Flipkart’s Billion Capture+ Smartphone is Promising, But It Has a Mountain to Climb in the Crowded Indian Smartphone Market

E-commerce giant, Flipkart, yesterday announced its maiden smartphone, the Billion Capture+. After Micromax, Flipkart becomes the only brand to go after the likes of Chinese brands such as Xiaomi, Lenovo, Coolpad in the ‘value for money’ space. Flipkart has priced the smartphone at Rs. 10,999 for the base variant, and Rs. 12,999 for the premium variant.

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For the asking price, the Billion Capture+ smartphone offers a 5.5-inch Full HD IPS display with a 2.5D curved glass and a pixel density of 401 PPI. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC, which is an octa-core chipset with a clock speed of 2.0GHz.

As said earlier, the Rs. 10,999 base variant comes with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage and the premium Rs. 12,999 variant comes with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. For storage expansion, there’s a hybrid card slot that accepts up to 128GB microSD card.

The device boots pure stock Android 7.1.2 Nougat, and it might get Android 8.0 Oreo update early next year or if Flipkart takes the software department seriously like HMD Global, the phone might receive the update by the end of 2017 itself. This entire package is backed by a 3500mAh battery with fast charging technology.

There’s a USB Type-C port at the bottom of the phone, and it comes with connectivity options such as 4G LTE, VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS.

These are the basic specifications seen on most of the smartphone releasing these days. What sets the Billion Capture+ smartphone apart from the competition is the dual camera setup at the back. The phone has two 13MP sensors at the back- an RGB sensor and a dedicated monochrome sensor. There’s an 8MP front-facing camera for selfie enthusiasts.