Lava announced the Google Android Go OS running smartphone with Lava Z50 in India today and was also showcased on #MWC18.The device will be available in two colours with Black and Gold and will go on sale through 1,00,000 offline retail stores from mid-March 2018.Airtel has partnered with Lava to provide the new Mera Pehla Smartphone Plan where the user will get Rs.2000/- cash back after a period of two years.
The Lava Z50 is made out of plastic and comes with traditional smartphone design as all other Lava branded smartphones.It weighs 149 grams and is 9.1 mm thick.
The new Lava Z50 is the first Android Go OS smartphone launched in India. The Lava Z50 sports 4.5 inches display with a resolution of 854*480p covered with 2.5D curved glass and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass.It is powered by MediaTek MT6737M SoC clocked at 1.1GHz coupled with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage which can be expanded via microSD cards up to 128GB.
The Lava Z50 features both selfies as well as a rear camera of 5MP with LED flash on both cameras. The Lava Z50 camera comes with Bokeh mode where one can blur the background.
The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with 4G LTE and VoLTE support, A-GPS, Wifi, Bluetooth 4.0, 3.5 mm audio port and micro USB port.Lava Z50 runs on a lighter version of Android with Android Go OS or Android 8.1 out of the box.
