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The Swipe Elite 4G is the most affordable smartphone with Corning Gorilla Glass on a 5-inch display

Swipe Technologies is committed to making smartphones with moderate specs available to all inhabitants of India at affordable prices, hence their recent successive launching of budget smartphones that offer more than value for money. The company has launched the Swipe Elite 4G smartphone which is being touted as the most affordable smartphone with a  5-inch display protected with Corning Gorilla Glass in India.

The company also recently launched a smartphone, the Swipe Neo Power which is the most affordable smartphone with 4G VoLTE in the country. So is the Elite 4G worth every unit of its cost? Let’s find out.

Swipe Elite 4G Specifications, Review and Highlights

Swipe Elite 4G

Design & Display

The Swipe Elite 4G’s 5-inch has an 850 * 480 pixel resolution which comes with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, shielding the main screen from stains and scratches, and making it less prone to cracking when it is impacted heavily.

The phone has a metal back with its speaker grills above its bottom antenna line at the rear.  It uses capacitive navigation buttons and has its power button and volume rocker on the same side.

Storage & Processor

A quad-core processor with a speed of 1.3GHz powers the Elite 4G’s operations, and the phone comes with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded up to 64GB using an external microSD card.

Camera

An 8MP camera is present at the rear of t he smartphone to do a decent job of capturing your happy moments which are made all the more brighter with a LED flash. It also features a 5MP camera which takes care of selfies at the front.

Battery & Connectivity

A 2500mAh battery provides juice for the Elite 4G to keep running, and like most other smartphones from company, it has dual SIM slots with support for 4G VoLTE.

Software

Out of the box, the Swipe Elite 4G runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow which is the common OS version for budget smartphones from Swipe Technologies.

Swipe Elite 4G Full Phone Specifications

Swipe Elite 4G Design

General

Device Brand Swipe
Model Elite 4G
Announced August 17, 2017
Released August 17, 2017
Status Available

Network

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
4G Network LTE with VoLTE
SIM Type Micro-SIM, dual standby
SIM Count Dual SIM

Data

2G GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE ? up to 236.8 kbps
3G Up to 42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA)
4G Up to 300/50 Mbps
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Web Browser Yes, HTML5

Design

Type Smartphone
Dimensions –
Weight –
Build Plastic with metal trimmings
Colors Black, Gold and Grey

Display

Display Type IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Size 5 inches
Resolution 850 x 480 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density ~294 ppi pixel density
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Features n/a

Camera

8MP camera
LED Flash
Yes
Autofocus
  • Rear camera – LED Flash
  • Front camera – No
5MP
–

Software

Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
n/a
No
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

n/a
Number of Processor Cores Quad-core
CPU Speed 1.3GHz
GPU n/a
1GB
Internal Storage 8GB
expandable memory up to 64GB with microSD
Accelerometer, Proximity, Light sensor

Connectivity

Bluetooth 4.0
Infrared No
Wi-Fi WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type USB v2.0
USB On-the Go (OTG) Yes
GPS Yes
NFC No
No

Battery

Battery Type Li-Ion
Capacity 2500mAh
Placement Non-removable
Standby n/a
Talk Time n/a

Messaging

SMS Yes (threaded view)
MMS Yes
Email Yes, IMAP4, POP3, SMTP
IM Yes

Media

Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
n/a
Yes
Vibration, Ringtones
MP3, WAV
Yes
Yes, 3.5mm Jack

Other Features

MP4/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
Photo/video editor
Document viewer

Availability and Price of Swipe Elite 4G in India

The Swipe Elite 4G is available for Rs. 3,999 exclusively on popular Indian e-commerce site, Flipkart.

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