Videocon Mobile Phones, Videocon Group's mobile company, has started manufacturing mobile phones in the country, before any other manufacturers or brands, the company claims. Videocon says that its largest manufacturing base is in India and it has launched the smartphone Z55 Dash, a handset which has been designed and manufactured in India. The Z55 Dash specs and features The dual SIM Z55 Dash features a 1.4 GHz Cortex A7 octa-core processor, is 8mm, a 5 inch HD IPS screen which has anti fingerprint coating and Dragontrail X glass and is prices at Rs 8,499, available exclusively on Flipkart (out of stock as of now) for Rs 6,490. The phone also has 1GB of ram and runs Android KitKat 4.4.2 (we know, but seriously?). The Dash has an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera, made with corning glass and dual anti reflective coating, an internal storage of 8GB, expandable up to 32GB and a 2200 mAh battery. Videocon is offering 90 days of free subscription to antivirus software and a GPS powered personal safety app V-Safe. The Indian government has been encouraging domestic companies to start manufacturing electronics goods within the country instead of importing them and had approved a National Policy on Electronics. The National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC) had also proposed the creation of a $1 billion fund to encourage telecom equipment manufacturing in India. The Cabinet had approved the setting up of two semiconductor wafer fabrication units at a cost of Rs 63,412 crore in India,…
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