Pepsi Cola Company today launched a new smartphone dubbed the Pepsi P1S. The device has been launched in China and is manufactured by Shenzhen Scooby Communication Equipment Co. Ltd. Pepsi is simply rebranding a smartphone made by a Chinese OEM. Nevertheless the Pepsi P1s coms with a metal unibody design which looks rather similar to the images that got leaked in the first place.
Pepsi P1s feature a 5.5 inch Full HD (1920x1080p) 2.5D Curved Display powered by a 1.7GHz Octa Core MediaTek 6592 SoC and a Mali 450 MP4 GPU. This is coupled with a 2GB of RAM and 16GB of onboard storage.It has a 13MP f/2.0 rear camera on the back which comes equipped with a LED Flash.Below the rear camera is the square shaped Fingerprint Sensor and Pepsi branding. Pepsi claims that the Fingerprint Sensor can unlock the smartphone in just 0.5s. Moreover the 13MP rear camera is complimented by a 5MP front facing unit which is capable of shooting HD (720p) footage.
It measure a 152.2×76.2×7.7mm and weighs up at 158gm thanks to its metal built. Other specifications include the WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS and 4G LTE support. The device runs on dido OS 6.1 on top of Android Lollipop 5.1. The P1s also come with Hybrid Dual SIM slot (Micro SIM + MicroSD card).Packed by a 3000mAh battery
5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD 2.5D Curved Screen display
1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, microSD expansion slot
Hybrid Dual SIM (second nano SIM slot can also be used as microSD slot)
dido OS 6.1 based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash
5MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 152.2 ×76.2×7.7 mm; Weight: 158g
4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.1 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000mAh battery
The Pepsi P1s comes in Blue, Gold and Silver colours and is available for orders via a crowd funding campaign on JD.com. Pepsi had been offering an early bird offer at just 499 Yuan (Rs 5,175 approx.), however that seems to be sold out already.