LYF today announced the availability of Wind 5 smartphone. Curiously, it was announced long after Wind 6, which supposed to be it successor.
The LYF Wind 5, which has a price tag of Rs 6,599, will be available across all markets and channels, said the company in a press release. The LYF Wind 5 has a 5 inch IPS LCD display that offers high definition resolution. This phone measures 144.6mm x 72.8mm x 8.45mm and weighs 137 grams.
The Wind 5 is powered by a 1 GHz quad core MTK 6735P processor, Mali T720 graphics processor and 1 GB RAM. There is 8 GB of Internal Memory and a 32 GB micro SD card slot. The phone also comes with USB OTG functionality.
The Android 5.1 Lollipop based LYF Wind 5 has two SIM slots that can hold one 4G card and another 2G card. It comes equipped with an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 5 megapixel front camera. There is a flash light in the back panel too. The rear camera has panorama, 4x zoom, face detection and HD video recording features.
A 2000 mAh Lithium Ion battery is in the Wind 5 promising up to 6.5 hours of 4G talktime. Apart from 4G, it offers VoLTE, micro USB 2.0 port, Bluetooth 4.1, WiFi (b/g/n) and GPS. The phone has support for multiple video formats, a 3.5 jack and FM radio for entertainment. It comes in black and white colours.