Oplus XonPhone 5 With Android 4.4.2 KitKat Launched at Rs. 7,999

Oplus has launched the XonPhone 5 smartphone in India at Rs. 7,999. The smartphone will be exclusively available onSnapdeal starting Thursday. Oplus India, a subsidiary of Oplus Taiwan, had launched the XonPad 7 tablet in January.

The Oplus XonPhone 5 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. It offers dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) support, with one Micro-SIM one regular-SIM card slot. It features a 5-inch IPS display with HD (720x1280 pixels) resolution, translating to a pixel density of 320ppi.

A quad-core MediaTek (MT6582) processor powers the smartphone, clocked at 1.3GHz, coupled with 1GB of RAM. The XonPhone 5 sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, while there is a 2-megapixel front-facing camera also onboard.

It comes with 16GB inbuilt storage, and can be expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. The XonPhone 5 supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, AGPS, EDGE, GPRS and 3G connectivity options. It is backed by a 2000mAh battery with no word on talk time and standby time.

The XonPhone 5 measures 143x71.5x7.8mm and weighs 170 grams. The smartphone is currently listed as available in Gold, Grey and Sliver colours.

Commenting on the launch, Soumitra Gupta, CEO, Oplus, said, "We are extremely elated to be launching the XonPhone 5, an innovative smartphone with ultimate features ensuring a unique user experience. Our association with India's largest marketplace, Snapdeal.com has yielded us great results for our tablet and we are affirmative that our smartphone will also witness great acceptance from the users.

"The Oplus XonPad 7, priced at Rs. 9,990, was also launched in partnership with Snapdeal.It comes with SIM functionality, supporting voice-calling; features 7-inch display (1280x800 pixels); 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor; 1GB of RAM; 5-megapixel rear camera; 2-megapixel front-facing camera; 16GB inbuilt storage (expandable up to 32GB via microSD card), and a 3500mAh battery.

Official TWRP Recovery Now Available For The LG Optimus 4X HD, Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 LTE, And Xiaomi Redmi 1S

Rooters and ROM flashers of several devices have new options today, as the developers behind the popular Team WIN Recovery Project have added three new Android devices to their growing list. The somewhat dusty LG Optimus 4X HD (from when phone names were crazy long), the LTE version of Samsung's Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (because Samsung never really got over the crazy long name thing), and the Xiaomi Redmi 1S all get access to the touch-based recovery software, with downloads available from the website.

The Optimus 4X HD is probably the most widely-used device of the lot, despite being released over two years ago. It was the top of the line back in 2013, and probably has more than a few owners still happily playing with it. The XDA portal has more than 100 posts in the ROM section, so the powerful TWRP will surely be a boon. You can find it under the P880 page. Xiaomi's Redmi 1S is a much more recent device (with similar specs, in fact), but it's only available in China running Xiaomi's semi-forked MIUI operating system. It's labeled as Armani on the TWRP page.

The WiFi version of the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 already has a build of TWRP available; now the Qualcomm-powered international version has one too. It's filed under "viennaltexx." Take note (ha): this recovery probably isn't safe to try on carrier versions available in the United States, thanks to their frustrating policy of locked bootloaders.

Source: TWRP