Obi Python S452 With Rear Buttons Listed on Company's Site

Obi Mobiles, the brand backed by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, has introduced its second smartphone for the Indian market - the Python S452. The company marked its entry into the Indian market last month with the Obi Octopus S520, priced at Rs. 11,990.

(Also see: Obi Octopus S520 Review | Pictures)

The yet-to-be-announced Obi Python S452 is now listed on the company's site without any pricing and availability details. There is no official word on the launch of the Python S452; though we expect that the company will announce the smartphone in the coming days.

The highlight of the Obi Python S452 are its rear-mounted physical buttons, which is reminiscent of the LG G2 and the all new LG G3. The smartphone also sports leather-like material at the back, which in this case, is similar to some Samsung Galaxy handsets.

The Obi Python S452 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device and supports one regular SIM card and one Micro-SIM card. The smartphone still runs the dated Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

It sports a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) TFT display. The Python S452 is powered by a dual-core processor, with unspecified chipset and clock speed, alongside 1GB of RAM. It sports a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and GC2035 CMOS image sensor. It also houses a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone includes 4GB of inbuilt storage which is further expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. The smartphone is listed in White colour variant only. The Obi Python S452 measures 135x62x10mm and weighs 145 grams.

It packs a 1400mAh battery which is rated to deliver up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 180 hours of standby time. The Obi Python S452 smartphone comes with GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS and Micro-USB connectivity options.