Although, the Benco Y40 is the direct successor of the Benco Y30 smartphone. Surprisingly the device falls in the same price bracket and also comes with single rear cameras and bezels. We don’t know why the Y40 has a lot of downgrades compared to the Y30 device. Well, let’s still see the phone specifications and price.
Design And Display
In terms of body design, the Benco Y40 is obviously a downgrade. It also comes with a more compact body and a smooth panel housing a single camera and fingerprint reader. It features body dimensions of 143.0 x 73.5 x 10.35 mm and weighs 140 grams.
On the front, it has a display size of 5.0 inches with an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen. The front lacks a waterdrop notch instead it has bezels on the side, top, and bottom of the screen. However, it makes use of on-screen navigation buttons. There is a screen resolution of 480 x 854 pixels while the overall display reaches a 69.2% screen-to-body ratio.
Cameras Features
On the camera department, the smartphone is blessed with a combo camera setup which may not sound promising but at least nice considering the device price tag. The camera consists of a 5 MP on the back that features Geo-tagging, Touch focus, Dual LED flash, and 720p@30fps videos. The selfie camera is just 2 MP and it has both Face ID and Face Beauty.
Hardware And Software
In other to deliver a decent performance, Lava equipped the budget phone with a midrange UniSoC Spreadtrum SC9832E chipset that focuses on a quad-core processor clocking at a speed of 1.4 GHz. It has ARM Mali T820 MP2 for graphics and runs on Android 9.0 Pie operating system with Star OS V5.1 lite on top.
Storage Capacity And Sensors
The internal memory on the phone is 32GB and it’s coupled with 1GB RAM. You should not expect much from the phone. Nevertheless, you can further extend the memory using a micro SDcard. As for the sensors, the fingerprint scanner comes with an accelerometer and proximity.
Battery Power And Network Connectivity
The Benco Y40 packs a removable battery of 2500 without fast charging technology. The battery does not have fast charging. There is no 4G LTE as well, just a 3G on the dual SIMs. Other connectivity options on the phone include Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot. GPS and Micro USB 2.0.
Benco Y40 Full Specifications
Model Name | Benco Y40 |
Announced | 2020, November |
Market Availability | Available |
Network
Network Type | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE |
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
4G Network | No |
5G Network | No |
Network Speed | HSPA, LTE-A |
Network GPRS | Yes |
Network EDGE | Yes |
SIM Type | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Body
Body Build | plastic body |
Body Dimensions | 143.0 x 73.5 x 10.35 mm |
Body Weight | 160 g |
Protection | n/a |
Body Colors | Jade Green, Deep Blue |
Display
Display Type | IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
Display Size | 5.0 inches |
Display Resolution | 480 x 854 pixels, 18:9 ratio |
Display Multitouch | Yes |
Display Pixel Density | 192 ppi density |
Display Screen Protection | Yes |
Camera
Primary Camera | 5 MP |
Secondary Camera | 2 MP |
Video | 720p@30fps |
Camera Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
Camera Flash | Yes |
Platform
Operating System | Android 9 Pie (Star OS V5.1 lite) |
OS Version | – |
User Interface | Yes |
Hardware
Chipset | UniSoC Spreadtrum SC9832E |
CPU | Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-53 (32nm) |
Graphics processor (GPU) | ARM Mali T820 MP2 |
System Internal Memory | 1GB RAM |
Internal Storage | 32GB |
Storage Card Slot | Yes |
Sensors | Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi | Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Wi-Fi Hotspot | Yes |
Bluetooth | Yes, 5.0, A2DP, LE |
USB Type | Type – C |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
NFC | – |
Battery
Battery Type | Li-Ion Battery |
Battery Capacity | 2500 mAh battery |
Battery Placement | Removable |
Fast Charging | No |
Wireless Charging | No |
Battery Standby | – |
Battery Talk Time | – |
Battery Music Play Time | – |
Media
Audio Playback | Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC |
Video Playback | Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player |
Video Out | n/a |
FM Radio | n/a |
Alert Types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
Ring Tones | MP3, WAV |
Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
3.5mm jack | Yes |
Other Features
Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email |
Browser | HTML5 |
Java | n/a |
==> Disclaimer: Specifications, features & price shown for the above device was entered manually.
Benco Y40 Price And Availability
The Benco Y40 will sell at a price of $65 and will be available in Jade Green, and Deep Blue colors.
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