Having made its name in many Asian and other countries around the globe for offering feature rich smartphones that don’t burn a hole in your pocket, Coolpad is back in the news. This time, with two new offerings the Torino S and the Porto S for the European market.
Commenting on the launch, Denny Qiu, Head of European Business said,
“Coolpad manufactures high quality products and we believe that our innovations are the key to success. With the introduction of the world’s first dual-SIM smartphone and the leadership in LTE smartphones in China, we have demonstrated our ability to innovate.Now we want to promote our innovation story in Europe.”
We’ll talk about each of these 2 smartphones in detail below.
Coolpad Torino S
Equipped with a 4.7 inch 2.5D screen with a HD (1280 X 720 pixels) resolution, the Torino S runs on Android Lollipop 5.1 with Coolpad’s UI Cool 8.0 applied over it. The device offers some pretty good specs under the hood including a 64-bit quad-core Snapdragon 410 chipset clocked at 1.2 GHz paired with 2 GB of RAM and Adreno 306 GPU. The device features 16 GB of expandable storage accesible through a micro SD card.
Moving on to the camera department, we have an 8 MP snapper on the back with autofocus and an LED flash. The front carries a 5 MP camera unit to cater to your social networking and video calling needs. The back also features a fingerprint sensor which unlocks your phone in an astonishing 0.5 seconds and clicks photos in 0.24 seconds. The Torino S also features an IR blaster that allows you to operate electronis such as TV, AC and many more.
The device measures a decently slim 7.8 mm and tips the scales at a light 120 grams. The powerhouse is a 1,800 mAh battery which we guess will be underequipped. Priced at EUR 199, the device will soo hit European markets.
Coolpad Porto S
Moving on to the younger sibling of the duo, the Porto S sports a 5 inch display with an HD resolution. Running the same Cool UI 8.0 on top of Android 5.1, Porto S boasts of some pretty interesting specs under the hood. A quad-core MediaTek MT6735P clocked at 1 GHz and 1 GB of RAM is what keeps the device going. The device comes with 8 GB on board storage that can be expanded a further 64 GB through a a hybrid SIM slot.
Talking about the camera dpartment, the device carries an 8 MP camera on the back with an LED flash and 2 MP snapper on the front the device is decently equipped. Standing 7.6 mm thick and 125 grams heavy, the Porto S is better equipped with the battery at 2,000 mAh. Priced at EUR 129, the device will hit the market by this month’s end.
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