Intex launches projector phone at Rs 16,000

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Intex Technologies, a maker of mobile phones, IT hardware and electronics equipment, announced on Tuesday the launch of Intex 'V.Show' — a mobile handset with an inbuilt projector to combine projection with mobility.

Intex said this is India’s first projector phone to be launched by a domestic mobile handset company. It claimed the product matches to the Indian operating conditions and entertainment prerequisites, such as a long life battery so that one can watch a film for as long as three hours and a film quality of 25 frames per second (FPS), which is as good as the FPS used in movies.

According to Intex, V.Show brings entertainment at palm’s length and enables the user to project movies, pictures, music videos (saved in the phone and from Internet) and other Internet content up to 61 inches of screen/wall with a high intensity projection of 10 lumens and QWVGA resolution. Projection can be enjoyed up to a distance of 12 ft (between the screen/wall and the phone).

The phone is a touch-screen dual SIM (GSM + GSM) variant and has dual screen mode (phone screen mode and projector screen mode are simultaneously active). It comes with dual camera and a dual card memory slot of 8 GB each to expand the internal memory of 64 MB, said a press release.

One can also convert the screen output from portrait to landscape and vice versa. It is FM radio (wireless and wired) enabled, with GPRS connectivity and has a 3.2 inches super color, dust resistant touch screen, the release added.

Speaking at the launch, Ramesh A. Vaswani, executive vice chairman, Intex Technologies, said, “Intex V.Show is in sync with the company’s aim of providing useful innovation and quality products to its consumers in keeping with its philosophy of launching Life Version 2.0 products.”

If positioned judiciously, it could emerge as a powerful infotainment tool too, he said, adding, “We are in touch with leading chip development companies of the world for future enhancements in this model.”

The product comes in the price range of Rs 16,000.