Camera and Storage

The Swipe Sonic EG 5 comes packed with a 5MP rear camera with digital zoom and LED flash in order to capture pictures in low light conditions. It also has a 0.3MP front camera for video calls and selfies. The internal memory of the handset is 4GB which can be further expanded up to 32GB through microSD card.

Connectivity and Battery

On the connectivity side the device incorporates options like GPRS, EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS, A-GPS, bluetooth and microUSB 2.0. Under the hood, it has a Li-ion 1800 mAH battery which promises a normal talk-time as well as standby time.

Shades and Price

The user can buy this smartphone in 'White' shade at the price of INR 5,999.