Newly Released Firefly Mobile Intense Mini is an Octa-core Smartphone for less than Php5k

It was just last month when Firefly Mobile launched the Intense 64 LTE flagship smartphone which already got a lot of attention due to its  affordable price and it's higher-than-mid-range specs offering, here they are again and throwing us another hard-to-ignore budget friendly smartphone called the Intense Mini.

Like what the name suggests, it is indeed a watered-down version of the Intense 64 LTE device. The specs and functions are actually slightly trimmed down but not to the point of being unacceptable, and of course the asking price just got even cheaper.

Right out of the box, we get a 4.5-inch qHD IPS-Plus display with OGS (One-Glass Solution) Full Lamination screen layering.  Even though it does not have 720p resolution, with those OGS and Full Lamination technology, it will still be hard to see the difference in terms of color accuracy and crispness of the display. In addition to that, Firefly Mobile included an Asahi Dragontrail Glass for scratch and damage protection on the screen.

Powering the device is an octa-core processor from MediaTek which is clocked at 1.4GHz partnered with 1GB of RAM for multitasking purposes and an internal storage of 8GB. 8GB may not be enough but worry not as Firefly still supports microSD card for additional space and this time around users can have up to 128GB on top of the default storage.

Firefly Mobile said they understand how important a camera quality is to smartphones users nowaways as most people look to that first before deciding to buy a device or not. We know, us Pinoys, love to take photos and not just selfies, so Firefly added more power and specs to the cameras of the Intense Mini with consumers having to spend extra pesos. The rear camera is pegged at 8MP all empowered with BSI sensor, a large f/2.8 aperture lens, LED flash and autofocus, the front facing snapper gets a 5MP calibration also with the f/2.8 aperture, what else could we ask for?

The usual connectivity functionalities are also in the party like the WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. There are also the now-common-and-required dual-SIM supports, not only that users can also run these two SIM slots under 3G network at the same time.

Firefly Mobile Intense Mini specs:

- 4.5" qHD IPS-Plus Display
- OGS Full Lamination
- Asahi Dragontrail Glass
- 960 x 540 resolution, 245ppi
- 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor
- Mali-450 GPU
- 1GB RAM
- 8GB internal storage
- Supports microSD card up to 128GB
- 8MP rear camera with LED flash, BSI, f/2.8 Autofocus
- 5MP front camera with f/2.8
- Android 4.4 Kitkat
- WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
- Dual-SIM
- Dual 3G
- USB OTG
- 133 x 65 x 8.9mm
- 2,300mAh battery
- Php4,499

The Firefly Mobile Intense Mini is now available at all kiosks and concept stores of Firefly nationwide with a suggested retail price of just Php4,499. But wait there's more, Firefly Mobile said that upon purchase users will also get the following free of charge, Back Cover, Screen Protectors, Silicon Case and a Basic Phone with combine value of Php1,200.

Source: Firefly Mobile