It's been rotating
cameras galore for folks in India. First the
Gionee Elife E7 Mini, then the
OPPO N1, and now, the Smart NaMo Saffron Wave!
As you can quite clearly make out from the pictures posted, the
Saffron Wave idolizes the
OPPO N1 in as many manners as possible. Being a little more frank, the
device is basically a complete
OPPO N1 knock-off. Much like the
T908 smartphone we discussed two days back, the
Saffron Wave is a
device with the same
OPPO N1 design but in a smaller avatar.
As you would expect, the
device doesn't nearly match the
OPPO N1 on the specs sheet. Instead of the 1.7GHz Snapdragon 600, the
Saffron Wave comes with the quad-core
MT6582 clocked @1.3GHz. Also, the screen on this one measures only 5 inches, with a 720p
HD resolution unlike the 5.9-inch full
HD on the
N1. Like other
MT6582 phones going around, the
Saffron Wave boots Android v4.2 out of the box. Quite obviously, highlight of the
Saffron Wave is the rotating camera. However, there's only an 8 mega-pixel unit here which we think would be a far cry from the 13 mega-pixel on the
N1.
Details on battery, pricing and availability are yet to surface, but we aren't too excited about this one.