<p>Home-grown mobile phone company Lava International has become the first Indian brand to launch 5G smartphones for domestic consumers.</p>.<p>The smartphone launched under the brand name 'Agni' has been developed by Lava in India and is getting manufactured at its plant in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>"The purpose of launching Agni is to give Indian consumers the choice of a made in India 5G smartphone for Indians by an Indian company. We wanted to establish before people that there can be an Indian brand which is technology oriented.</p>.<p>"We are second in the world to launch a 5G smartphone on Mediatek Dimensity 810 chipset," Sunil Raina, President & Business Head, Lava International told PTI on the sidelines of the launch.</p>.<p>He said that the price of Agni has been kept at Rs 19,999 which is competitive, compared to Chinese brands that dominate the Indian market at present.</p>.<p>The Lava Agni 5G will come with a 6.78 inch full high-definition plus IPS punch hole display which is largest in its segment.</p>.<p>"We have beaten most of the Chinese brands in specification. It makes a statement that Indian companies, at least Lava, is capable of building a phone from scratch... enter into a segment which is highly competitive and lead the show. On pricing, we are offering Agni 5G for Rs 17,999 on pre-booking," Raina said.</p>.<p>The phone's screen has Corning Gorilla Glass protection for higher durability, 8GB Ram, 128 GB internal storage.</p>.<p>The company has placed higher camera specifications compared to Chinese brands selling smartphones on the same Mediatek 5G chipset.</p>.<p>Lava Agni 5G will come with a 64 megapixel primary camera, along with a 5 MP wide-angle camera, 2 MP Depth camera, and a 2 MP macro camera, It will have a 16 MP front camera.</p>.<p>Raina said Lava Agni 5G has a large 5000 mAh battery which comes with a 30W superfast charger that gets the phone ready with full charge in less than 90 minutes.</p>.<p>Lava Agni 5G will be available across retail outlets as well as through Amazon and Flipkart from November 18.</p>.<p>The pre-booking window is open for users from November 9 to 17, on the Lava e-store and on Amazon by paying a pre-booking amount of Rs 500. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>
<p>Home-grown mobile phone company Lava International has become the first Indian brand to launch 5G smartphones for domestic consumers.</p>.<p>The smartphone launched under the brand name 'Agni' has been developed by Lava in India and is getting manufactured at its plant in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.</p>.<p>"The purpose of launching Agni is to give Indian consumers the choice of a made in India 5G smartphone for Indians by an Indian company. We wanted to establish before people that there can be an Indian brand which is technology oriented.</p>.<p>"We are second in the world to launch a 5G smartphone on Mediatek Dimensity 810 chipset," Sunil Raina, President & Business Head, Lava International told PTI on the sidelines of the launch.</p>.<p>He said that the price of Agni has been kept at Rs 19,999 which is competitive, compared to Chinese brands that dominate the Indian market at present.</p>.<p>The Lava Agni 5G will come with a 6.78 inch full high-definition plus IPS punch hole display which is largest in its segment.</p>.<p>"We have beaten most of the Chinese brands in specification. It makes a statement that Indian companies, at least Lava, is capable of building a phone from scratch... enter into a segment which is highly competitive and lead the show. On pricing, we are offering Agni 5G for Rs 17,999 on pre-booking," Raina said.</p>.<p>The phone's screen has Corning Gorilla Glass protection for higher durability, 8GB Ram, 128 GB internal storage.</p>.<p>The company has placed higher camera specifications compared to Chinese brands selling smartphones on the same Mediatek 5G chipset.</p>.<p>Lava Agni 5G will come with a 64 megapixel primary camera, along with a 5 MP wide-angle camera, 2 MP Depth camera, and a 2 MP macro camera, It will have a 16 MP front camera.</p>.<p>Raina said Lava Agni 5G has a large 5000 mAh battery which comes with a 30W superfast charger that gets the phone ready with full charge in less than 90 minutes.</p>.<p>Lava Agni 5G will be available across retail outlets as well as through Amazon and Flipkart from November 18.</p>.<p>The pre-booking window is open for users from November 9 to 17, on the Lava e-store and on Amazon by paying a pre-booking amount of Rs 500. </p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos:</strong></p>