Firefly Mobile unveiled the Intense 64 LTE

Firefly Mobile, an indistinct player in the mobile phone industry finally broke their silence after unveiling a new smartphone with 64-bit chipset and LTE, they named it as Intense 64 LTE.

To start with, it has a rather impressive and attractive slim profile with some of its design elements similar to that of the SKK Lynx. Well, I researched about it and found out that the Lynx and Intense 64 LTE is from the same OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) from India or China. If the OEM would be the basis, it is basically an upgraded version of the Lynx. In other country, both of them are being sold by a brand called "ulefone".

So the front is dominated by a large phablet-sized screen at 5.5-inches and has a resolution of 720x1280 pixels or simply HD. It is an IPS  panel, like the usual so expect that it would deliver good viewing angles on all sides. It's OGS though for better sunlight legibility and to avoid light diffusion. It's also good to know that it's covered by an Asahi Dragontrail Glass to protect your device getting scratched.

The main highlight of this release is the chipset running inside the device which is the MediaTek MT6732. Frankly, it's the quad-core version of the chipset used by Meizu for their M1 Note which coincidentally is priced the same with the Intense 64 LTE (in this case, for the White 16GB version). So I guess it's performance should be 50% that of the M1 Note. For some quick info, the aforementioned chipset utilizes four ARMv8 based Cortex A53 cores running at 1.5Ghz and a Mali-T768MP2 GPU running at 500Mhz. Multi-tasking should be smooth, thanks to a sizeable amount of RAM at 2GB.

Camera wise, it packs a 13MP BSI maim camera with f/2.2 aperture and is coupled with a single LED flash. Selfies are handled by an 8MP BSI front-facing camera which according to them, is a Samsung sensor with f/2.8 aperture.

To finish this off, here are the full list of specifications :

INTENSE 64 LTE

• 5.5" IPS OGS LCD display (720x1280 pixels, 267ppi), Asahi Dragontrail Glass
• MediaTek MT6732 chipset
• 1.5Ghz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
• 500Mhz ARM Mali-T760MP2 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB
• 13MP autofocus BSI camera (f/2.2 aperture) w/LED flash
• 8MP fixed-focus BSI (Samsung sensor, f/2.8 aperture) front facing camera
• 2G GPRS/EDGE, 3G HSPA+, 4G LTE cat. 4
• Dual SIM/Dual LTE stand-by
• WI-FI a/b/g/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth 4.0, FM Radio
• GPS w/A-GPS, GLONASS
• 3.5mm audio jack, micro USB 2.0
• USB OTG support
• Hotknot sharing
• NXP audio chipset
• 2,820mAh Li-Po battery
• Android 4.4 KitKat

SRP : P7,999.00

FREEBIES

• Smart Circular Window Flip Cover (worth P600)
• 2 Back Covers
• 2 Screen Protectors (worth P200)
• Basic Phone (worth P449)

So here it is folks, the Intense 64 LTE. It has tons of great feature, tons of freebies included which really shouts great value for money.

Like I mentioned, it is priced the same with the Meizu M1 Note, you can check it out HERE.

So it's your choice whether you would get this phone or invest into a phone made by known brands.