MWC

Indian company Centric shows off pop-up selfie camera phone Centric S1 and a lot more at MWC

Indian brands generally have negligiable presence at MWC, but this year Centric, an Indian smartphone brand has showcased Centric S1 smartphone at Mobile World Congress 2019. The smartphone packs a bezel-less 6.39-inch FHD+ AMOLED display and a whopping 92% screen-to-body ratio. All this is achieved by implementing a pop-up selfie camera mechanism that we have already seen on the Vivo V15 Pro and Vivo Nex. The S1 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P70 12nm SoC with 6GB of RAM. There’s also an in-screen fingerprint sensor on this device.

Centric S1 specifications:

6.39-inch (2340 x 1080 pixels) 19.5:9 Full HD+ AMOLED display, 700 nits brightness
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P70 12nm processor (Quad 2.1GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 900MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
4GB RAM with 64GB storage / 6GB RAM with 128GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM | Android 9.0 (Pie)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 6P lens, 5MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera
In-display fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, USB Type-C
3800mAh battery with fast charging, 10W wireless charging

Price: $310 (INR 22,000 approx.)

Apart from Centric S1, the Indian smartphone brand has also introduced a bunch of other smartphones as well.

Centric G3

CENTRiC G3 specifications

6.3-inch (2220 x 1080 pixels) Full HD+ IPS 20:9 aspect ratio display
Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 (MT6771) 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Android 9.0 (Pie)
12MP rear camera with LED flash, 5MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 157×75.5×7.7mm
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac, Bluetooth 5, GPS
3400mAh battery

Price: $250 (INR 18,000 approx.)

Centric G5

CENTRiC G5 specifications

6.21-inch ((1520×720 pixels) Full HD+ IPS 19:9 aspect ratio display
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor with 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
3GB RAM, 32GB storage, expandable memory up to 256GB with microSD
Dual SIM
Android 9.0 (Pie)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, 2MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor, Face unlock
Dimensions: 155.4×71.8×8.1mm
Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
4050mAh battery

Price: $160 (INR 11,500 approx.)

Centric A2

CENTRiC A2 specifications

5.86-inch (1520×720 pixels) HD+ 19:9 2.5D curved glass IPS display
2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P22 (MT6762) 12nm processor with 650MHz IMG PowerVR GE8320 GPU
3GB RAM, 32GB Internal memory, expandable memory up to 256GB with micro SD
Android 9.0 (Pie)
Dual SIM
13MP Camera with LED flash, 5MP secondary camera
8MP front-facing camera with LED flash
Fingerprint sensor
Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 5, GPS
3000mAh battery

Price: $140 (INR 10,000 approx.)

CENTRIC L4

CENTRiC L4 specifications