The Lava A97 4G smartphone has been launched in India.

The Lava A97 4G is an entry-level device targeted towards the budget-friendly market. The Indian mobile handset company Lava is also providing 12 months of warranty on their latest device.

The Lava A97 4G has a 5-inch FWVGA capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels and a pixel density of 196ppi, The Mobile Indian reported. It runs on the Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system out of the box. As the name suggest, the device supports 4G as well as dual-SIM.

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According to Phone Radar, the Lava A97 4G is powered by a quad-core chipset clocked at a speed of 1.3 GHz. It comes with a 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage that can be extended up to a maximum of 32 GB via a microSD card.

The Lava A97 is equipped with a 5-megapixel rear and front cameras. Both cameras come with LED flashlight support. The features include CMOS image sensor, auto-flash, self-timer, ISO setting, scene mode, touch to focus, and slow motion video.

The Lava A97 4G is packed with a 2350 mAh Li-Ion battery. It comes with the sensors such as an accelerometer, gyro sensor, compass, light sensor, geomagnetic sensor, GPS, and A-GPS. The device measures 145.5 x 72 x 9.2 mm and weighs around 160 grams.

The connectivity options of the Lava A97 4G are Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi hotspot, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 5-point touch, a micro USB port, 12 Indian languages support, smart gestures, auto call recording, flip to mute, and FM radio.

The Lava A97 4G smartphone can run on the Jio network to enjoy free voice and data until Dec. 31.

The new Lava A97 4G VoLTE smartphone is now available at $78.17 (around Rs. 5199) on Only Mobiles in gold color. However, it is not currently available on any other e-retailer's website.