Intel phone debuts in China

SAN FRANCISCO--Intel Corp has announced the release ofanother Atom-powered smartphone, this time by Chinese electronics vendor LenovoGroup, which announced its intent to put out an Intel Inside device at CES 2012back in January.

The device, dubbed the LePhone K800, is now available forChinese consumption for around RMB 3,299 ($524).

Intel said the phone was targeted toward "technologicalpioneers and business elites."

Built almost exactly to the spec of Intel's referencedesign, the LePhone boasts a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, built on a 32-nm process.

The device also sports a 4.5-inch IPS full-view screen and400 MHz GPU for full 1080p HD playback and video recording. Lenovo has alsoequipped the phone with an 8-megapixel rear-camera and a 1.3-megapixelfront-facing camera.

LePhone
 
Running Android 2.3.7, LePhone comes with 1 GB of RAM and 16GB of ROM and supports HSPA+ 21-Mbs network on the Intel XMM 6260 platform.

Intel said the phone is also unique in terms of its wirelessdisplay technology, which lets users beam content from their mobile to their TVor laptop.

You can check out similar phones based on Intel's referencedesign in this video.

This story was originally posted to EETimes.
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