LAVA Iris 470 Review
Score: 46.2 / 100
LAVA Iris 470 is a decently made Android phone, including a 4.5" capacitive display, a fast 1300 megahertz Dual-Core processor, and two cameras, a 5 megapixels back facing camera and a 0.3 megapixels front side camera. But let's get into a bit more details.
It appears that Lava didn't care about the weight in this 5.19 ounces device. This cellphone is quite slim, while it's not as thin as many other cellphones you can find, with a thickness of 0.41". The LAVA Iris 470 is offerred in 2 color options, black and white.
Lava packed the LAVA Iris 470 with a nice 4.5" screen, and a 854 x 480 resolution, which makes it hard to see the pixels that compose the screen. This screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and has multi-touch detection.
This phone ships with a fast Dual-Core CPU running at 1300 MHz with 512 MB of RAM. This cellphone has an average 4 GB internal storage memory, which is adequate for the average user having that it also has a slot for an SD memory card to store photographs and videos and even some apps that allow being installed in the external memory.
This cellphone has two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back side camera and a 0.3 megapixels front facing camera. The camera also features a couple of good features: flash, auto-focus and geo tagging.
This phone counts with wifi connectivity (but it can't provide it to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G internet connection, supported by HSPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The LAVA Iris 470 uses 2 SIM cards to be able to to work with two different carriers or phone numbers in the same phone.
This device also includes a couple of interesting features such as Bluetooth and GPS, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.
The LAVA Iris 470 counts with a 1650 mAh medium sized Li-Ion replaceable battery that provides this phone a below average battery duration. According to Lava, this phone has a reported 17.5 hs talk time and a 250 hours stand by time.
The LAVA Iris 470 is not cheap at all considering it is priced $ 249, while other similar phones are being sold for much less than that.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Lava |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 4.2 |
| Dimensions: | 5.28 x 2.60 x 0.41 inchesMetric13.41 x 6.6 x 1.04 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 5.19 ouncesMetric147.13 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black and White |
| Price: | $ 249.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | IPS LCD (16M colors) |
| Size: | 4.5 inchesMetric11.4 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 480 x 854 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 218 pixels per inchMetric85.83 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Processor: | Dual-Core 1300 MHz |
| RAM Memory: | 512 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | Yes |
| Internal Memory: | 4 GB |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Battery type: | Li-Ion |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1650 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 250 hours |
| Talk Time: | 17.5 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Front camera: | 0.3 megapixels |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus and Geo Tagging |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| Dual SIM: | Yes |
| UMTS Bands: | 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 900, 1800 |
| Technologies: | HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 3.0 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |