BQ Aquaris U, Aquaris U Lite and Aquaris U Plus with 2GB RAM Announced

BQ Mobiles, the Spanish smartphone manufacturer had launched three new Aquaris -series smartphones in Portugal, the BQ Aquaris U (image below), Aquaris U Lite and Aquaris U Plus. The company announced that the BQ Aquaris U will be available at EUR 169.90 – approximately $190, BQ Aquaris U Lite at EUR 139.90 – approximately $157, and BQ Aquaris U Plus at EUR 199.90 – approximately $224.44 USD. 

Notably, all the three smartphones run Android 6.0 Marshmallow out-of-the-box, support dual-SIM, come with 16GB of inbuilt storage space with the expandable memory up to 256GB via microSD card slot and coupled with 2GB of RAM. All three BQ smartphones also come with same a 5.0-inch LCD A-SI display with HD (720 x 1280 pixels) resolution that can translate a pixel density of 294ppi, 400 nits of Brightness, Dinorex Glass protection, 16M colors and screen aspect ratio of 16:9.

Connectivity options on all three BQ smartphones are also similar as they include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Micro-USB 2.0, 3.5mm jack and FM Radio options. Further, all the three phones come packed with the same amount of battery capacity – 3080mAh battery that is rated to deliver a more than a day of power usage. All three devices will come with DRC AW8737s chipset for high quality sound, dual microphones with noise cancellation and Gyroscope sensor for better VR experience. 

The BQ Aquaris U and Aquaris U Plus (image above) are powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core processor that’s teamed with Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 chipset, clubbed with Adreno 505 GPU. While the U Lite is fueled by 1.4 GHz quad-core processor that clubbed with Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 chipset and Adreno 308 GPU. And the Aquaris U feature NFC, while the Aquaris U Plus comes with a fingerprint sensor at the back for quick operation.

On the camera front, all three BQ smartphones flaunt a 5-megapixel front selfie shooter with OmniVision OV5675 sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 3 lenses with Selfie Indicator. There is an 8-megapixel OmniVision OV8856 rear sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 4 lenses, and LED flash on BQ Aquaris U Lite (image below), a 13-megapixel Samsung 3L8 camera sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 5 lenses, LED flash, and Phase Detection on BQ Aquaris U, while the BQ Aquaris U Plus bear a 16-megapixel Samsung 3P3 sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 5 lenses, PDAF and LED flash. All three BQ smartphones can record HD (1080p) videos at 30fps.