India is rapidly transforming into a digital spectacle with mobile internet that is daily increasing by leaps and bounds. The very promise in the faint hope, with this digital revolution being kept cheap for the masses, is that the mobile operators of the country are initiating some minimum specification standards for cheap 4G smartphones to keep the 4G price really affordable.
There are still a majority of users using 2G or 3G phones as the prices of smartphones set in their understanding do not permit their acquisition. This emphasizes that operators proposed a few hardware and software specifications leading to actual 4G smartphones marketing at low price.
Recommended Minimum Specifications
According to operators, a cheap 4G phone must support 4G LTE at the very least. It would have been equipped with a sound platform for the smooth operation of day-to-day applications and online services with a compromise on 2GB RAM and 16GB user memory.
More importantly, the display ought to be an HD one with a 5-inch and above viewing area commending good resolution of the media content for videos and online classes. A low-power-consumption economical quad-core processor is also being suggested.
Battery and Software Features of 4G Smartphone
Operator interventions say that an affordable 4G phone will support at least 3,000 mAh battery to work for longer hours of internet usage on a single charge. As for the software side, its operation will be much on the latest Android version (Android Go or revamped Android) for usability in generous years.
Progressing Forward on Digital Road
Once set in place, the operator-proposed scheme would assure that good quality phones remain in the hands of end buyers at lesser prices so that they can benefit from the phenomenal growth in the use of 4G internet. This shall be hugely beneficial for students, small enterprises, and freelancers from the rural backdrop.
Cheap 4G smartphones will significantly give momentum to the e-learning, mobile banking, telemedicine, and e-commerce, which in turn will positively affect the overall digital economy of the country, say the experts.
Conclusion
This time it has become an initiative for economically priced and standard 4G smartphones. If this proposition actually succeeds through negotiations among the operators, manufacturers, and government, that will be yet another stride for India in this journey towards Digital India.
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