The Intel Atom Z2420 'Lexington'-based Lava Xolo X500 has made its way to our lab and after having spent some time with it, and running the gamut of benchmarks, here are our first impressions.
Qualcomm and Nvidia have made their presence felt with their Snapdragon and Tegra processors respectively in the smartphone market. Intel is one who has been late to enter the smartphone market. Better late than never, the first mobile in India to launch with an Intel processor was the Lava Xolo X900.
Launched in mid-2012, the Xolo X900 ran on Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread straight out of the box and had an Intel Atom Z2460 SoC chipset, featuring a ‘Saltwell’ 1.6GHz single-core CPU with Hyper-Threading, and the PowerVR SGX540 GPU (400MHz), coupled with 1GB of 32-bit dual channel LPDDR2 memory. It housed a 4.03-inch TFT LCD (1024 x 600 pixels) display and also showed off an 8MP camera with 1080p HD video. The device was quite the performer for the time when it was launched. You can read our review of the device here.
Today, we have with us a more affordable and entry-level Android device from Lava, the Xolo X500, which runs on the Intel Atom ‘Lexington’ Z2420 SoC chipset, and is priced at Rs. 8,999. The single-core processor is clocked at 1.2GHz and will come with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (implying two threads, or logical cores). It will have 512MB of RAM. In terms of other specifications it has a 3.5-inch display with a 480x320 pixel resolution, 4GB of built-in storage expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card slot. It also houses a 1,500mAh battery and a 5MP rear camera.