The Lava V5 is the latest 4G smartphone offering from Indian based, Lava Mobiles. The camera-centric device is available in the country via eBay India and various retail outlets for a price tag of Rs 11499 (USD 169) in White colour option.
The Lava V5 sports a rear facing 13-megapixel Samsung 3M2 ISOCELL camera with f/2.0 aperture, Phase Detection AutoFocus (PDAF), 5-element Largan lens with Blue Glass filter and Dual LED flash. The front camera is a 8-megapixel snapper with LED flash, f/2.2 aperture and 84-degree wide angle lens. For superior photo qualities, the company has included variety of software features for photo editing such as Night Pro, Intelligent Selfie, Wide Selfie, Pic Focus, etc.
It sports a 5.5-inch 720p HD IPS display, powered by a 64-bit quad-core Mediatek MT6735 processor clocked at 1.3GHz with ARM Mali-T720 GPU, 3GB of RAM and 16GB built-in expandable storage space. For additional storage space, there is a microSD card slot for expansion up to 32GB.
Connectivity options on the Lava V5 includes – Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and 4G LTE/3G HSPA+. It boots Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS with Star OS 2.0 ontop (upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow) and is backed by a sizeable 3000mAh battery with Super Power Saver mode.