At CES 2012, Intel announced several collaborations for the implementation of Atom processors in smartphones, and today the launch of the first smart phone based on a processor of the American giant was announced. Lava Xolo X900 is the name of the device and it works with an Intel Atom Z2460 processor, single core, which has a frequency of 1.6 GHz. At first glance, the device does not amaze with its specifications, but the processor implemented in it proved to be faster than the dual-core ones available in the smartphones that are now sold on the market, so those from Intel have the necessary hardware to produce very good smartphones.
New Delhi, India, April 19, 2012 – Intel Corporation and Lava International Ltd., one of India's fastest-growing mobile handset companies, today announced the general availability of the XOLO X900, the first smartphone with Intel inside. The device will be available to customers for purchase beginning 23rd April at a best-buy street price of approximately INR 22000. Lava also announced its long-term partnership with Croma, a national chain of mega stores of consumer electronics and durables, for promotion and sale of the XOLO X900
The partnership between Intel and Lava was announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February. The XOLO X900 is based on Intel's smartphone reference design featuring the Intel® Atom™ processor Z2460 with Intel® Hyper Threading Technology and supporting HSPA+ 3G connectivity.
Xolo 900 is only the first of a series of smartphones that will be launched with Intel processors, and Lenovo and Orange will be the next manufacturers to bring such devices to the market. All terminals will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, none of them seem to be considered high-end by the manufacturing company, but all are announced to be very interesting. Intel is just entering the market of mobile terminals, I think that the processors promoted by them will be adopted by many manufacturers in the future and will probably be much better than those offered by Nvidia and maybe even Apple.
