Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Rival Alert: Coolpad Note 5 Launched Today with Reliance Jio 4G Support

Coolpad, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer added a new smartphone to their product portfolio, namely, the Coolpad Note 5. At the event in New Delhi, the vendor said that the Note 5 will be exclusive to the Indian market.

Also, the company quoted that it will be a successor to the Coolpad Note 3. Same as the other Coolpad smartphones, this smartphone will also be exclusive to Amazon India and comes with a price tag of Rs. 10,999. Coolpad will start selling the smartphone from October 20.

In terms of features, the Coolpad Note 5 comes with a 5.5-inch Full HD display with a pixel density of 401 PPI. It comes packed with 4GB of RAM and octa-core Snapdragon 617 chipset. Till date, the Coolpad Note 5 is the cheapest smartphone to feature 4GB of RAM. Also, there is 32GB of internal storage which can be further expandable up o 64GB via a microSD card slot.

In terms of camera, the phone rocks a 13MP rear camera along with a LED flash. Notably, the company also added a LED flash to the 8MP front-facing snapper.

This dual-SIM smartphone boots Android Marshmallow out-of-the-box and is armed with a 4010 mAh battery with a standby time up to 350Hrs. Moreover, the smartphone comes with VoLTE support and supports the Reliance Jio.

Speaking at the launch, Syed Tajuddin, CEO of Coolpad India said, "Today's consumers are interested in feature-rich smartphones that come with a great post sales service experience. We are aware that India is a price sensitive market and thus over the last one year we have offered phones that set the benchmark for the Indian market - affordable with superior technology.

Our products launched are in line with the consumer' s preferences such as all our phones are 4G enabled, have big screens and great processing power. Keeping with our philosophy of "Empowering everyone everywhere", Coolpad Note 5 is a budget friendly power packed product with impressive specifications."

As expected, the Coolpad Note 5 is priced aggressively and goes against the like of Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, LeEco Le 2, and Lenovo K5 Note.