Google made their Android One series of Smartphones Official.

Google has unveiled its very first set of Android

One Series of low-

cost smartphones in the Indian market, partnering with

hardware vendors Spice, Micromax and Karbonn. The three phones

will be available exclusively online on Flipkart, Amazon and Snapdeal and vi

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Reliance Digital, Croma and The Mobile Store, offline.

The phones will be available for purchase online starting September

15, 3:30pm IST.

Under the Android One programme Google partners with local phone

makers to create and sell affordable yet feature-packed Android

phones. Google essentially provides hardware reference boards and

software support to partner vendors under the programme.

The first three Android One phones include Spice Android One

Dream UNO Mi-498 phone, priced at ₹7K.

Karbonn Sparkle V has been priced at

₹6.4K. It will be available in blue, red, white, and grey colours.

Micromax is the third Android One partner, but the price of its

Canvas A1 smartphone has not been disclosed yet.

Features and Specs:

Coming to the Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498, it sports a 4.5-inch IPS FWVGA

(480x854p) display. The hardware specifications don't seem to

ground breaking but Google's backing could surely make a

difference when it comes to software experience.

The phone is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor,

Mali-400MP graphics and 1GB RAM. The phone has 4GB internal

storage and a microSD card slot that supports cards of up to 32GB

capacity and runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. 

The phone will also come with 10GB Spice Cloud cloud

storage space and 35GB Google Drive space.

It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and support for full-HD

video capture, and a 2MP front-facing camera. The phone has a

1700mAh battery

Karbonn Sparkle V:

The phone sports a 4.5-inch IPS FWVGA (480x854p) display. The

hardware specifications don't seem to ground breaking but

Google's backing could surely make a difference when it comes to

software experience.

Coming to the Hardware, 

The phone is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor,

Mali-400MP graphics and 1GB RAM. The phone has 4GB internal

storage and a microSD card slot that supports cards of up to 32GB

capacity. The phone will also come with 35GB Google Drive space.

Karbonn Sparkle V runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat, the latest iteration of

the OS.It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and support for full-HD

video capture, and a 2MP front-facing camera. The phone has a

1700mAh battery.

Micromax Canvas A1:

It will be

available in white and metallic black colours.

The phone sports a 4.5-inch IPS FWVGA (480x854p) display. The

hardware specifications don't seem very impressive but Google's

backing could surely make a difference when it comes to software

experience.

The phone is powered by a 1.3GHz MediaTek quad-core processor,

Mali-400MP graphics and 1GB RAM. The phone has 4GB internal

storage and a microSD card slot that supports cards of up to 32GB

capacity. The phone will also come with 35GB Google Drive space.

Micromax Canvas A1 runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat, the latest iteration

of the OS.

It sports a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and support for full-HD

video capture, and a 2MP front-facing camera. The phone has a

1700mAh battery.

In terms of connectivity, the dual-sim Micromax Android One phone

supports Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, Wi-Fi and A-GPS.