Google’s Android One has already arrived in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. Now, it has officially moved out of Asia, Turkey.
With General Mobile’s partnership in Turkey, Europe’s first Android One smartphone is called General Mobile 4G. The General Mobile 4G runs the latest Android 5.1.1 Lollipop OS and is priced at TRY 699 (about 266 US dollars / Rs. 16,900). The handset will be available in the country starting Friday.
Notably, General Mobile Android One is the first Android-one device launched with 4G connectivity. It features a big 5-inch (720 x 1280 pixel) IPS display coated with Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The handset is powered by Qualcomm’s 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor, coupled with 2GB of RAM.
The General Mobile smartphone houses a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies/video calling. It is also equipped with 16GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via a microSD card.
A 2500mAh battery is powering the General Mobile Android-One 135 grams phone, measuring 140.5 x 69.75 x 9.3 mm. Other connectivity options include GPRS/ EDGE, 4G, Micro-USB, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS/ A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot, and 3.5mm audio jack.
