Micromax X235 - Remote Control Phone Arrives

With the Indian mobile phone market exploding, manufacturers are bringing in lots of new devices that boast of extra features to attract consumers and to ensure that they don't look towards competing brands to fulfil their mobile telephony needs.

Micromax, which has been over the past few months on a marketing spree with its wide range of cellphones, haslaunched its latest model, the X235. While the phone looks quite unassuming from a distance, don't be fooled by its looks. What you are looking at is a remote control phone. That's right! With the X235, you can actually control your electronic equipments that have a remote - including your TV, AC and DVD player. The phone features an infrared transceiver that can send signals to your electronic equipments and help you control them. Anyway, if you happen to be a long time Symbian user, you might be aware that this was possible on old S60 phones too using an application called the IR Remote. Anyway, apart from the remote control feature, the phone also boasts of a Camera, Music player, video player and FM radio. The X235 is a Dual SIMDual SIM phone - like most other handsets from Micromax.


The X235 comes with a 2-inch 65k, 176x220 pixel display and a 5-way navigation key. Connectivity options include Bluetooth, Messaging, GPRS/WAP/MMS. The phone has a Li-Ion 1050Mahbattery and is capable of providing up to 5 hours of talk time. The standby time is rated at 10 days. The X235's price is yet to be revealed.