Android-powered Blackberry Aurora with Dual SIM launched: Big threat to these phones

BlackBerry Aurora has gone official.

| Updated: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 13:19 [IST]

The BlackBerry Aurora mid-range smartphone that was leaked last week with the model number BB1001-1 is now official. This phone has mid-range specs and an impressive camera at its rear. Moreover, this is the first smartphone from the company to feature dual SIM support.

Blackberry Aurora with Dual SIM launched: Big threat to these phones

This phone bestows a 5.5-inch On-cell display with HD 720p resolution. Under its hood, this phone makes use of a quad-core Snapdragon 425 SoC paired with 4GB RAM. The device has a micro SD card supporting expandable storage too.

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The rear snapper is a 13MP sensor with features such as LED flash and electronic aperture control, which will let users capture crisp and clear photos with accurate manual settings. Up front, the BlackBerry Aurora comes with an 8MP selfie camera. Booting Android 7.0 Nougat, this phone hs BlackBerry Hub, 4G LTE, and a 3,000mAh battery.

The catch is that the Aurora is aimed at the Indonesian market and there is no word on when it will be available outside the country. If you are interested in this smartphone, here we have come rivals that you can consider. In fact, the Aurora will surely be a threat to many of these phones.

Vivo V5

Buy At Price of Rs 16,995
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection
Octa-Core MediaTek MT6750 processor with Mali T860 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 128GB
Hybrid Dual SIM (micro + nano/microSD)
Funtouch OS 2.6 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, PDAF
20MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE
3000mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime

Buy At price of Rs 15,889
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD TFT display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection
1.6GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor
3GB RAM
16GB internal memory
expandable up to 256GB with microSD
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED flash
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS
3300mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy On Nxt

Buy At price of Rs 15,900
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection
1.6GHz Octa-Core Exynos 7870 processor with Mali T830 GPU
3GB RAM
32GB Internal Storage
expandable memory up to 256GB via micro SD card
Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED flash
8MP front camera, f/1.9 aperture
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE
3300mAh battery

Motorola Moto M

Buy At price of Rs 15,999
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display
2.2 GHz Octa-core MediaTek Helio P15 processor with Mali T860MP2 GPU
3GBRAM/32GB internal memory
4GB RAM/64GB internal memory
expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano/microSD)
16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G VoLTE
3050mAh battery with Turbo charging

Lenovo P2

Buy At price of Rs 16,999
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display
2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU
3GB / 4GB RAM
32GB / 64GB internal memory
expandable memory with microSD
Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED flash
5MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
4G LTE
5100mAh battery with fast charging

Lenovo Z2 Plus

Buy At price of Rs 14,999
Key Specs

5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS 2.5D curved glass display
2.15GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 820 processor with Adreno 530 GPU
3GB DDR4 RAM with 32GB internal storage
4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage
Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
13MP rear camera with LED
8MP front-facing camera
Dual (nano) SIM
4G VoLTE
3500mAh battery with Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0

Xiaomi Mi Max Prime

Buy At price of Rs 19,999
Key Specs

6.44-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS 2.5D curved glass display
Octa Core Snapdragon 652 processor with Adreno 510 GPU
4GB RAM
128GB internal storage
expandable memory with microSD
MIUI based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow)
Hybrid Dual SIM (micro+nano/microSD)
16MP rear camera with dual-tone LED
5MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor
4G LTE with VoLTE
4850mAh (typical) / 4760mAh (minimum) battery

HTC One X9

Buy At price of Rs 19,799
Key Specs

5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with 170-degree viewing angle
2.2 GHz MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor with PowerVR G6200 GPU
3GB RAM with 32GB internal storage
expandable memory up to 2TB with microSD
Android with HTC Sense UI
Dual (nano) SIM
13MP rear camera with dual-tone LED Flash
5MPfront-facing camera
Dual BoomSound speakers with Dolby audio
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+
3000mAh battery