Online Australian Reseller, Kogan in association with German Tech company, BenQ has announced the Agora 4G smartphone for the UK market. Kogan is a popular Australian Online Retail Outlet, and its is looking likely the outlet wants in some of the smartphone action like Amazon did with the FirePhone. The Agora 4G offers high-end hardware experience at a very afforadable price tag.
Kogan Agora 4G
The Kogan Agora 4G features a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS LCD display, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset with a quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 processor and Adreno 305 GPU. The device features 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and microSD card slot for storage expansion. There is a 8MP rear camera and a 1.3MP front facing camera.
As the name suggest the Agora 4G features 4G LTE connectivity on 700MHz, 900MHz and 1800MHz which means only users on EE and Three carriers will enjoy it; those on other carriers would have to live without it. Along with the 4G option, there are also Bluetooth, USB 2.0, WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, 2G and 3G connectivity options.
The Kogan measures 142.95 x 72.8 x 8.5mm, weighs 135grams, runs on Android 4.4.2 Kitkat OS out-of-the-box and runs on a 2500mAh battery.
Kogan Agora 4G Key Specifications
- • Dimension – 142.95 x 72.8 x 8.5mm
• Weight – 135grams
• SIM – Micro SIM
• OS – Android 4.4.2 Kitkat
• Display – 5-inch 1280 x 720 pixels IPS LCD screen
• Processor – 1.2Ghz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
• Graphics – Adreno 305 GPU
• Memory – 1GB RAM
• Storage – 8GB internal memory (expandable to 64 GB via MicroSD card)
• Camera – 8MP rear facing, 1.3MP front facing
• Connectivity – 4G LTE (Cat 4 – 700 / 900 / 1800), 3G – (850 / 900 / 2100), 2G – (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900), WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0
• Battery – 2500mAh battery
The Kogan Agora 4G is seen as a perfect competition for the Motorola Moto 4G budget smartphone. The device is available for order on Kogan’s Official Website for £150.
