Spice's new Stellar Mi-530 has a 5 megapixel front-facing cam

Believe it or not, Spice’s latest smartphone, the Stellar Mi-530, has a 5 megapixel front-facing camera, which is something we’ve never seen featured on a smartphone by an Indian manufacturer. The high resolution of the camera should make for high quality video calls and self-shots.

Besides the camera, the device has a 5.3-inch screen with a qHD resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. On the back there’s a more traditional 8 megapixel camera with LED flash that’s capable of recording 1080p video.

The Spice Stellar Mi-350 comes with quite a good front camera

Powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, the Spice Stellar Mi-530 has 1GB of RAM. A big 2550mAh battery should comfortably keep the handset powered on for an entire day. However, unlike competitor smartphones, the Mi-530 will come with Android 4.0 instead of Jelly Bean.

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The Micromax A116 Canvas HD and the Karbonn S1 Titanium are both set to launch with Jelly Bean, so despite good specifications, this Spice device might be at a disadvantage when it comes to the OS version.

The handset is a dual-SIM device and one of the SIMs can be used for 3G. Besides mobile data, the handset supports Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and aGPS. It has 16GB of internal memory along with a MicroSD card slot that supports additional memory up to 32GB.

The Spice Mi-530 is up for sale at an online retailer for Rs 13,999.

Spice has also released the budget Stellar Nhance Mi-435, which has a 4-inch display with a 800x480 pixel resolution. It  runs Android 4.0 and also comes with an 8 megapixel rear camera with fixed focus and 5x digital zoom, while there is a 1.3 megapixel camera on the front.

The dual-SIM device is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor with 512MB of RAM. It has 4GB of internal storage and supports microSD cards up to 32GB. The Stellar Nhance Mi-435 has a 1,500mAh battery and costs Rs 7,199.

Earlier this month, the company launched the dual-SIM Ice Cream Sandwich-based Stellar Virtuoso and the Stellar Pad tablet. The Stellar Virtuoso Mi-495 has a 9.44mm thick body and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor. This smartphone also has an 8 megapixel auto-focus camera with flash.

The Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 has a 10.1-inch screen and runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, which makes us wonder why Spice couldn’t have used the same operating system for the new phones. The Stellar Pad has a 1.5GHz dual-core CPU and a quad-core GPU, and is powered by a 7,600mAh Lithium ion polymer battery. It’s packed with 16GB of internal memory and comes with a leather cover worth Rs 2,000 and a USB ‘on-the-go’ cable.