Spice Stellar 518 With Android 4.4 KitKat Available Online at Rs. 7,799

Spice seems set to launch the Stellar 518 smartphone in India, priced at Rs. 7,799. The smartphone is not yet listed on the company's site, but is available for purchase on the Spice group's e-commerce site, Saholic, which lists an MRP of Rs. 9,299.

The Spice Stellar 518 features dual-SIM (GSM-GSM) along with dual standby support, and 3G connectivity on both cards. It runs on Android 4.4. KitKat, and sports a 5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixel) IPS LCD display. The new Spice smartphone is powered by an unspecified 1.3GHz quad-core SoC coupled with 1GB of RAM.

The Stellar 518 bears an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash, and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 8GB of built-in storage that's expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). Connectivity options include GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-USB, GPS/ A-GPS, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

The smartphone notably features a 4000mAh battery, but the Saholic listing doesn't feature any talk time or standby time ratings. Preloaded apps include Swiftkey, Opera mini, OLX, and Askme. The listing notes the Spice Stellar 518 comes bundled with a flip cover.

Earlier this week, Spice launched the Stellar 524 at Rs. 10,799, listed the smartphone on its site with no word on the release date. Recently, the Spice Stellar 524 went on sale via an e-commerce website at a discounted price of Rs. 8,899, while the MRP of the handset was listed as Rs. 10,799.

The dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) Spice Stellar 524 runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box and features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS LCD display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor (unknown chipset) coupled with 1GB of RAM, and features a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash, apart from a 3.2-megapixel front facing camera.