Swipe telecom has launched the Swipe Sonic handset that comes powered by a dual core processor with dual SIM support – GSM + CDMA with EVDO technology. This handset is priced at Rs. 7,399.

There are quite a few handsets/tablets running on Android OS  with CDMA support available in the market. There is the Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500, the Micromax Canvas P650E tablet and Micromax Canvas Duet II EG111.

The Swipe Sonic is already listed on the Swipe Telecom official website. On the hardware front it is dual SIM CDMA (EVDO) + GSM and sports a 4 inch capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution.

Sonic is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor (8625) clocked at 1.2GHz with I guess Adreno 203 GPU. Handset sails on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean OS) with 512MB RAM. There is micro SD card support and probably 4GB internal storage (needs confirmation).

Swipe Sonic CDMA + GSM smartphone running Android 4.1

There are dual cameras a VGA camera on the front and a 2MP fixed focus camera on the rear. Handset weight is 126 grams and is 12mm thick. Other features are EVDO, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. Sonic houses a 1500 mAh battery.

The Swipe Sonic CDMA+GSM handset is available for Rs. 7,399.

By Rajeev Rana

Founder and Chief Editor - gogi.in