MTS, on Monday has announced the launch of Blaze 5.0 Smartphone – an EVDO + GSM dual SIM Smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for Rs. 10,999. MTS Blaze 5.0 boasts a 5 inch full touch display and comes with an integrated EVDO and a GSM modem and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS. The Smartphone comes bundled with an MTS SIM card that provides customers with 100,000 MB data usage with a validity of up to one year on the first recharge of Rs.198.

“Smartphones today are one of the biggest drivers of data consumption in the country. Given this reality, MTS India is focused on introducing products and services that are built for a fantastic data experience. Our latest Smartphone – Blaze 5.0 sports a 5 inch screen, which is an ideal screen size for multimedia and mobile gaming. Blaze 5.0 has been powered by the best in class Qualcomm S4 QUAD CORE Processor and has been exclusively designed to cater to the Internet Generation”, said Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer – MTS India.

Blaze 5.0 provides carries a long lasting 2500 mAh battery that provides a talk time of up to 9.5 hours. The Smartphone sports an 8 MP auto focus camera and provides a 0.3 MP front camera for video calling. Blaze 5.0 also comes with gravity, proximity and light sensors providing enhanced user capabilities. The external memory of the Smartphone can be expanded up to 32 GB.

The Smartphone also boasts of exclusive apps created by MTS for ease of use and entertainment.

• MTS Playground, a music app that lets the customers down load and listen to their favorite songs. Blaze 5.0 also comes with a built-in equalizer which ensures great sound output.

• MTS TV enables customers to stream over 100 TV channels on their Smartphone.

• MTS Wizard enables customers to activate their smartass phone, pay phone bills online, customize it and do a lot more.