Spice to launch 5-inch Android phone for under Rs. 15,000

The past year or so has seen large smartphones, ones such as the Samsung Galaxy Note that have a 5.3-inch screen. Of course, these smartphones are priced well above the Rs. 30,000 bracket. Spice Mobiles, a local smartphone manufacturer has decided to launch their own 5-inch smartphone. This was told to Mobile Indian, while explaining some of the plans for the near future. There are some other phones that are set for launch, starting with screen sizes of 2.8-inches and a price of Rs. 5,000. There’s no information on the hardware being used on these devices or the prices, but the first of t he new set of smartphones is expected to hit the Indian market in the next two weeks. What is known however is that the phones will come bundled with Android 2.3 and we expect some of the higher spec’d ones to be upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Click here for full story