10 February 2011

OliveSmart V-S300: India's First 3G HSPA+ Android Gingerbread Phone

Olive have announced  the OliveSmart V-S300, India’s first 3G HSPA+ smartphone which will be powered by latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS.

The OliveSmart V-S300 is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset along with Adreno 205 GPU – which makes it similar to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play in raw hardware power, so it seems pretty powerful.



  • 3G HSPA+ 900 / 1900 / 2100, GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 processor with Adreno 205 GPU
  • Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • Slim profile, 122 x 66 x 9.9 mm in size
  • 4.1-inch, LCD multi-touch capacitive, 480 x 800 WVGA display
  • 5MP+ VGA (Front camera), with 720p video recording
  • Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor, Fluence noise cancellation
  • Dual microphone for advanced echo & noise cancellation, 3.5 mm headset jack
  • 2GB Storage Memory + 512 MB RAM + microSD, upgradable up to 32GB
  • BT/GPRS/EDGE/Wi-Fi/HSPA+14.4 Mbps;
  • SMS, MMS, E-Mail, Push Mail, IM
  • GPS, Digital compass, Google Maps, MapMyIndia
  •  HDMI Type D Port
  • 1400mAh battery
  •  DLNA for remote playback of HD content and Live TV


The OliveSmart V-S300 is being launched in association with Aircel and will be priced under Rs. 20,000 or USD 440 . This price tag seems very worthy for a phones having such features.