New low-cost dual-SIM LTE smartphone launched in SA

Pinnacle Africa has launched its Proline XM-502 dual-SIM LTE smartphone in South Africa for the retail price of R1,699.
The phone will go on sale from 7 August, and offers “new levels of performance at an affordable price”.
“We partnered with MediaTek to launch the first commercially available smartphone based on their new 64-bit LTE platform, delivering performance that has never been seen before in a sub-R2,000 smartphone,” said the company.
The phones features a 5-inch qHD (960 x 540) display, 1GHz 64-bit quad-core Cortex-A53 processor, and 2,000mAh battery.
The Proline XM-502’s specifications are detailed in the table below.
Proline XM-502 | |
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Dimensions | 144.4 x 72.6 x 7.9 mm |
Weight | 160g |
Operating system | Android 5.1 |
Display | 5″ qHD (960 x 540) |
Rear camera | 13MP |
Front camera | 5MP |
CPU | 1GHz 64-bit quad-core Cortex-A53 processor |
RAM | 1GB |
Internal storage | 8GB |
Additional storage | microSD 32GB |
Battery | 2,000 mAh |
Network | Dual-SIM Cat 4 LTE |
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