Lava Iris Pro 20

Similar to the Iris Pro 30, the Pro 20 also bears a 4.7-inch display, albeit with a lower resolution of 540 x 960 pixels in contrast to the 720p resolution offered by its sibling. This is one of the very few differences between these two devices which are similar in most other aspects. But the lower resolution doesn’t mean that the display is bad in any way. It outputs bright and vivid colours with good viewing angles. The display is also legible outdoors, though you might have to max up the brightness. The thinness of the smartphone is also due the fact that the screen uses OGS technology, minimising the space between the touchscreen and display. There’s also a layer of Corning’s Gorilla Glass to ensure that the display can handle minor scratches.

The smartphone features an 8-megapixel camera at the back, complemented by a dual LED flash to help shoot in low-light conditions. This configuration is the same as the Iris Pro 30. The camera captured accurate colours, though image quality isn’t extremely impressive. The camera app has a stock interface offering features like panorama, multi-angle view, and HDR mode along with best shot and smile detection options.

The Lava Iris Pro 20 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean without any major changes in the interface department. You’d get the stock Android home screen and app launcher along with the Google’s suite of apps. One useful addition is the graph displaying memory, CPU, battery and network strength in the notification drawer, which was also found in its brother. The device also comes with apps such as Lava Care listing the service centers in various cities and Office Suite for viewing documents. Additionally, there are some useful call-related features such as Flip to Mute, Smart Answer and Direct Call.

In the hardware department, the smartphone is a replica of its elder brother. Inside the chassis is a 1.2GHz MediaTek MT6589 quad-core processor coupled with a PowerVR SGX544 GPU. This combination is paired with a 1GB of RAM. The device handles most tasks fairly well, be it navigating the menus or browsing the web. Even basic games like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope run brilliantly, but graphic-intensive games like Riptide GP2 are a different story altogether. There were frequent slowdowns while playing such titles, marring the gaming experience. Many a times, the app or game didn’t run at all. On a positive side, the mobile doesn’t heat up after constant usage, as compared to most of the smartphones these days.