Expanding the portfolio of LYF smartphones before the launch of its Jio 4G service, Reliance has launched the LYF Water 5 smartphone in the Water series, and this phone is being sold exclusively on Amazon India. This is one of the phones that supports Voice over LTE service, and thus will be beneficial when the Jio 4G services will go live in the near future.
The LYF Water 5 packs a 5-inch HD display and under the hood is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor along with 2GB of RAM. While there is 16GB internal storage in the phone, the user can expand it by inserting a MicroSD card int the second SIM slot that acts as a hybrid slot. The display has an ASAHI super tough Dragon-Trail glass protection to protect from scratches.
The LYF Water 5 smartphone has a 13-megapixel rear camera with touch focus, auto focus, face detection, manual HDR, panorama, 6x digital zoom, and on the front there is a 5-megapixel camera. The device comes powered with a 2920mAh lithium-polymer battery providing talk-time of 15 hours (4G) and standby time of 290 hours.
There is Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS running the phone and you’ll get a few Jio branded apps pre-installed into the phone. Reliance is offering 2 years manufacturer warranty for device and 6 months manufacturer warranty for in-box accessories including batteries from the date of purchase.
It is a Dual SIM smartphone with one Micro SIM support, and the other slot supporting either a Nano SIM or a MicroSD card, depending on the need. The 4G LTE support is for 1800/850 MHz FDD bands and 2300 MHz TDD band.
The Reliance LYF Water 5 is priced at Rs. 11,699.00 and it is exclusively available on Amazon India. The other two phoens in the Water series from LYF are the LYF Water 1 & Water 2, while the brand already has quite a few other phoens under Wind (LYF Wind 6), Earth (LYF Earth 1), and Flame (LYF Flame 1) series.