Yes, you read that right: Pepsi. The popular carbonated soft drinks maker has dabbled into the smartphone market to get your attention. The new Pepsi P1 is a device that promises a lot more than you’d expect at its price, with features such as a metal body, a Full HD display, an octa-core processor and a fingerprint scanner.
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Design and Display
The Pepsi P1 parades premium look with a unibody design featuring aluminium material. It is interestingly slim for a phone targeted at the budget-conscious buyer with a thickness of just 7.7 millimetres. It will come in blue, gold and silver variants.
The affordable smartphone crams in a large 5.5-inch diagonal display with a Full HD resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The screen features 2.5D glass and the soft drink maker’s signature red, white and blue colours.
Camera and Storage
This device also impresses on the camera front with a combo of a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 5-megapixel selfie camera. The main sensor, which is made by Samsung, features an f/2.0 aperture and looks like one that will be capable of recording Full HD (1080p) videos.
You get ample 16 GB of onboard storage for keeping your photos, videos and other files. MicroSD storage expansion of up to 64 GB is supported.
Performance and OS
The Pepsi P1 is armed with an octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor which delivers speeds of up to 1.7 GHz. The capable-looking chip is paired with decent 2 GB of RAM that should make the device respectably responsive and deliver impressive multitasking performance.
The phone will boot Android 5.1 Lollipop operating system for rich user experience.
Other Features
Users should expect blazing-fast data speeds on the Pepsi P1 given its support for 4G (LTE) connectivity. The device has dual-SIM feature, but note that using two SIM cards means you will have to sacrifice the ability to use a microSD card for storage expansion.
Interesting for a budget smartphone, the Pepsi P1 features a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication. A 3000mAh battery supplies power to the phone.
Pricing and Availability
Pepsi P1 is not yet available in Nigeria. When available, you can buy it at leading online stores in the country. Pepsi P1 Price in Nigeria is expected to range from N15,000 to N22,000 depending on your location in Nigeria.
Pepsi P1 Specs
Here are a few specs of the Pepsi P1:
General Features
- Platform: Dido 6.1 (Android 5.1 Lollipop)
- Processor: ARM Cortex-A7, Octa-core 1.7 GHz
- GPU: ARM Mali-450 MP4
- Memory: 2GB RAM
- Colours: Blue, Silver, Gold
- Dimension: 152.2 x 76.2 x 7.7 mm
- Weight: 158 g
- SIM Type: Micro-SIM, Nano-SIM
- SIM Count: Dual SIM
Display
- Display: 5.5-inch Touch Display, 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Display Protection: One Glass Solution
Camera
- Rear Camera: 13MP Camera, 1080p HD Video
- Rear Camera Features: Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, panorama, HDR
- Front Camera: 5MP Camera
Storage
- Built-in Storage: 16GB
- Memory Card Support: MicroSD up to 64GB
- Bundled Cloud Storage: –
Network Support
- 2G GSM: Yes
- 2G CDMA 1X: No
- 3G WCDMA: Yes
- 3G CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: Yes
Internet & Connectivity
- GPRS: Yes
- EDGE: Yes
- 3G/WCDMA/HSPA: Yes
- HSPA+: Yes, up to 42.2 Mbps
- CDMA EVDO: No
- 4G LTE: Yes, up to 150 Mbps
- WLAN: Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot: Yes
- Bluetooth: Yes Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP
- NFC: No
- Infrared Blaster: No
- USB Port: Yes, USB 2.0
Messaging
- SMS/MMS: Yes
- Instant Messaging: Yes
- Push Emails: Yes
- Email Protocol: –
Entertainment
- Music Player: MP3/WAV/eAAC+/Flac player
- Video Player: Xvid/MP4/H.264 player
- FM Radio: Yes
- Loudspeaker: Yes
- 3.5mm Jack: Yes
Navigation
- Navigation: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Maps: –
Sensors & Control
- Digital Compass: No
- Accelerometer: Yes
- Proximity Sensor: Yes
- Light Sensor: Yes
- Barometer: No
- SpO2: No
- Pedometer: No
- Heart Rate Monitor: No
- Gyroscope: Yes
- Fingerprint Scanner: Yes
- Iris Scanner: No
- Intelligent Digital Assistant: Yes
- Motion Sensing / Gesture Control: No
- Voice Control: Yes
Other Features
- Video Streaming: Yes
- Active Noise Cancellation: Yes
- Wireless Charging: No
- Built-in Mobile Payment: No
- Water Resistant: No
- Dust Resistant: No
- Image Editor: Yes
- Video Editor: Yes
- Document Viewer: Yes
- Document Editor: No
Battery
- Battery: Li-Polymer 3000 mAh battery (Non-Removable)
- Talktime: –
- Standby Time: –